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Paper: 09.01.17 Parenting Chrissy Jane Gregory explores the internal and external challenges facing young disabled people and their families in the UK…
Paper: 09.01.17 Deinstitutionalisation in Scotland John Dalrymple explores the lessons learned from deinstitutionalisation in this important paper, first published…
Article: 09.01.17 The Invisible Barrier to Disability Employment Jon Breen argues that employer attitudes to disabled workers are often based on ignorance and that these can present…
Project: 04.01.17 Rethinking Care Challenging current assumptions in social care policy.
Project: 04.01.17 Regulation of Health and Social Care A proposal for 8 reforms to the regulation of social care.
Review: 16.12.16 Community Care & Inclusion for People with an Intellectual Disability Robin Jackson and Maria Lyons are the editors of a series of essays reviewing the history of services for people with…
Paper: 29.11.16 Love and Welfare There is a spiritual tradition that has been forgotten, which offers us a more positive vision of the welfare state.
Article: 22.11.16 Supported Loving Claire Bates is starting a campaign to share what people with disabilities think makes for both good and poor support…
Paper: 11.11.16 How Does It Feel To Be Assessed? Chris Akers explores how it feels for people with physical disabilities to be assessed for receipt of benefits.
Paper: 31.10.16 Citizenship: A Guide for Providers of Support Sam Sly and Bob Tindall have written a new guide for providers of support working to develop true citizenship for all.
Inspiration: 31.10.16 In Control Scotland - a library In Control Scotland (ICS) is Citizen Network’s strategic partner in Scotland.
Article: 25.10.16 Stop Unethical Research on Children Catherine Hale explains why unethical research on children with ME must be stopped and urges you to sign the #stopGet…
Review: 24.10.16 The Future of the Professions Robin Jackson reviews The Future of the Professions: How technology will transform the work of human experts.
Article: 06.10.16 Beyond Efficiency: Care and the Commons Thomas Allan argues that respect for the Commons is critical to rethinking our approach to social care and the welfare…
Paper: 29.09.16 Political Literacy and Civic Thoughtfulness Henry Tam describes the principles that must underpin any coherent and decent community.
Paper: 29.09.16 Legal Literacy in Adult Social Care Belinda Schwehr, a leading expert in social care law, explores the declining standards in legal literacy which are…
Article: 29.09.16 Managing Dissent and Embracing Diversity Nan Carle has written this moving piece on how we deal with the challenge of respectfully confronting disrespect,…
Slide: 28.09.16 Social Care Reform - The Way Forward Simon Duffy outlines a more radical path for social care reform and a basis for campaigning against the injustice of the…
Article: 27.09.16 A Review of Social Role Valorisation (SRV) Nan Carle explores the blessings and problems created by normalisation and Social Role Valorisation as a framework…
Article: 27.09.16 Managing Cynicism Nan Carle sets out 8 Strategies for Managing Cynicism as a Leader of Inclusion.
Article: 26.09.16 What Austerity Means for Women Brooke Bates explores the impact of austerity on women in the UK at the level of the individual and civil society.
Article: 23.09.16 The Integral Path Varun Vidyarthi offers a short note on the way in which social change can and must begin by a better ordering of…
Paper: 23.09.16 Personal Budgets - A Lived Experience A report published by Hestia highlighting both the strengths and challenges of holding a Personal Budget.
Review: 21.08.16 The Rise of the Robots Robin Jackson urges everyone with an interest in achieving welfare reform to read Martin Ford's book and consider the…
Article: 18.08.16 Data on Social Care in England Simon Duffy pulls together some of the key data relevant to the Centre's submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry on…
Article: 18.08.16 Why are they closing our home? John Burton describes how changes in the regulatory regime are forcing the closure of genuinely human homes where…
Paper: 17.08.16 Stronger Together - Family Event Bringing Us Together and Respond hosted a gathering of disabled children and young people, parents and families to…
Paper: 17.08.16 Avoiding Crisis Support Needed Bringing Us Together and Respond carried out a survey to find out what support families of disabled children and young…
Article: 17.08.16 Potential New Policy for Social Care The Centre has been working with the Socialist Health Association (SHA) on a possible new policy for social care. This…
Article: 17.08.16 What is Happening in Social Care Jan Walmsley asked local people with learning disabilities and their families to share their experience of adult…
Article: 10.08.16 Born to Dance Sue Blackwell shares the story of her daughter Jen's journey as she sought to follow her dreams and live a life of her own…
Article: 10.08.16 Asking Better Questions Lindsay Tighe believes that if we make some simple changes to the way we communicate with each other, we enable human…
Article: 09.08.16 Can ISFs Save Domiciliary Care? Martin Walker of TLAP suggests that in the midst of the severe funding crisis hitting social care the use of Individual…
Story: 08.08.16 Dangers of Prescribed Tranquillisers (Benzodiazepines) Barry Haslam explains the devastating impact that commonly prescribed tranquillisers (Benzodiazepines) have had…
Article: 08.08.16 A Career in Adult Social Care Virginia Moffatt reviews her 30 year career in adult social care in England and the journey from institutional…
Story: 07.08.16 Devon County Council Supported Living Service Review An anonymous account of how one service provider saw services for people they support cut after a new round of…
Story: 04.08.16 Autism in the Care System Alice (mother of an autistic looked after child) describes the challenge of supporting a son who rejects human contact…
Story: 04.08.16 Care Cuts: Indignity & Uprootedness An anonymous account of the reality of social care for one man with complex disabilities in the United Kingdom.
Article: 03.08.16 The Flexibility of Self-Directed Support Simon Duffy, Pat Stack and Peter Gay report on the outcomes of a one day conference organised by the London…
Article: 03.08.16 The Solution is in Our Hands Simon Duffy outlines some of the important elements that need to be considered in order to develop welfare reforms in…
Article: 03.08.16 Calculating Community Capacity Simon Duffy explores the missing community capacity that needs to be identified and galvanised as part of a reformed…
Paper: 02.08.16 The Psychological Impact of Austerity This report from Psychologists Against Austerity shares well-established psychological research that directly…
Article: 02.08.16 Real Integration of Health & Social Care Simon Duffy outlines an alternative path for achieving meaningful integration between heath and social care.
Paper: 02.08.16 Local Area Coordination Evaluation Isle of Wight This six month formative evaluation outlines the work carried out to plan, implement and evaluate Local Area…
Paper: 02.08.16 Replacing Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) This research by Stef Benstead and Emma Nock, published by Ekklesia, looks at the support needs of people with chronic…
Article: 02.08.16 Heading Upstream: Deinstitutionalisation & Public Service Reform Simon Duffy explores the challenge of moving solutions upstream and away from the institutionalised solutions into…
Paper: 26.07.16 Social Value of Local Area Coordination in Derby This report, published in March, was commissioned by Think Local Act Personal in order to measure the impact of Local…
Slide: 24.07.16 The Politics of Poverty In this presentation for an Anti-Poverty Conference organised by Bolsover CVP, Simon Duffy explores some of the myths…
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