Christian Action Research and Education

Christian Action Research and Education is the successor organisation to the set up by Mary Whitehouse, launched in 1983.

Beliefs
CARE has been described as "an evangelical charity that promotes traditional family values"; the organisation has actively campaigned against LGBT rights, abortion, stem cell research and assisted dying bills. Its work has been dismissed in the House of Lords as "propaganda".

Homosexuality and abortion
The organisation believes that the Bible is literal truth, and has stolen the tactics of the religious right in the United States to persue its agenda through its association with Care for the Family, the European arm of Focus on the Family. In 2009, CARE sponsored a "Judaeo-Christian" event held on the Sabbath about homosexuality and promoting "'gay cure' therapy", which CARE billed as "mentoring the sexually broken". The conference also included a keynote speech from National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) founder Joseph Nicolosi, alongside Arthur Goldberg, co-founder of (JONAH). The organisation also was influential in mounting pressure against the repeal of the homophobic Section 28 legislation. CARE has received media criticism for its stance on abortion and homosexuality and Ben Bradshaw described the organisation in 2000 as "a bunch of homophobic bigots".

CARE have funded the network of crisis pregnancy centres in the UK, some of which came under criticism in an investigation by The Daily Telegraph when counsellors were filmed undercover claiming abortions would increase chances of breast cancer and could predispose women to becoming child sexual abusers.

Connections to politicians
CARE was condemned in 2012 when it was revealed to have placed paid-for interns in 20 MPs’ offices, from Labour, the Conservatives – including Stephen Crabb, who formerly worked for the organization as an intern and consequently hired interns from the charity – and the Liberal Democrats – including the Lib Dems' former leader,, who upon becoming leader of the party wouldn't say whether he thought gay sex was a sin.