Articles

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

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.
Article: 20.06.22 The Challenge of Citizenship A talk to mark the Launch of Values Into Action Scotland at the Scottish Parliament in 2007.
Article: 23.05.22 How to Make Control Work How can we help people to take control in a system of self-directed support.
Article: 13.04.22 The Troubling Health and Care Bill The Health and Care Bill is a means to undermine the NHS, this is a constitutional crisis.
Article: 31.03.22 Do Schools Enable Community? Are schools actually helping us create better and stronger communities?
Article: 30.03.22 Homelessness in Sheffield since 2005 This article explores how levels of homelessness have changed in Sheffield since 2005.
Article: 28.03.22 Safe Space Safe Space is the first ever Peer-Led Crisis Service and it's run by the People Focused Group (PFG) Doncaster.
Article: 08.03.22 Global Ranking of Electoral Systems There are many different electoral systems used around the world, most better than the UK system.
Article: 07.03.22 An Inclusive Multi-Media Campaign Irwin Mitchell created a multi-media campaign that sets a new standard for inclusivity.
Article: 16.02.22 Electric Cars, Sharing and Decarbonising Further measures on car use must be taken now in order to meet the UK’s overall net zero emission target by 2030.
Article: 16.02.22 Problems with Universal Basic Services (UBS) A response by Simon Duffy to Anna Coote's criticism of UBI.
Article: 28.01.22 Disability Benefits and Suicide A Channel Four documentary has revealed the cruel nature of the UK's disability system.
Article: 25.01.22 An Interview with Lou Townson Lou Townson talks about her experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Article: 24.01.22 On Social Prescribing Social prescribing can become used in ways that are insensitive to what people really need.
Article: 24.01.22 Make Everyone a Policy Maker PolicyEngine is a tool that gives the public an unprecedented insight into the tax and benefit system.
Article: 14.01.22 What is Citizen Network? We are a global community working for a world where everyone matters.
Article: 02.12.21 Speaking Out Self-advocacy becomes much easier when we have the support of friends, family and peers.
Article: 24.11.21 UBI: Unpaid Labour and Gender Relations We need to value care and help move society away from an unjust system that advantages men over women.
Article: 24.11.21 An Interview with Katrina Kurowski Katrina Kurowski shares her experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Article: 23.11.21 An Interview with Patrick Burke Jan Walmsley interviews Patrick Burke about his experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Article: 08.11.21 Imagine a Democracy Modern democracies must tap into the power of citizenship to tackle our severe environment and social problems.
Article: 02.11.21 The Constitutional Elephant in the Room The lack of democratic constitution, rooted in human rights, creates a fundamental problem in the UK.
Article: 02.11.21 Yorkshire - Renewing a Regional Identity Yorkshire has a strong identity yet it exists in one of the most centralised states in the world.
Article: 13.10.21 Moving the Centre The Centre for Welfare Reform is changing to become Citizen Network Research, this article explains why.
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