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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? In the midst of the severe social care funding crisis, the use of Individual Service Funds (ISFs) is a way forward.
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…
Reviews: 24.07.16 Racisms: From the Crusades to the 20th Century "If we want to change something, a good start is to understand it." David Towell reviews Francisco Bethencourt's book…
Inspiration: 24.07.16 DanceSyndrome Founded by Jen Blackwell, DanceSyndrome is an inclusive dance charity that aims to inform and empower people through…
Paper: 21.07.16 An Autoethnography of Parenting Jane Gregory shares her journey as a mother of a woman with intellectual disabilities whose complex needs and…
Paper: 20.07.16 Individualised Funding: Implications for Family Carers A report commissioned by Mind Australia to find out how carers experienced similar schemes to the NDIS, when they were…
Paper: 20.07.16 I Would Never Have Believed A report from the Thistle Foundation and Animate on Learning from the Individual Service Fund (ISF) Pilot undertaken…
Paper: 19.07.16 Life in Bolsover Today Inequality in the UK has doubled in a generation and the consequences are felt most harshly in places like Bolsover as…
Article: 19.07.16 Exploring the Meaning of Poverty Poverty isolates and divides us. It leaves us thinking we are not good enough and we are too poor to spend time with…
Paper: 19.07.16 A Troubling Truth Dr Claudia Gillberg reflects on her own experience of living with the chronic illness, myalgic encephalomyelitis or…
Reviews: 18.07.16 Cities for a Small Continent David Towell reviews this detailed study of seven cities that have experienced major decline, recovery and new…
Article: 04.07.16 The Goal is Citizenship Not the NDIS Kate Fulton explores what support providers in Australia should focus on to deliver better outcomes for those who will…
Paper: 20.06.16 State Guardian or Head Gardener? Robin Jackson sets out the wide-ranging concerns at the decision of the Scottish Government to put in place a 'named…
Paper: 16.05.16 Taking Forward Women Centred Solutions This guide shows how gendered approaches can help unlock solutions to complex problems, delivering multiple…
Paper: 16.05.16 Raising Our Game David Towell shares ideas on the strategies we might need to build a future in which we live in harmony with ourselves,…
Film: 15.05.16 Andrew's Passion for Cars Andrew has a learning disability and a passion for cars. This short film gives an idea of how following this passion…
Article: 15.05.16 Totally Wrong List An overview of all the Government policies which harm or disadvantage people with learning disabilities in England.
Reviews: 14.05.16 Under the North Star A review of Väinö Linna's Finnish trilogy and an exploration of the roots of the welfare state and the price earlier…
Paper: 12.05.16 Learning from Mental Health PHBs in Stockport Research describing how peer supporters from All Together Positive work to enable people with mental health problems…
Paper: 12.05.16 Health Buddies in Royds This is the operational plan to tackle the extreme health inequalities in the Royds area of Bradford by the use of Health…
Paper: 12.05.16 Calderdale's Guide to Individual Service Funds (ISFs) Calderdale Council have produced a guide for Individual Service Funds (ISFs) which describes their benefits to…
Paper: 12.05.16 Siete Claves para la Educación Inclusiva David Towell ofrece una perspectiva internacional sobre el desarrollo de la educación inclusiva.
Paper: 11.05.16 Los Profesores como Líderes The Spanish translation of David Towell and Heidy Araque's paper reflecting on the role of teachers and leaders in and…
Paper: 11.05.16 Fomentar la Educación para Forjar una Sociedad Inclusiva The Spanish translation of David Towell and Heidy Araque's paper on promoting education for an inclusive society.
Paper: 10.05.16 Assessment and Setting Standards Nan Carle presented this paper in 1983 but today, as thousands continue to live in abusive institutional settings this…
Paper: 10.05.16 The Dane County Difference Dane County in Wisconsin, USA has been a beacon of social innovation for people with intellectual and developmental…
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