Self-Directed Support

People who need support are entitled to be in control of their own lives and any support they need.

Paper: 03.09.24 The Citizenship Project Inclusion North's project focused on the voices of people living in the North East of England and North Cumbria.
Article: 23.07.24 A Digital Approach to Person-Centred Planning Digital technology is opening up new ways in which people can develop their own person centred plan.
Paper: 06.06.24 Expanding Self-Direction Strategies for advocates to make practical progress in advancing self-direction.
Handbook: 18.03.24 How to Sponsor Citizen Network This guide explains how to support Citizen Network, our projects and our networks.
Article: 15.03.24 Making Friends A simple greeting generates a story of community between neighbours with common interests.
Article: 10.03.24 Supporting People with Individual Service Funds Darwin Care support people with learning disabilities and autism in Dorset and use ISFs.
Article: 14.12.23 Integrated Personal Budgets Integrated Personal Budgets bring together different resources to help people take control of all their supports.
Paper: 11.12.23 Personalised Support in Cancer Care Health professionals in Lithuania are trying to improve the personalisation of their support to cancer patients.
Article: 06.12.23 Third-Party Personal Health Budgets Third-Party Personal Health Budgets or Individual Service Funds (ISFs) are a key tool for personalising care.
Paper: 18.09.23 UNIC Transferability Study The final UNIC report explores how to build and sustain personal budgets reforms and use EU structures.
Paper: 15.09.23 The Problem with Quality of Life Disability strategy should be built around an ambitious vision for deinstitutionalisation and citizenship for all.
Paper: 27.08.23 Redesigning the NDIS A vision for reforming the NDIS as a regenerative system of support co-designed with people with disabilities.
Film: 26.08.23 The Value of Peer Support Peer support is one of the best ways to liberate the potential for citizens to change the world for the better.
Paper: 14.08.23 Self-Directed Support Scotland There has been significant progress in Scotland in reforming disability services, but major challenges remain.
Paper: 15.05.23 Individual Service Funds at iDirect iDirect share the experiences of 3 individuals they support who use individual service funds.
Paper: 04.03.23 Indvidual Service Funds in Residential Care Service providers can do much more to offer people flexible support and personal budgets.
Paper: 28.02.23 This Is How I Manage This is a Finnish tool, available here in English, to help people develop their own support plan.
Article: 19.01.23 The Seattle 2000 Declaration The Seattle 2000 Declaration on 
Self-Determination and Individualized Funding.
Article: 17.11.22 Global Standards for Self-Directed Support The SDS Network has drafted a statement for consultation on best practice on self-directed support.
Article: 04.11.22 Building the Right Support... Why we are failing to provide the right support to people and what we can do to fix it.
Paper: 28.09.22 Un Nuevo Campo Social Necesitamos cultivar un nuevo campo social: we need to cultivate a new social field.
Project: 09.08.22 UNIC Project EU funded project to support the development of personal budgets across Europe
Slide: 25.07.22 The Power of Freedom An overview of recent developments for self-directed support in New Zealand including important web technology.
Paper: 25.07.22 European Guidelines on Deinstitutionalisation Good practice guide on the transition from Institutional to Community-based Care.
Paper: 25.07.22 Mapping Self-Directed Support in Europe A survey of Self-Directed Support systems in Europe in 2019 produced by the SKILLS project.
Webinar: 27.06.22 Towards a Citizenship Model of Support Ideas for developing a new model of support in Catalonia.
Album: 27.06.22 Self-Directed Support Graphics in Catalan Infographics on self-directed support in Catalan
Article: 24.06.22 Self-Directed Support and the Future Simon Duffy considers some of the emerging trends and how SDS can help us tackle future problems.
Article: 24.06.22 Self-Directed Support and System Design Simon Duffy explores how you design a system of self-directed support that works for everyone.
Article: 24.06.22 Self-Directed Support and Citizenship Simon Duffy argues that self-directed support is a tool for enhancing our citizenship.
Webinar: 23.06.22 Self Direction in Finland Petra Rantamäki provides an overview of the development of self-directed support in Finland.
Webinar: 23.06.22 European Perspectives on Self-Directed Support Support Girona hosted a seminar to review global and European developments in self-directed support.
Training: 02.06.22 Self Directed Futures Training Active learning and coaching from Self Directed Futures.
Article: 23.05.22 How to Make Control Work How can we help people to take control in a system of self-directed support.
Film: 05.05.22 Being Hatty Hatty has paranoid schizophrenia and is 33 years old, this is her story of life now with personalised support.
Paper: 02.04.22 Different Worldview, Different Person-Centred Plan John O'Brien reflects on two very different ways of understanding Person-Centred Planning.
Paper: 08.03.22 A New Way Home: Slovakian Edition Help for people in Slovakia and the Czech Republic to find new paths to living in their own home.
Paper: 03.03.22 Good Practice in Personal Budgets UNIC project describes global best practice in Personal Budgets and user-centred funding models.
Paper: 03.03.22 European Guide on Personal Budgets The UNIC Project guide to EU countries for Long Term Care and Support based on human rights.
Paper: 17.02.22 Personalising Commissioning An overview of Individual Service Funds and how to personalise commissioning in health and social care.
Graphic: 16.02.22 Individual Service Fund Route Map Self Directed Futures show how to shift control of health and social care into neighbourhoods.
Paper: 07.10.21 Building Bridges Bridging Support is a powerful means of accelerating people's ability to leave institutional services, like ATUs.
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: 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: 07.06.21 Trying Out Individual Service Funds (ISFs) Self Directed Futures' work with Bristol City Council commissioning team on their Individual Service Fund offer.
Paper: 09.03.21 A New Way Home New Edition A practical guide to leaving institutional care and returning to your community.
Webinar: 03.03.21 DCWW England: PFG the Home of Peer Support Members of the People Focused Group (PFG) in Doncaster explain what peer support truly means.
Paper: 14.12.20 Supporting and Developing the Workforce for ISFs This guide from Skills for Care was developed over several months by the South West Individual Service Fund Network and…
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