ACCESS DENIED! join our fight for an honest and open democracy. If you think it’s time for the government to stop keeping secrets about social care funding please take this short survey so we can pull together evidence for The Casey Commission in April. We don’t have much time so please fill it in today!

Access Social Care's legal cases on government transparency around how Government have determined sufficiency of funding to meet the social care needs of the population, and the equality impacts of social care funding decisions are ongoing.

We strongly believe that the Commission into adult social care needs to be aware of this case and as an absolute minimum the Government Departments should be disclosing the information to Louise Casey to consider.

Access Social Care and a Working Group of lawyers have come together to create the Community Care Lawyers Group (CCLG). Join us!

In 2022, Access Social Care conducted research on the decline in the number of legal aid practitioners in this area of law. We found that the nature and financial sustainability of the work had led to the decline. Here, we address some of the specific problems that community care practitioners face, including use of investigative representation under the legal aid scheme, and how practitioners can access further support.

Over 60 social care organisations have signed an open letter demanding Government transparency for adult social care funding

We are delighted to share that on Tuesday 15th October, the Information Tribunal found in our favour for our first Information Tribunal case.

And this is only the start. We are awaiting judgement on our second round of enquiries and It is vital that this campaign continues until we get a positive outcome for this too.

And we’re off! Government ordered to reveal social care data in “landmark court case”. Read the Press Release here.

It has been over 3 months since our landmark court case which saw two Government departments attempt to overturn the decision that the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) made in our favour. The ICO decision upheld that the government SHOULD reveal crucial data available on social care funding decision making because it is in the public interest.

Join us for an opportunity to look more closely at the practical application of the regs & guidance, using case-based scenarios to consider the appropriate wording, placing of facts and supporting arguments, and the relevant factors to include in an application for Community Care casework.

Access Social Care are setting out to address the lack of new practitioners coming into Community Care legal practice with opportunities for law students to learn about this area of law and gain real life experience.

Access Social Care, working in partnership with University of York, have piloted a Letter Writing Clinic where law students support Access Social Care clients to write a letter to their local authority about their social care issues.

At Access Social Care, we are calling on all political parties to adequately fund social care so that older, disabled people, and carers get the high-quality support they have a right to.

Although the hearing has concluded for today, we are disappointed that due to late disclosure of further evidence by the government, further representations have been requested by the Tribunal panel before they are able to make a decision.

Two government departments attempt to overturn the decision of the information commissioner in “landmark court case” to avoid revealing social care data