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Article: 09.10.24

Citizen Democracy: Learning from North West Together We Can NWTWC promoted local and regional based learning to improve lives and create sustainable communities.

Article: 09.09.24

Citizen Participation in Africa Democracy in Africa is under threat but emerging innovations improve accountability and participation.

Article: 02.09.24

Engaging the Marginalised How do we reach people who are rarely heard and encourage them to engage in citizen democracy?

Books: 09.08.24

Everyday Citizenship How everyone can be a citizen and lead a life of meaning.

Books: 09.08.24

Second Class Citizens An authoritative overview of how Austerity targeted sick and disabled people in the UK.

Article: 25.07.24

Democratising Education It will take big changes in how we do education if we are going to support people to value democratic principles.

Article: 04.07.24

Open Letter on Neighbourhood Democracy A call for a deeper democracy that engages everyone as citizens in their neighbourhoods and beyond.

Article: 24.06.24

Civic Dialogues and Citizen Democracy We need to help people make decisions together on a much more local level.

Article: 17.06.24

A Visionary Future with Basic Income for Farmers Basic income for every farmer could help end poverty for farmers and better protect nature.

Reviews: 18.05.24

Love and Disobedience In these challenging times Hannah Arendt's writings offer us guidance and encouragement.

Paper: 25.04.24

Sowing the Seeds of Stability A proposal to use basic income as the system to support the income of farmers and farm workers.

Article: 03.04.24

The Creation of a Global Newspaper The theme of the first edition of Citizen Network News is public spaces, order your copy now.

Paper: 02.04.24

Yorkshire Declaration This Declaration makes the case for bringing real Democratic power to Yorkshire.

Paper: 04.03.24

Culture Matters A report sharing how culture can impact parents who have children with autism or learning disabilities.

Article: 05.02.24

The ‘Scarcity’ of Money Government can create the money we need in order to do the things that really matter.

Article: 23.01.24

Edward Carpenter and Basic Income Edward Carpenter explores the case for universal basic income and a world with more joy, beauty and usefulness.

Article: 06.12.23

The Urgent Need for Yorkshire Devolution Regional inequalities in England are caused by growing centralisation of power - this trend can be reversed.

Article: 01.11.23

Fixing Broken Britain It is time to abandon the failed dogmas that accelerated social injustice and are breaking Britain apart.

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: 05.06.23

The Social Artist: Women, Work & Money The Spring 2019 edition explores the need for financial independence and the threat of cashlessness.

Paper: 04.05.23

Inclusion of Disabled Refugees in Spain A report evaluating the inclusion of disabled refugees, focusing on education, housing and employment.

Paper: 08.11.22

Biopsychosocial Model or Bio-political Ideology? Will people with Long-COVID escape the prejudices directed towards people with ME/CFS.

Paper: 07.11.22

Truth and Citizenship This Norah Fry lecture explores the conditions necessary for respecting disability rights.

Article: 02.08.22

30 Years on Citizenship This article and film reviews the work of Simon Duffy on the topic of citizenship.

Paper: 29.07.22

UK Democracy Fit for 21st Century How to reorganise the constitution of the UK to support genuine democracy and good government.

Paper: 20.07.22

Lived Citizenship for Persons in Vulnerable Life Situations This Open Access book brings together a variety of articles on citizenship for people with multiple impairments.

Album: 26.06.22

UK Poverty Data in Graphics Infographics showing how poverty is created by the unfairness of the UK tax-benefit system.

Paper: 23.05.22

Citizens Rising The Relationships Project shares the stories and experiences of young people in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paper: 04.05.22

Centralisation Meets Austerity A detailed analysis of the impact of austerity on Local Spending in every local authority in England.

Local Spending in England A map of Local Spending and the impact of austerity in England.

Article: 30.03.22

Homelessness in Sheffield since 2005 This article explores how levels of homelessness have changed in Sheffield since 2005.

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.

Reviews: 07.07.21

Post Growth Tim Jackson's book marshals great thinkers, poets and evidence to argue we must abandon our destructive notion of…

Reviews: 17.06.21

Out of the Ordinary Marc Stears proposes that the values and visions of ordinary people carry within them the possibility of radical…

Paper: 11.06.21

Avoiding Misconceptions When Designing Supports We need to readjust our thinking to overcome the prejudices against disabled people built into the modern world.

Webinar: 08.06.21

Neighbourhood Democracy and Food The Neighbourhood Democracy Movement (NDM) hosted this webinar with 4 invited guests to explore the relationship…

Reviews: 04.06.21

Those Who Can, Teach This book is an eloquent testimony to the importance of investing in quality education to enrich the futures of all…

Article: 25.05.21

An Ode to the Citizen Spirit of Sheffield Sheffield has proud history of combining diverse peoples and communities into a greater whole, with a commitment to…

Reviews: 08.04.21

A Wild Love for the World David Towell reviews a new collection of writings celebrating the lifework of the Buddhist ecologist Joanna Macy.

Change Is Coming Tapiolan Kuoro, the Finnish Children's choir, sing from Greta Thunberg's ‘No-one Is Too Small To Make A…

Paper: 16.03.21

The Creation of Preventable Harm The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is a key element of the UK Government's welfare policy and has caused preventable…

Inspiration: 04.03.21

Everyone Has Strengths Virtues or character strengths help us think about what is important in our lives and can be a useful person-centred…

Article: 14.01.21

The Ideal of Citizenship Simon Duffy gave this talk to the LAC Network and argues that citizenship is the ideal the world needs today.

Building on Mutual Aid Basic Income and Neighbourhood Democracy could help us reorganise society and shift power to citizens.

Webinar: 14.12.20

Stigma and Poverty: The Shame Game Mary O'Hara discusses her book ‘The Shame Game’ sharing the perspectives of people who are living with…

Webinar: 06.12.20

Killed By The State? Social Policy Abused Mo Stewart describes the outcome of 10 years of independent disability studies research into the social policies and…

Reviews: 09.11.20

Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach's film reveals the brutal reality of the modern gig economy.

Slide: 29.10.20

To Hell with Poverty The Church must make a greater effort to fight the causes of poverty and support the #BasicIncome movement.