CIRCLE legacy projects
Find past CIRCLE research reports, journal articles, books and more here.
Established in 2006 by Professor Emeritus Sue Yeandle, CIRCLE has successfully played a key role in conducting interdisciplinary research, evaluation and consultancy on contemporary policy, practice and theoretical issues and debates on topics around care, labour and equalities, subsequently influencing policy and practice for nearly 20 years.
We have collected publications from all of CIRCLE's past projects in this section.
Sustainable Care: connecting people and systems
A large research programme undertaken with an award for the period 2017 to 2021.
Links to publications coming soon.
Carers Count
In 2021 the CIRCLE team secured funds from the and the to conduct Carers Count, a project aiming to encourage unpaid carers to self identify and include their hours of caring in the 2021 census.
Click here to learn more about this project.
Carers Employment and Services (CES)
An EU EQUAL Community Initiative Programme ACE 2 (Action for Carers and Employment) 2005-2007.
Click here to learn more about this project.
AKTIVE
Advancing Knowledge of Telecare for Independence and Vitality in later lifE (2011-2014).
Links to publications coming soon.
Gender and Employment in Local Labour Markets (GELLM)
A major programme of statistical analysis, reported in a series of gender profiles, six new local research studies (each producing a series of local reports and a synthesis report), and an extensive programme of dissemination and gender mainstreaming activities (2006- 2009).
Links to publications coming soon.