Archive, created June 2013, of DoH's Social Care Bulletin; searchable archive of news items, policy developments, and reports on social care
Good Care Guide is an independent forum that has been developed to allow people to find rate and review care providers throughout Britain; concentrates on 'childcare and eldercare' but note that site comprises reviews of individual care homes and homecare agencies
Guardian Society: online version of The Guardian's Society supplement; news and articles on learning disability
Guardian Society: online version of The Guardian's Society supplement; news and articles on social issues; sub-sections on social care, carers, disability, learning disability
Online pages from The Guardian's Society Supplement relating specifically to Learning Disability
The leading UK charity for people on the autism spectrum (including Asperger syndrome) and their families. Provides information, support and pioneering services, and campaigns for a better world for people with autism.
Self Unlimited was a national service provider of supported living, residential care activities and employment, and a coordinator of various community projects; merged with Hft May 2013
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) aims to improve the lives of people who use care services by sharing knowledge about what works; an independent charity working with adults families and children's social care and social work services across the UK; works closely with related services such as health care and housing; attempts to identify good practice and promulgate that amongst health and care professionals
The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and health care in England; helps to shape policy and practice through research and analysis; promotes understanding of the health and social care system; brings people together to share knowledge and debate; publishes wide range of articles and research papers
Think Local Act Personal (TLAP): a national partnership of more than 30 organisations 'committed to transforming health and care through personalisation and community-based support';