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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.
Review: 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.
Story: 24.08.15 I Wanna Hold Your Hand Alison Chalmers realised it was time for her daughter to walk with independence, however difficult she found it as a…
Story: 24.08.15 The Person Who Most Inspires Me Alison Chalmers describes all the ways in which her daughter inspires her.
Article: 24.08.15 From Basic Income to Social Dividend Rajesh Makwana argues that it’s time to broaden the debate on how to fund a universal basic income to protect the…
Article: 24.08.15 Learning Disability is Not a Mental Disorder Robin Jackson asks why in Scottish law people with learning disabilities are treated as if they have a mental disorder.
Inspiration: 21.08.15 International Mother Earth Day The Abbot's Mill Project team have been working in partnership with the United Nations Association in Canterbury to…
Film: 20.08.15 Mythology and Getting Old In this film for "We Chose To Climb" 2015 Terry Lynch explores some of the dangerous mythologies of old age.
Story: 20.08.15 Why I Couldn't Care Less Alison Chalmers writes with candour about the struggles of caring.
Review: 10.08.15 Conflict Transformation Through School Jeremy Cunningham's book offers a curriculum for sustainable peace. David Towell has written this review.
Paper: 06.08.15 People, Places, Possibilities Written by Ralph Broad, this report describes the positive progress on Local Area Coordination in England and Wales.
Story: 29.07.15 Battling for Disabled People's Equality Jim Elder-Woodward was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Glasgow for his work advancing disability…
Inspiration: 29.07.15 Botanica Life Foundation A new organisation that has started a project aiming to involve young people from Bulgaria in learning about…
Paper: 28.07.15 Spartacus Response to Cuts in ESA The Spartacus Network show how Government policies are unfair, unreasonable and in conflict with International…
Paper: 28.07.15 Spartacus ESA Mythbuster Members of Spartacus Network bust the dangerous myths and misinformation that has grown up around ESA.
Article: 21.07.15 Localism: As If People Mattered Laird Ryan calls for localism to be brought back to the grassroots where it truly belongs.
Article: 15.07.15 Supporting Staff in Person-Centred Work Sam Sly explores how to support staff in person-centred services when money is tight.
Article: 06.07.15 Assuming Capacity Sam Sly underlines the importance of assuming capacity to ensure people with learning disabilities get the best…
Article: 02.07.15 Open Letter to Iain Duncan Smith An Open Letter to Iain Duncan Smith from prominent Catholics concerned at welfare reform.
Review: 16.06.15 Leading the Inclusive City In his book Robin Hambleton argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban…
Paper: 26.05.15 Cities for All - Ciudades Para Todos Ciudades Para Todos (Cities For All) is the Spanish langage version of Building A Better Future Through Civic…
Article: 25.05.15 Private Good, Public Bad The prevailing fiction of our times is that the private sector is better at running things than the public sector,…
Paper: 22.05.15 Raising Our Game Following the General Election, David Towell hosted a discussion on future promising opportunities and strategies…
Paper: 19.05.15 Our Lives: challenging attitudes to poverty in 2015 An important survey of the experiences of families living in in poverty in modern Britain.
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