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Inspiration: 22.01.16 Camden and Co-production David Towell has been reading how local authorities can put outcomes and co-production at the heart of the…
Inspiration: 22.01.16 Insights from ABCD David Towell finds much can be gained from exploring the rich strand of often very local work associated with…
Reviews: 22.01.16 Pathfinders This book by John O'Brien and Beth Mount describes what we can learn from pathfinders with disabilities who have helped…
Paper: 20.01.16 The Power of Wee This report introduces the idea of Wee Enterprizers from the Social Care Ideas Factory (SCIF), a Glasgow-based…
Paper: 20.01.16 Who Will Care After I'm Gone? FitzRoy share research undertaken with parents and care professionals supporting people with learning…
Paper: 20.01.16 Shared-Life Communities for People with a Learning Disability Dr Stuart Cumella reviews academic research that has attempted to measure the quality of life of people with a learning…
Story: 18.01.16 Carla Uses an ISF Jenny Date describes how her daughter Carla uses an Individual Service Fund (ISF) so that she can have flexible support…
Project: 04.01.16 Personalised Support Flexible approaches to support and contracting in health and social care services.
Project: 04.01.16 LDA England The Learning Disability Alliance England was formed in 2015.
Project: 04.01.16 Relative Poverty Les Monaghan explored the meaning of poverty in the UK today
Project: 04.01.16 Cumulative Impact Assessment The UK govenment has imposed an ongoing austerity programme which targets cuts on disabled people and people in…
Paper: 22.12.15 Kent Vegan Festival In October 2015, 1,500 people took part in the very first Kent Vegan Festival in Canterbury, Jo Kidd shares what…
Paper: 20.12.15 A Modern Hospital Jan Walmsley and a group of disabled researchers look back at life in Princess Marina Hospital, Northamptonshire in…
Slide: 15.12.15 Peer Support meets Community Development This presentation shares the inspiring work of the People Focused Group Doncaster (PFG) in their local community.
Inspiration: 15.12.15 Transition Towns David Towell explores the great wealth of local examples generated through the Transition Towns movement that focus…
Article: 24.11.15 Example of Flexible Support Contract This is a real but anonymised contract between a local authority and a service provider enabling the service provider…
Article: 23.11.15 A Response to Robin Jackson Leading learning disability academic Jan Walmsley responds to Robin Jackson's critical report on the failure of…
Reviews: 23.11.15 Liderando la Ciudad Inclusiva Este importante libro de Robin Hambleton da un contexto integral para las propuestas en el folleto de David Towell,…
Paper: 17.11.15 Close to Collapse An interim report from Action for M.E on access to social care and advocacy for people with M.E/CFS (Myalgic…
Paper: 16.11.15 Re-Thinking Community Care: The Camphill Village Model Maria Lyons explores research on Camphill and the importance of considering intentional community and shared living…
Paper: 11.11.15 Friendship An accessible guide for people with learning disabilities and their allies on finding friendships and love.
Paper: 10.11.15 Fight Back A report from Cyngor ar Bopeth Ceredigion Citizens Advice Bureau, written by Eri Mountbatten, on the impact of…
Film: 08.10.15 Growing Older Mervyn Eastman talks with Simon Duffy about growing older, the meaning of citizenship and the challenges facing the…
Article: 06.10.15 A Citizen with Learning Difficulties Wendy Perez writes about what it means to be a citizen with learning difficulties.
Paper: 06.10.15 Peace, Sustainability & Inclusive Citizenship in Colombia David Towell and colleagues offer a framework for exploring how education needs to be transformed to play its part in…
Slide: 04.10.15 Trust Is The Key Inclusion, based in Glasgow, use Individual Service Funds (ISFs) and Personalised Support but trust is the deeper…
Slide: 04.10.15 Demystifiying Individual Service Funds (ISFs) These slides summarise guidance on the use of Individual Service Funds (ISFs) and the future of commissioning for…
Slide: 04.10.15 What's Wrong with Welfare Reform A presentation given to bishops' spouses about Women Centred Solutions and what went wrong with welfare reform.
Slide: 03.10.15 Marking the Political Parties The Results of Learning Disability Alliance England's Citizen Jury held before the General Election in May 2015.
Article: 03.10.15 Learning Difficulty or Learning Disability Wendy Perez explains why she prefers the term 'learning difficulty' to 'learning disability'.
Paper: 03.10.15 Respectful Language Laura (Mole) Chapman explores what lies behind the idea of respectful language and reflects on the use of language in…
Film: 02.10.15 Visiting Radio Valo Radio Valo interviewed Simon Duffy about self-directed support and individual budgets on his visit to Lyhty (home of…
Article: 02.10.15 Equality and the Governance of Welfare Dr Henry Tam believes that the governance of welfare has to be conducted transparently and inclusively. Here he sets…
Story: 02.10.15 Using a Personal Health Budget Rob Moriarty describes the benefits of using a personal health budget for himself and the merits of the system.
Film: 30.09.15 It's a Cogworld Peter Leidy sings, inspired by conversations with John O'Brien and members of Wisconsin's Developmental…
Graphic: 28.09.15 Relational Basis of Empowerment Model describing the two critical dimensions for empowerment and mutual respect developed by Karl Nunkoosing and…
Article: 28.09.15 Citizenship in an Ageing Society In the short essay Simon Duffy summarises the argument of his Sir Keith Wilson Oration at the 2014 Australian…
Inspiration: 23.09.15 The Adelante Foundation in Honduras David Towell reports on his visit to a Foundation in Honduras promoting the empowerment and employment of…
Article: 23.09.15 Why I Was Worried by the Assisted Dying Bill Wendy Perez explains why she was worried by the Assisted Dying Bill and the problems people face in the hospital system.
Reviews: 23.09.15 This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate David Towell is shaken and stirred by this latest blockbuster from Naomi Klein.
Paper: 23.09.15 A Manifesto for Planet and Progeny The world is haunted by the spectre of an 'economic man' and his form of capitalism, seen as the be all and end all of…
Article: 16.09.15 Power and Love Simon Duffy explores what we can learn from intentional communities such as L'Arche and Camphill.
Story: 14.09.15 Coffee, Cake and the Recipe for Friendship Living independently should not mean living in loneliness, Dominic Lodge has learnt from experience.
Paper: 14.09.15 Listen Up! This project with The Sheffield Diocese and Church Action on Poverty focused on listening to local people affected by…
Paper: 14.09.15 A Qualitative Study of the Impact of the UK Bedroom Tax This report examines the impact of the bedroom tax on health and wellbeing in a North East England community in which…
Article: 13.09.15 Lessons from Intentional Communities John O'Brien reflects on what social care can learn from communities such as L'Arche and Camphill.
Paper: 25.08.15 Transition & Integration - changing our starting point Pippa Murray and Simon Duffy reflect on the core elements of an effective transition process in a system of…
Inspiration: 25.08.15 Relationship Based Care in Action Susan Harrison describes how she was inspired by an Alaskan model of relationship-based care - called Nuka.
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