Need for Roots

Reviews: 17.06.25 The Care Economy David Towell reviews Tim Jackson's book on how to bring care to the centre of our economy.
Article: 17.06.25 The Communitarian Case for Diversity Henry Tam explains why the true value of community lies in its ability to welcome and nurture our natural diversity.
Books: 02.06.25 Friends and Purpose Stories from communities across the United Kingdom where people are discovering the power of connection.
Books: 30.04.25 Human Flourishing Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley explores what human flourishing really means.
Article: 18.06.24 Heartificial Intelligence We need to teach our children to love, to feel and to recognise the needs of others.
Article: 06.02.24 The Value of Grief We cannot truly value life unless we are prepared to accept the pain of losing someone.
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.
Article: 11.08.23 Care vs Work Care offers a hopeful alternative to the destructive concept of productive work that is dominant today.
Reviews: 28.02.23 Rethinking Boethius This ancient text reveals a lost approach to economics thinking that we need to rediscover.
Paper: 07.11.22 Truth and Citizenship This Norah Fry lecture explores the conditions necessary for respecting disability rights.
Webinar: 05.09.22 The Need for Roots A series highlighting ideas and practices that intentionally seek to co-create a world where everyone matters.
Article: 02.08.22 30 Years on Citizenship This article and film reviews the work of Simon Duffy on the topic of citizenship.
Article: 24.06.22 Self-Directed Support and Citizenship Simon Duffy argues that self-directed support is a tool for enhancing our citizenship.
Article: 20.06.22 The Challenge of Citizenship A talk to mark the Launch of Values Into Action Scotland at the Scottish Parliament in 2007.
Article: 14.01.22 What is Citizen Network? We are a global community working for a world where everyone matters.
Article: 13.10.21 Moving the Centre The Centre for Welfare Reform is changing to become Citizen Network Research, this article explains why.
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…
Inspiration: 24.10.19 Inclusion Press Jack Pearpoint, Lynda Kahn and Cathy Hollands have recently updated the Inclusion Press website and are keen to share…
Paper: 27.06.19 An Emancipatory Welfare State A draft consultation paper setting out the arguments for a basic income for people with disabilities.
Paper: 29.11.16 Love and Welfare There is a spiritual tradition that has been forgotten, which offers us a more positive vision of the welfare state.
Paper: 29.09.16 Political Literacy and Civic Thoughtfulness Henry Tam describes the principles that must underpin any coherent and decent community.
Paper: 22.03.16 Citizenship and the Welfare State Exploring the role of citizenship in the definition and defence of the welfare state.
Paper: 26.06.14 [R]evolution Road Veena Vasista explores the connections between individual internal change and the journey of creating political,…
Paper: 28.07.13 The Relational Basis of Empowerment Exploring how fundamental human attitudes underpin society's approach to empowering disabled people.
Paper: 09.04.10 Citizenship Theory A paper which explores the theoretical foundations of personalisation.