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Inspiration: 08.03.17 Local Area Coordination – system innovation Local Area Coordination is making a positive difference to people, communities and services across England and…
Story: 07.03.17 Carers Benefits and Basic Income Citizen K explores the strange paradoxes of the UK's benefit system and argues for a system of basic income.
Story: 06.03.17 When is Change Progress? David Zigmond describes his final reflections as CQC closes down his GP practice for its refusal to be fully compliant…
Story: 05.03.17 When is Compliance Necessary for Public Safety? David Zigmond explores how regulation, disconnected from people's real experience and evidence of impact, can…
Story: 01.03.17 Assessing Need Under Austerity Virginia Moffatt compares previous efforts to assess the need for social care with the current systems emerging as…
Paper: 01.03.17 Common Threads: Changing Stories - Stories of Change John O'Brien shares his reflections on the practice of Independent Facilitation following a conference organised by…
Inspiration: 16.02.17 Fighting for Inclusion or Building Community? New Prospects shifted their focus on advocacy for inclusion towards building community with encouraging results.
Article: 15.02.17 Time to Stand Up and Be Counted Don Derrett urges us as individuals to stand up and stand against this new wave of intolerance and brutality, wherever…
Inspiration: 15.02.17 OmaPolku - My Path NEO-OmaPolku is an innovative Finnish organisation helping people with intellectual disabilities to start their…
Training: 15.02.17 Manager training - a reading list Tim Keilty of New Prospects, a Citizen Network group member based in the North East of England, has put together a list of…
Story: 03.02.17 Citizenship and Community Rowena Hallé shares Jim's story, arguing that we must support every person to share their gifts and value everyone as…
Paper: 01.02.17 Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centres Part of a larger network of TUC Unemployed Workers' Centres, this is Derbyshire's Annual Report for 2016.
Article: 31.01.17 A Social Movement for Basic Income Bill Jordan describes how the idea of basic income inspired a pre-War social movement and wonders whether the same…
Inspiration: 31.01.17 Hope Assistance Local Tradies HALT is a ground-breaking mental health initiative where people working in the building industries get to organise,…
Slide: 30.01.17 Simon – Our fire for inclusion Simon Duffy gave this presentation to commissioners of services for people with learning disabilities in…
Inspiration: 27.01.17 TAP - a community innovation Daniel Cashman of The TAP describes how a small bunch of freedom fighters came together to break down walls and forge a…
Slide: 27.01.17 Making Quality about Citizenship Sam Sly facilitated a workshop in Plymouth for CQC South West Inspectors keen to learn about improving the inspection…
Film: 27.01.17 The Importance of Home The Community Living Project (CLP) is a family led organisation supporting people with a disability to access the good…
Reviews: 20.01.17 The Systems View of Life 'With nature as our mentor, another world is possible' David Towell reviews The Systems View of Life.
Article: 19.01.17 Blowin' in the Wind Steve Griffiths rewords a Bob Dylan classic - a reflection on our crazy times where injustice and hatred seem to fuel…
Paper: 16.01.17 What's Wrong with CQC? John Burton explains why the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is unable to effectively safeguard standards for adult…
Article: 16.01.17 Practical Social Work is Personalised Hanne-Maria Leppäranta demonstrates the powerful impact of personalisation on the practical day-to-day work of a…
Article: 16.01.17 The Welfare State and Community Cormac Russell argues that welfare reform in isolation of the enlargement of the commons is naive and…
Film: 13.01.17 Micro-Enterprise The Community Living Project provides opportunities for people with a disability to establish their own small…
Film: 13.01.17 Relationships The Community Living Project has a focus on building strong relationships and circles of support for people with…
Film: 12.01.17 Home The Community Living Project (CLP) is a family led organisation supporting people with a disability to access the good…
Reviews: 11.01.17 Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family Maria Lyons reviews a book which explores the celebrates caregiving as an essential role for men and women.
Article: 11.01.17 Equal Opportunities at Work? Fran Macilvey describes the reality of work for many disabled people and the barriers created by negative attitudes…
Article: 11.01.17 Towards an Holistic Democracy Marion Turner-Hawes reflects back on the tumultuous 2016 and looks forward to the possibility of a different kind of…
Paper: 10.01.17 The TAP Story Daniel Cashman of The TAP describes how a small bunch of freedom fighters came together to break down walls and forge a…
Article: 09.01.17 Working for Lives of Common Dignity Rhonda Galbally, a leading disability activist in Australia, explains how the National Disability Insurance Scheme…
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.
Reviews: 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…
Reviews: 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,…
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