Creativity in Care: Attendees at our Leeds event

We are very pleased to offer ARC England membership to Care Associations.

Your members can benefit from our knowledge and expertise specific to the learning disability and autism social care sector, and you can come together with other Care Associations to network, share best practice and discuss your challenges.

When you join you and your members can access regular bespoke Care Association meetings, member discounts and the latest news, views and events.

You will also have the opportunity to join our Learning Disability Research Unit Steering Group to guide our groundbreaking research work, including the Our Lives Barometer and the annual Fee Rate Maps.

Care Association Affiliate Member Benefits

Sector Updates Weekly Member Update plus event invitations and priority/urgent messages
Meetings Quarterly meetings specifically for Care Association members and their members to discuss issues of concern, share best practice and hear from guest speakers
Representation  Influence Government and regulator policy and developments at local, regional and national level
Influence Guide and take part in our campaigns on issues affecting social care providers and feed into consultations
Expert-led events Invitations to expert-led events covering the latest issues in the sector, eg. recruitment and retention, regulation and artificial intelligence
Discounts DBS – Let us handle all your disclosure checks administration in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales: £10 members (approx 25% discount)
Training – 20-25% discount on our open and in-house training workshops 
Qualifications – please contact our Qualifications Team for a full discussion about your requirements and our range of social care qualifications

 

Care Association Affiliate Membership Fees

Our membership year runs from April to March, so if you join us part-way through the year your membership fee will be pro rata.

Care Association with up to 100 members £410
Care Association with up to 250 members £950
Care Association with over  250 members £1400

 

Become a Care Association ARC England member by completing the Care Association Affiliate Membership Form and returning it to Relationship and Communications Manager Liz Collins at membership@arcuk.org.uk