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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.
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 -…
Paper: 19.09.12 Personalising a Block Contract A research report describing the progress made in Barnsley to personalise a block contract with the mental health…
Article: 19.09.12 Fellows Day 2012 Fellows Day 2012
Film: 19.09.12 Manifesto for a Fair Society A short film setting out the principles behind and the main ideas within the Campaign for a Fair Society's Manifesto for…
Film: 18.09.12 Is the UK a Fair Society? This movie introduces the Campaign for a Fair Society - which is organised to campaign against the injustice of a system…
Reviews: 12.09.12 Resilience Imperative A review by David Towell of The Resilience Imperative by Michael Lewis and Pat Conaty.
Paper: 06.09.12 21st Century Beveridge In this journal article from Policy & Politics Jon Glasby, Simon Duffy and Catherine Needham make the case for a…
Article: 03.09.12 Is it Right to Buy a Right? Jim Elder-Woodward explores the injustice of social care charging in the UK and the double taxation of disabled…
Article: 03.09.12 Bridging the Rubicon Bob Rhodes explores the gap in thinking between public services and real communities.
Reviews: 03.09.12 Just Because Rebecca Elliott's children's book get to the heart of human dignity and the vital link between diversity and equality.
Article: 02.09.12 Vinny Went Cycling for Charity Vinesh Kumar tells the story of his 500 mile cycle ride across India, and the lessons learnt.
Article: 02.09.12 It's the Toughest of Commissions (Song) Bob Rhodes offers a song about the paradoxes of commissioning.
Paper: 30.08.12 Innovation and the Work Programme A case study by Su Maddock on the UK government’s Work Programme procurement process.
Slide: 30.08.12 Innovation in Welfare to Work A presentation given by Su Maddock on Innovation in Welfare to Work.
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