Articles

Citizen Network members share ideas, stories and writings on how to advance citizenship for real.

Article: 08.03.24 Humanity and the Planet Citizen Democracy is essential for tackling the urgent problems of the planet.
Article: 07.03.24 Democratic Healthcare The NHS and other public services need to be accountable to citizens and communities.
Article: 06.03.24 Democracy and Misinformation Misinformation in politics is extremely damaging to democracy, we should focus on practices to curtail it.
Article: 05.03.24 Our Democratic Infrastructure 9 areas for improvement in our democratic infrastructure.
Article: 13.02.24 Living Well with Dementia Liz Leach Murphy has written two guides to living well with Dementia and shares key findings from her research.
Article: 06.02.24 The Value of Grief We cannot truly value life unless we are prepared to accept the pain of losing someone.
Article: 05.02.24 The ‘Scarcity’ of Money Government can create the money we need in order to do the things that really matter.
Article: 29.01.24 Support in the Community Let's concentrate on the right place to live and the right support.
Article: 23.01.24 Edward Carpenter and Basic Income Edward Carpenter explores the case for universal basic income and a world with more joy, beauty and usefulness.
Article: 22.01.24 So Toxic It's Toxique! Language is powerful and we must pay attention to how it's being used and when it's being misused.
Article: 14.12.23 Integrated Personal Budgets Integrated Personal Budgets bring together different resources to help people take control of all their supports.
Article: 07.12.23 Remembering Terry Lynch Terry Lynch was a wonderful man who showed how the principles of independent living apply to everyone.
Article: 06.12.23 Third-Party Personal Health Budgets Third-Party Personal Health Budgets or Individual Service Funds (ISFs) are a key tool for personalising care.
Article: 06.12.23 The Urgent Need for Yorkshire Devolution Regional inequalities in England are caused by growing centralisation of power - this trend can be reversed.
Article: 02.11.23 Building a Sustainable Future Solutions to sustainability require the involvement of all citizens: pooling knowledge, skills and creativity.
Article: 01.11.23 Fixing Broken Britain It is time to abandon the failed dogmas that accelerated social injustice and are breaking Britain apart.
Article: 29.10.23 The Learning Disability Challenge Why would we trust you when you can’t even change the words you use to describe us.
Article: 28.10.23 Ecosystems of the Future No one organisation, leader or solution will make the changes we need, only cooperative interaction.
Article: 11.08.23 Care vs Work Care offers a hopeful alternative to the destructive concept of productive work that is dominant today.
Article: 12.07.23 UBI and Homelessness Reflections on the potential to pilot UBI and reduce homelessness, following a roundtable discussion in Manchester.
Article: 12.07.23 Acronyms We all use acronyms but surely it makes more sense to lose them?
Article: 06.06.23 The Path to Community It's Our Community in Sheffield explored how to reform health and social care from the grassroots.
Article: 15.05.23 The Peckham Experiment Re-Imagined Imagine a place where you can go to discover what is good for you.
Article: 15.05.23 Transform Your Language! Is it really too much trouble just to say or write the words?
Article: 14.04.23 Grassroots Policies Briefing 1 Policies for sustainable farming outlined by Anna Pick of Positive Money, Anne Chapman and Jeremy Buxton.
Article: 29.03.23 How Much Do People Need to Live On? The credit finance industry uses a measure of living standards that may be relevant to basic income.
Article: 20.03.23 The Social Role of Friend Rules that restrict friendship between staff and people with disabilities are harmful and irrational.
Article: 03.03.23 In Harmony with Nature We need to radically reimagine ourselves, Nature and the relationship between us.
Article: 02.03.23 Persecuting Those in Greatest Need Toxic welfare policies did not start with the 2010 Coalition Government, many began under New Labour.
Article: 02.03.23 A Culture of Cruelty Thatcherism and neoliberalism has created a toxic culture that targets disabled people for harm.
Article: 01.03.23 The End of Family Doctors Commissioning bodies cannot provide the kind of doctors we want and need.
Article: 20.01.23 How We 'Deliver' Peer Support The People Focused Group empowers people to take back control and then to make their own life choices.
Article: 19.01.23 The Seattle 2000 Declaration The Seattle 2000 Declaration on 
Self-Determination and Individualized Funding.
Article: 12.01.23 Neighbourhood Parliaments and Sociocracy A short history of sociocracy and the development of the movement of Neighbourhood Parliaments.
Article: 11.01.23 Town and Parish Councils The parish councils of England could be an engine room for real democracy.
Article: 10.01.23 Democracy Through the Looking Glass Democracy should start in our communities, our streets and our neighbourhoods.
Article: 17.11.22 Global Standards for Self-Directed Support The SDS Network has drafted a statement for consultation on best practice on self-directed support.
Article: 07.11.22 You Can't Manufacture Doctors Political talk of solving the NHS recruitment crisis reflects decades of bad policy-making.
Article: 04.11.22 Building the Right Support... Why we are failing to provide the right support to people and what we can do to fix it.
Article: 17.10.22 The Failure of NHS Leadership Have recent leaders of the NHS been wilfully blind or deliberately neglectful of their duties?
Article: 20.09.22 Reimagining Disability in Family Life The ideal of citizenship helps a father reset his relationship with his daughter with disabilities.
Article: 02.08.22 30 Years on Citizenship This article and film reviews the work of Simon Duffy on the topic of citizenship.
Article: 29.06.22 DWP on Trial Neil Carpenter describes the price people with learning difficulties pay for the DWP's welfare reforms.
Article: 24.06.22 Self-Directed Support and the Future Simon Duffy considers some of the emerging trends and how SDS can help us tackle future problems.
Article: 24.06.22 Self-Directed Support and System Design Simon Duffy explores how you design a system of self-directed support that works for everyone.
Article: 24.06.22 Self-Directed Support and Citizenship Simon Duffy argues that self-directed support is a tool for enhancing our citizenship.
Article: 23.06.22 My Mental Health Glyn explains how he manages the voices he hears and how, with help from his peers, he's turned his life around.
Article: 22.06.22 Open Letter on Regional Devolution A letter to Gordon Brown's Commission on Regional Devolution calling for a Citizens' Assembly.
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