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The Centre for Social Policy was established in 1995 to complement the work of the Social Research Unit which has been at Dartington since 1968. The aim was to establish an organisation for researchers, managers and professionals to maintain their interests and facilitate their work during or immediately before their retirement from their principal career. There are presently over 60 Centre Fellows who share dedicated office space with other activities ON THE CAMPUS.

The Centre provides practical support and consultancy to the other activities of the Warren House Group. It maintains a Research Ethics Committee and assists with the publication of the journal Children's Services, a collaboration between SRU and Pier Professional Publishing. There are regular seminars on social policy issues and some Fellows use the administrative and collegiate opportunities offered to undertake their own work. Fellows respond to consultative documents and publish their considerations and conclusions in various forms.

At the 2011 AGM, the Centre had over 50 fellows from several countries (United Kingdom, Israel, USA and Norway). Their disciplines are: social policy research; social work/social services; education; psychiatry/medicine; psychology; youth justice; law ; psychotherapy and publishing.

The Centre for Social Policy seminars for 2012 include a seminar at which Manuel Eisner, Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University, discussed why societies in Europe were becoming less violent, Michael Little, co-director of the Research Unit decribed the problems of getting evidence-base programmes up to scale, and Naomi Eisenstadt reviewed the setting up and establishment of Sure Start in England and Wales.

The seminar in June 17th will discuss the Government's pproposed changes to health and social care, review the content of training materials for chairs of Domestic Homicide Reviews and hear about a follow-up study of two groups of children with autism and ADHD, one clinically diagnosed and the oither identified on child welfare assessment instruments.