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Project: 09.02.22 Building Citizen Network Together Citizen Network members gathered online to explore the development of the network and discuss future plans.
Article: 28.01.22 Disability Benefits and Suicide A Channel Four documentary has revealed the cruel nature of the UK's disability system.
Story: 25.01.22 A Dark Childhood Claire Louise hopes her writing will help others reach out and get help.
Article: 25.01.22 An Interview with Lou Townson Lou Townson talks about her experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Article: 24.01.22 On Social Prescribing Social prescribing can become used in ways that are insensitive to what people really need.
Paper: 24.01.22 Citizen Hubs A structure to grow power in local neighbourhoods in partnership with formal civic structures.
Article: 24.01.22 Make Everyone a Policy Maker PolicyEngine is a tool that gives the public an unprecedented insight into the tax and benefit system.
Project: 20.01.22 UBI Lab Network 2021 Progress in advancing the case for universal basic income.
Article: 14.01.22 What is Citizen Network? We are a global community working for a world where everyone matters.
Inspiration: 13.01.22 Charter to End Westminster Rule A working Charter for democratic reform which aims to offer 10 radical and necessary changes to UK democracy.
Handbook: 13.01.22 How to join us on Slack We are communicating with each other on Slack - join in.
Paper: 08.12.21 Advancing Inclusive Education: An Overview David Towell shares an overview of national family association strategies for advancing inclusive education.
Webinar: 08.12.21 Centri Diurni Senza Mura La Cooperativa Kara Bobowski is an Italian social enterprise who here share innovations from their work as part of the…
Article: 02.12.21 Speaking Out Self-advocacy becomes much easier when we have the support of friends, family and peers.
Paper: 01.12.21 Advancing Inclusive Education in Spain In the fourth of a new 5 part series, David Towell shares how Family Associations in Spain are working to advance…
Article: 24.11.21 UBI: Unpaid Labour and Gender Relations We need to value care and help move society away from an unjust system that advantages men over women.
Article: 24.11.21 An Interview with Katrina Kurowski Katrina Kurowski shares her experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Paper: 24.11.21 Advancing Inclusive Education in Colombia In the third of a new 5 part series, David Towell shares how Family Associations in Colombia are working to advance…
Paper: 23.11.21 Genealogy of Person-Centred Planning How activists aligned with people with developmental disabilities and their families in Canada, the US and the UK.
Article: 23.11.21 An Interview with Patrick Burke Jan Walmsley interviews Patrick Burke about his experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Paper: 17.11.21 Advancing Inclusive Education in New Zealand In the second of a new 5 part series, David Towell shares how Family Associations in New Zealand are working to advance…
Paper: 10.11.21 Advancing Inclusive Education in Peru In the first of a new 5 part series, David Towell shares how Family Associations in Peru are working to advance inclusive…
Webinar: 08.11.21 Launch of Power and Connection The first book dedicated to exploring Local Area Coordination and integrating more than 30 years of research.
Article: 08.11.21 Imagine a Democracy Modern democracies must tap into the power of citizenship to tackle our severe environment and social problems.
Webinar: 08.11.21 Volunteering and Inclusion Les Papillons de Blancs Lille share how people with intellectual disabilities can be included in their communities…
Webinar: 08.11.21 Innovations in Inclusion from Rethymno The Association of Parents and Friends of people with Autism of Rethymno in Crete share their innovative work to…
Webinar: 04.11.21 Celebrating Day Centres Without Walls Jaunuolių Dienos Centras (JDC) hosted a conference in Lithuania sharing work and learning from partners in the Day…
Article: 02.11.21 The Constitutional Elephant in the Room The lack of democratic constitution, rooted in human rights, creates a fundamental problem in the UK.
Article: 02.11.21 Yorkshire - Renewing a Regional Identity Yorkshire has a strong identity yet it exists in one of the most centralised states in the world.
Paper: 02.11.21 A Response to Shaping Future Support This briefing paper reviews the UK Government's Health and Disability Green Paper: Shaping Future Support and argues…
Article: 13.10.21 Moving the Centre The Centre for Welfare Reform is changing to become Citizen Network Research, this article explains why.
Article: 13.10.21 Awed by the Human Spirit Recollections of the early days of deinstitutionalisation and the emergence of self-advocacy by one of its pioneers.
Article: 12.10.21 Transforming Communities Communities must be empowered to act for themselves and in partnership with public services and government.
Article: 11.10.21 Beyond Deinstitutionalisation Looking at the causes of institutionalisation can help us identify common goals in our efforts for social justice.
Article: 10.10.21 The Corruption of Social Care Reform Social Care is poorly understood that debates about how to improve or reform it are often empty of meaning.
Paper: 07.10.21 Building Bridges Bridging Support is a powerful means of accelerating people's ability to leave institutional services, like ATUs.
Article: 29.09.21 IUCN World Conservation Congress The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the largest gathering of conservation expertise globally, CN Ambassadors…
Paper: 28.09.21 The Power of Freedom A New Zealand Initiative report on the positive progress of self-directed support in New Zealand.
Paper: 18.09.21 The Quiet Progress of the New Eugenics Eugenics is now being legitimised through a mixture of policies including euthanasia, genetic testing and the…
Film: 16.09.21 Restoring Shropshire's Verges The verges along our roads can be beautiful havens for wildlife and biodiversity if we change how we take care of them
Article: 15.09.21 Self-Advocacy History Before 1984 The People First movement leads the way in self-advocacy today, but there were also earlier developments which should…
Article: 14.09.21 Flourishing Neighbourhoods It's misleading to describe communities as 'left behind', we need to think how we will grow Neighbourhood Democracy.
Map: 07.09.21 Global Democracy A map of the voting systems used around the world.
Article: 01.09.21 Action for Responsible Management of Our Rivers ARMOUR, the remarkable story of saving rivers and building community across South Africa.
Webinar: 29.08.21 Neighbourhoods: Refunction or Recreate? Susan Rodaway and Michael Hancock shared practical models for reshaping and democratising local government.
Paper: 29.08.21 Personal Budgets An Easy Read guide plus film explaining the 4 different ways of funding your care and support and managing your Personal…
Article: 20.07.21 Redesigning the Benefits System with Young People in Mind Poverty for children in the UK is growing and its time for a revolutionary shift towards Universal Basic Income (UBI).
Paper: 20.07.21 What Can We Do With Those Families? Too often families are treated disrespectfully, even by those seeking to advance inclusion or person-centred work.
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