Social Policy & Practice

A comprehensive database of evidence based practice

Abstracts from thousands of journals, books and research reports.

Topics include:

  • Children and young people
  • Families and parenting
  • Older people
  • Community health
  • Homelessness
  • Disability and special needs
  • Social work
  • Community safety
  • Equalities

What is SPP?

SPP brings together information from six of the UK’s leading collections of social policy and practice resources:

  • Centre for Policy on Ageing
  • Idox Information Service
  • National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
  • Social Care Institute for Excellence
  • Greater London Authority
  • National Children’s Bureau