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Article: 22.09.13 The Hidden Housing Subsidy Simon Duffy explains how the artificially low interest rate in the UK acts as an enormous subsidy to the better-off.
Article: 22.09.13 Ten Attacks on Disabled People's Rights Simon Duffy provides an overview of the main strategies being used to undermine the human rights of disabled people in…
Article: 22.09.13 Thoughts on ESA Some early thoughts on reforming the failed Employment Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessment system.
Article: 22.09.13 Impact of PIP on Social Care This analysis was carried out on behalf of We Are Spartacus and estimates how the end of DLA will hit local government.
Paper: 22.09.13 Driving Up Quality Code The Driving Up Quality Code outlines good fundamental practices and behaviour that organisations that support…
Paper: 22.09.13 Driving Up Quality Code Self Assessment Guide This self-assessment guide is to help organisations assess themselves against the Driving Up Quality Code.
Slide: 21.09.13 Restoring Our Vision This is the third and final keynote given at the New Zealand Disability Support Network Conference held in Wellington,…
Slide: 21.09.13 Citizenship Right Here, Right Now This was the second of three keynote talks given at the 2013 New Zealand Disability Support Network Conference in…
Slide: 21.09.13 Lessons From Our History Building on the book The Unmaking of Man, this talk was the opening keynote presentation for the 2013 New Zealand…
Slide: 20.09.13 The Citizen In The Welfare State Slides on developing a deeper understanding of citizenship and its relevance to defending and redefining the welfare…
Slide: 19.09.13 Maintaining Vision A presentation on the challenge of maintaining a vision driven system in other western democratic countries.
Slide: 19.09.13 Small Sparks An outline of another great social innovation, pioneered in the UK by the late great Carl Poll.
Paper: 18.09.13 Education For A Better Tomorrow In this important paper Heidy Araque and David Towell explore the relationship between the education system and the…
Article: 18.09.13 A Finnish Perspective Katja Valkama reflects from a Finnish perspective on social innovations in the UK and the price of welfare 'reform'.
Slide: 18.09.13 Top Tips On Accessibility This quick and helpful guide by Carl Poll and Henry Iles summarises the principles of accessible information.
Slide: 18.09.13 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Henry Iles and Carl Poll produced these clear and valuable slides describing good practice in the production of high…
Paper: 10.09.13 A Personalised Approach to Safeguards in the NDIS Marita Walker, Kate Fulton and Bruce Bonyhady offer an approach to safeguarding and quality that starts from the…
Paper: 10.09.13 Actions That Build Community John O'Brien's paper explores 75 different actions from a list prepared by a group of academic researchers and civic…
Article: 10.09.13 Communities in Crisis Ted Dalby tells the inspirational story of the cockle pickers of Penclawdd and what they teach us about the meaning of…
Paper: 09.09.13 The Best Things In Life This report describes the impact of Grapevine's work on people with learning disabilities and their families.
Article: 09.09.13 What Kind Of Cure Is Necessary? Mariana Cervantes-Burchell has questions following news that scientists have made a breakthrough in being able to…
Paper: 01.08.13 The 8 Pillar Model of Community Support A report by Lisa Monaghan on the implications of the 8 Pillar Model for supporting people with dementia in practice.
Paper: 01.08.13 Freedom Fighters Clare Hyde describes the stories of five freedom fighters as they leave the institution behind them.
Article: 31.07.13 Love Sam Sly writes about how important love is, in all its forms, to having a great life.
Film: 31.07.13 Manavodaya This film is about Manavodaya - a people based approach to social change which has empowered some of the poorest women in…
Slide: 30.07.13 I Know What I Want Aarne Rajalahti shares lessons and stories from the early development of self-directed support in Finland.
Paper: 30.07.13 Commissioning and Community Sourcing Written by Chris Howells and Chris Yapp this publication shows commissioners how they can break free from damaging…
Paper: 30.07.13 Hospital - a guide to staying safe Terry Lynch describes how you can stay safe in hospital - a guide relevant to all of us - but especially older and disabled…
Article: 29.07.13 What is Wrong with Supported Living? Simon Duffy explores how the principles of supported living have been corrupted and how we need to move to a focus on…
Paper: 28.07.13 The Relational Basis of Empowerment Exploring how fundamental human attitudes underpin society's approach to empowering disabled people.
Article: 23.07.13 What Would I Want From A Support Planner? Liam Toner explores the qualities he would look for in a support planner and how we support people to plan for…
Paper: 18.07.13 Whose Community Is It Anyway? Written by Simon Duffy this paper suggests it's time to re-think commissioning and work with communities in a real…
Paper: 11.07.13 Returning Home Simon Duffy outlines a promising innovation from Plymouth that aims to return people home from institutional care.
Article: 08.07.13 Call for a Cumulative Impact Assessment Catherine Hale shares the text of a letter to her MP calling for her support for the Cumulative Impact Assessment.
Article: 08.07.13 Briefing for MPs for Opposition Day Debate This Briefing for MPs from Pat's Petition also provides a general overview of the series of cuts being imposed by the UK…
Slide: 07.07.13 Briefing for Opposition Day Debate An overview of the cumulative impact of UK government policies on disabled people. Prepared as a briefing for MPs for a…
Story: 01.07.13 The Special People - A Fable This fable is taken from Simon Duffy's book The Unmaking of Man and explores what happens when some people are treated as…
Review: 01.07.13 The Unmaking of Man Written by Simon Duffy The Unmaking of Man is an exploration of what we can learn from the Holocaust and how it applies to…
Story: 20.06.13 In Memory of My Mam Rosemary O'Neill gave this heartfelt speech about her own experience as a Carer at Carers UK State of Caring Conference…
Article: 10.06.13 Long Term Care Fees - The Truth Chris Moon-Willems writes about the government's proposed changes to means testing for social care.
Paper: 04.06.13 Freedom Written by Simon Duffy, this new practical guide gives advice on supporting people to be free.
Paper: 03.06.13 Investing in Ordinary Lives Investing in Ordinary Lives is an initiative to increase the supply of housing for people with learning disabilities…
Article: 03.06.13 How We Try to Keep Our Promises Tim Keilty explains how New Prospects have designed a simple approach for helping people to network and support each…
Inspiration: 03.06.13 Community Networks A community network is a simple but powerful innovation developed by New Prospects - team work.
Article: 28.05.13 From the British Welfare State to Just Another American State Mo Stewart argues that the current reforms of the welfare state were inspired by bogus research and the vested…
Article: 28.05.13 Statements of the Obvious on NDIS Tony Lanigan has written a list of statements of the obvious that may be helpful to the designers of Disability Care…
Article: 24.05.13 In Memory of Carl Poll Carl Poll was a leading innovator and champion for people with learning difficulties - he will be greatly missed.
Film: 18.05.13 Person-Centred vs System-Centred with Beth Mount This film by Open Future Learning with Beth Mount explores Person-Centred vs System-Centred planning.
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