Developing an Individual Service Fund offer: a new report to support local authorities

The Prime Minister has established social care as a key government priority. It is encouraging to hear a Prime Minister acknowledge the importance of reform, describing previous failure to reform as “a major dereliction of public duty”, calling for “more problem...

Today, 29 July 2026, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) have responded to the launch of the Big Conversation on Care, led by Baroness Casey’s independent commission on adult social care, and the Prime Minister’s three...

  Many organisations share the same ambition: to work in ways that are person-centred, strengths-based and shaped by lived experience. But knowing what you want to change is only half the challenge – the real question is how you make it happen. That’s why Think...

Today we have published a new resource to help people and organisations better understand Personal Assistant (PA) employment status and support good practice when arranging care and support. Personal Assistant Employment Status: A Guide to Support Good Practice...