The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has established itself as an authoritative source of knowledge on good practice in social care. In 2005/06, twice as many people ordered our products or visited our website as the previous year. More importantly, more people are seeing the benefits of putting that knowledge into practice. We have forged strong relationships and key partnerships with the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) and the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) in England, with the Welsh Assembly Government and with the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland. Our work with these partners has focused on developing outcomesbased inspection standards, a common assessment framework and social care governance.