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Inspiration: 28.01.13
It's My Life
This is a creative alternative to day services operating from the assumption that everybody belongs and can join in…
Paper: 23.01.13
The Politics of Assets Based Public Health
Dr Lynne Friedli argues that we must not forget the impact of poverty and injustice on health and well-being.
Article: 23.01.13
A Strategy for Welfare Reform
This essay provides an overview of why the welfare state should be reformed - not cut - and what it might take to achieve…
Article: 22.01.13
What Can I Do To Make A Difference?
Sam Sly writes about the importance of working together, sharing our experiences, resources and energy in the year…
Paper: 22.01.13
Shared Management
Shared Management is an approach for organising practical support using the expertise of people, families and…
Story: 22.01.13
Michelle and NDIS
Dell Stagg describes how she rescued her daughter from an institutional service and the need to respect families in the…
Story: 22.01.13
Karen and Being Bi-Polar
Karen describes how she discovered she had a mental health problem and the ups and downs of dealing with the mental…
Inspiration: 22.01.13
Cornerstone Cafe Parent Carer Group
Families and disabled people coming together to learn more, plan and bring about community change - working together.
Story: 22.01.13
Person Centred Planners Lose the Plot
The story of how one self-advocate with learning difficulties came into conflict with the Person Centred Planning…
Inspiration: 22.01.13
Pass It On Parents
This innovation is a system of peer support for families of disabled children.
Paper: 21.01.13
Community Sourcing and Social Care
This new report by Chris Yapp and Chris Howells offers an alternative to privatisation and the hollowing out of local…
Paper: 16.01.13
A Fair Society?
Produced for the Campaign for a Fair Society, this report shows how government cuts in the UK target disabled people.
Film: 16.01.13
A Fair Society?
This short 3 minute film explains how the UK Government's current programme of cuts ends up targeting disabled people.
Project: 04.01.13
SDS and the NDIS
Implementing self-directed support and the meaning of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Article: 30.12.12
What is Assessment and Treatment?
Sam Sly describes the difficulties faced by families who have seen their children lost to the phoney system of…
Article: 28.12.12
Regulation without State Dominance
Bob Rhodes outlines a different approach to regulation than the on-going expansion of incompetent state-run…
Article: 22.12.12
Getting Serious About Citizenship
The debate about reform in social services loses clarity when we use jargon like personalisation, the real questions…
Article: 20.12.12
Is It All About Cuts?
This short article describes how self-directed support is being used to make cuts in social care.
Film: 06.12.12
Family Leadership
A film about Pippa Murray's work to make family leadership authentic, building on real wealth and strengthening the…
Inspiration: 04.12.12
Local Area Coordination
Local Area Coordination is an innovation from Western Australia which strengthens people's connections in…
Paper: 03.12.12
University of The Third Age
In this case study, David Towell illustrates how efforts to strengthen communities work best when local people are…
Slide: 25.11.12
Welfare Reform Impact on Mental Health
The UK government's cuts to welfare - known as 'welfare reforms' - will increase levels of mental illness, increase…
Paper: 14.11.12
Manifesto for a Fair Society
The Campaign for a Fair Society's Manifesto sets out 8 key ideas for a fairer society and shows how current cuts target…
Slide: 04.11.12
Better Safe Than Sorry
A presentation given for SACID in Adelaide on safety and how we might protect the interests of people who are most…
Slide: 04.11.12
Personalisation and Cuts
Polly Sweeney of Irwin Mitchell has kindly shared some slides on combating the misuse of personalisation in social…
Slide: 04.11.12
Campaign for a Fair Society
Full set of slides outlining unfairness of UK government's cuts, how they will impact on disabled people and what we…
Article: 30.10.12
An Apology
Simon Duffy apologises for two social innovations that have had negative consequences - the complex RAS and the…
Slide: 29.10.12
The Health and Social Market-Place
Don Derrett gives an overview of the ups and downs of personalisation and self-directed support as it is developing in…
Slide: 29.10.12
Can You Buy Care?
Bob Rhodes of Lives Through Friends explores the absurdity of assuming care can be purchased in a market place. He…
Slide: 29.10.12
Vinny Went Cycling for Charity
Vinesh Kumar joined his brother-in-law on a charity bike ride across India in aid of Sanjeevini Trust. On his trip he…
Article: 26.10.12
Fears for NDIS
A summary of concerns about the design of Australia's important National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Slide: 25.10.12
Help and Connect
Kellie Woodley of Skills for People outlines the Help and Connect model which is transforming their advocacy…
Slide: 25.10.12
Family Leadership
Pippa Murray of ibk initiatives describes how the key to real empowerment lies within - in the human spirit.
Film: 25.10.12
8 Rules - Keep the Flame Burning
Terry Lynch's film tells us the key things to remember as we grow older about how to stay independent and in control.
Paper: 24.10.12
Love's Labours Lost
Dr Iona Heath's Michael Shea Memorial Lecture - Why society is straitjacketing its professionals and how we might…
Paper: 24.10.12
Tall Tales About Welfare Reform
Ben Baumberg, Kate Bell and Declan Gaffney tackle some of the most common welfare myths.
Paper: 24.10.12
Why Inequality Matters
Written by members of My Fair London this paper presents further essential information about income inequality and…
Film: 22.10.12
Organising for Self-Directed Support
This film by John O'Brien explains the developing thinking in Wisconsin about how to create the right support systems…
Paper: 21.10.12
Better Nights
An evaluation of a Choice Support initiative to improve night-time support for people with learning disabilities as…
Film: 28.09.12
The UK is Very Unequal
The UK is the third most unequal developed country - and this inequality is bad for all of us - it causes many social…
Paper: 27.09.12
Deinstitutionalisation and Community Living
This paper by David Towell explores the progress made in advancing community living over the last generation and…
Film: 27.09.12
Poor Commit the Least Fraud
A lot of fuss is made about benefit cheats - but few people realise it is the poor who commit the least fraud - it is…
Film: 26.09.12
Cuts Target Disabled and Poor
This short film shows how the UK government's spending decisions have targeted disabled people and the poor for cuts.
Article: 25.09.12
What Goes Around...
Bob Rhodes reflects on the ups and downs of building a fairer society amidst the craziness of the current system.
Film: 25.09.12
The Poor Are Very Poor
The popular myth is that there is no real poverty in the UK - however the reality is that the poor are very poor - living on…
Story: 24.09.12
When SDS Doesn't Work
An anonymous account of the real-life failure of self-directed support for a family who needed help.
Film: 24.09.12
Poor Pay the Most Tax
This short film explains the surprising fact that in the UK it is the 10% of poorest families who actually pay the most tax…
Paper: 20.09.12
Personalised Transition Journal Article
This article outlines the key elements of what is still the most radical version of personalisation in the UK today -…
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