Oral history forms a key strand of the Caring Communities project. To help bring new voices and perspectives into the long-term history of care,

My name is Jim and I, along with Jade and Kate, am one of the Research Associates on the Caring Communities project. In my first

Boarding out was the practice of placing workhouse children with foster families, usually for a weekly allowance. During the 1870s people became less inclined to

Caring Communities is a new research project, funded by UKRI, that aims to explore the history of care and care experience in modern Britain. The