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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, primarily as volunteers or lay 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.
Slide: 09.04.13 Co-production and Power Co-production is a wonderful concept - but it is emptied of meaning if it does not go hand in hand with a real shift of power…
Slide: 09.04.13 Northern Social Justice Perhaps the future of the welfare state does not lie in the hands of Southern think tanks but of Northern social…
Slide: 09.04.13 Retracing Our Steps A presentation on the long history of abuse against disabled people and what we might do to reduce it.
Slide: 08.04.13 Too Complex, Too Challenging? Sam Sly describes how Beyond Limits are applying personalisation principles to support people with the most complex…
Slide: 08.04.13 Radical Social Work Sam Sly of Beyond Limits explores how radical social work can be inspired by personalisation and people with complex…
Slide: 08.04.13 The Meaning of Welfare Reform A presentation on the real meaning of welfare reform.
Slide: 08.04.13 Fund Life Not Services Presentation given at The Centre for Welfare Reform's conference on mental health reform in Leeds, December 2012.
Slide: 08.04.13 Travelling Hopefully - lessons for NDIS This talk was given to some of those leading the design of Australia's NDIS and setting out international and English…
Slide: 08.04.13 Human Rights and Citizenship The meaning of self-directed support, a full set of slides for South Australia and NDIS.
Paper: 05.04.13 Microenterprise and People with Learning Disabilities Authors Tess Reddington and Jan Fitzsimons write about the work opportunities available for people with learning…
Paper: 05.04.13 Personalisation and Independent Living Personalisation and Independent Living is part of the Solution Series of papers from the Independent Living in…
Article: 03.04.13 The Big Society Fails the Hardest Hit Catherine Hale's article explains how a range of UK government policies target disabled people.
Paper: 02.04.13 21st Century Vision A paper following the launch of the Housing and Support Alliance offering a new vision for the future.
Story: 07.03.13 My Rights Nadia Clarke writes about the damaging impact that cuts to her personal budget will have on her life.
Inspiration: 07.03.13 Peers and Allies for Living PALs gives people with mental health problems the chance to act as paid allies and supporters for people with personal…
Paper: 07.03.13 Getting Help if you have a Learning Difficulty This is a guide to getting support in Sheffield if you have a learning difficulty.
Paper: 06.03.13 The Promise of An Ordinary Life David Towell writes about An Ordinary Life the movement which drove reform for an earlier generation, and brings the…
Reviews: 28.02.13 No Going Back Authors Tim Keilty and Kellie Woodley write about the forgotten voices from Prudhoe Hospital.
Paper: 24.02.13 Travelling Hopefully Simon Duffy describes international best practice in self-directed support and personal budgets.
Paper: 24.02.13 Designing NDIS An international perspective on the design of systems of individualised funding for people with disabilities.
Article: 24.02.13 It's Not Systems That Stop Abuse Transformative leadership - not new systems, targets or policies - will help public services to tackle the problems of…
Article: 22.02.13 Implementing Personal Budgets This essay describes how personal budgets should be implemented, focusing especially on people with more complex…
Paper: 21.02.13 Augmentative Alternative Communication and Leadership Research This report outlines the power of alternative systems of communication and was written by Nadia Clarke following her…
Paper: 20.02.13 The Road to NDIS This paper by Robbi Williams and Simon Duffy explores the English experience as a valuable source of information for…
Inspiration: 18.02.13 Lyhty - Finnish Punk Rock and Much More A Finnish community hub which is helping people with intellectual disabilities create music, media and so much more.
Paper: 08.02.13 Towards an Ontology of Inclusion Re-Writing the Law, Science and Ethics of Intellectual Disability by Michael Bach, Canadian Association for…
Story: 08.02.13 Disability Related Costs of Living Micheline Mason and Mary Harrison explain why their disability benefits are vital.
Article: 05.02.13 Briefing on How Cuts Are Targeted This briefing provides a summary of the findings of the report A Fair Society? and some important facts and figures.
Article: 05.02.13 Is It Immoral to Cut Welfare? Dr Simon Duffy tells of his experience on television, the messages he hoped to communicate and the lessons he learned.
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.
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