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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…
Books: 01.07.13 The Unmaking of Man Exploring what we can learn from the Holocaust and how it applies to people with disabilities today.
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.
Article: 15.05.13 The Process of Change Sam Sly explains that the real challenge after Winterbourne View is to ensure the real drivers for change are in place.
Books: 14.05.13 People Centred Public Health This book examines how members of the public can get involved in public health.
Paper: 03.05.13 Our Direction Is Our Destination Veena Vasista asks how do we – the people - lead ourselves to become more connected with our power, our voice and…
Film: 01.05.13 People First Quality Checkers People First Quality Checkers is an independent quality checking service run by people with learning disabilities.
Inspiration: 30.04.13 247 Grid Tool The 247 grid tool is a simple and visual way to design an effective support package around someone’s life.
Slide: 24.04.13 Support After Winterbourne A presentation describing the kind of support necessary to avoid institutionalisation and abuse.
Slide: 24.04.13 Healthcare and Personal Budgets The use of personal budgets for healthcare raises many different questions about the role of the doctor and the nature…
Slide: 24.04.13 Personalisation and Social Work Personalisation has become another process that is done to social workers and which they then do to others. Social…
Slide: 23.04.13 Decoding Personalisation The real value of personalisation is being lost in empty rhetoric and conceptual confusion. Local government needs to…
Slide: 23.04.13 The End of Commissioning Commissioning is at an end. It's time for a better way of thinking about the relationship between the state, the citizen…
Slide: 23.04.13 Personalisation and Mental Health Logically personalisation and mental health are in perfect harmony - the fact that progress is so slow reflects deep…
Slide: 23.04.13 Taking Citizenship Seriously It's time to rethink the purpose of our social service systems - to focus on citizenship and innovation not service…
Film: 21.04.13 Building Community with Beth Mount This film made by Open Future Learning explores the value of finding out about our local communities in order to create…
Article: 12.04.13 The Traps and Detours of Deinstitutionalisation Sam Sly writes about the challenge of moving people out of hospitals and institutions after the Winterbourne View…
Paper: 11.04.13 Building Community for the Great Transition In this paper David Towell explores how we can begin to build communities which are sustainable and inclusive.
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