Day Centre Resources Hub

This section explains why becoming aware of the research evidence should be of interest to day centre providers and their external stakeholders, the value of academic research and how to find it.

This section summarises the main messages from some of the recent research about day centre outcomes including the impact of in-person service withdrawal during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This section explains what is meant by ‘outcomes’, or ‘impact’, and discusses the collection of data in English day centres. It sets out how and for whom day centre related outcomes data may be useful and introduces different types of outcomes data. It summarises some challenges involved in gathering and making use of outcomes data, and things to bear in mind when doing so. It lists some ways to gather different kinds of data and gives examples.

This section explains marketing communications, why it is important for day centres to carry out marketing communications and who their potential audiences might be. It suggests ways that day centres can communicate and share information about themselves and the communication routes that might help them to do that. It includes case studies and examples, some of which are downloadable as separate documents. There are signposts to further resources and more case studies in the PDF which you can download at the bottom of this page.

This section outlines staff and volunteer roles in day centres, shares recruitment and retention tips, signposts to useful resources about values-based recruitment, shares tips about role descriptions and adverts and highlights the value of sharing testimonials. It then suggests ideas for bringing young people and people who have support workers and specific skills-sets into day centres.