03 September 2025
Connecting with the Unit
The Unit is based at Melbourne House

The Unit at Melbourne House
- Our new offices, on the Strand campus of King's College London, are now open: HSCWRU, Policy Institute, Melbourne House (4th Floor), 44-46 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4LL.
- Getting to Melbourne House: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/visit/melbourne-house
There are a number of ways you can stay up to date with the Unit
- Bluesky – @hscwru.bsky.social
- X (formerly Twitter) – @hscwru
- YouTube
- Unit blog
- News pages
- Latest publications
Event series mailing lists
Upcoming events – join the mailing lists of event series by emailing the following researchers:
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- Home Care Research Forum – contact: monica.leverton@kcl.ac.uk
- Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum – contact: olivia.luijnenburg@kcl.ac.uk
- Homelessness series – contact: jess.harris@kcl.ac.uk
- Day Centre Research Forum – contact: katharine.orellana@kcl.ac.uk
- LGBTQ+ life courses – health and social care research – contact: catherine.forward@kcl.ac.uk
- Contemporary issues and debates in social work education, research and practice – contact: carl.purcell@kcl.ac.uk
- Social Work History Network – contact: stephen.martineau@kcl.ac.uk
General enquiries
- Janet Robinson, Senior Business Operations Manager: janet.j.robinson@kcl.ac.uk or hscwru@kcl.ac.uk
Website contact
- Any comments or suggestions about this website, please contact: stephen.martineau@kcl.ac.uk