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There are 783 resources from England.
Paper: 19.07.16
A Troubling Truth
Dr Claudia Gillberg reflects on her own experience of living with the chronic illness, myalgic encephalomyelitis or…
Paper: 20.06.16
State Guardian or Head Gardener?
Robin Jackson sets out the wide-ranging concerns at the decision of the Scottish Government to put in place a 'named…
Film: 15.05.16
Andrew's Passion for Cars
Andrew has a learning disability and a passion for cars. This short film gives an idea of how following this passion…
Paper: 12.05.16
Calderdale's Guide to Individual Service Funds (ISFs)
Calderdale Council have produced a guide for Individual Service Funds (ISFs) which describes their benefits to…
Inspiration: 25.04.16
Hope - Rise & Shine
Mark Russell outlines an innovative approach to preventing unnecessary mental health crises by giving people…
Film: 15.04.16
And This Time It's Personal
WellRedFilms explores the underpinnings of the psycho-coercive practices endorsed by the government with leading…
Paper: 13.04.16
In the Expectation of Recovery
George Faulkner's report outlines how misleading medical research has been used to support disability cuts.
Slide: 08.04.16
Getting Behind Individual Service Funds (ISFs)
Simon Duffy explores the reasons why ISFs are a helpful tool for achieving citizenship for people with learning…
Paper: 30.03.16
CoolTan Arts Report on Personal Budgets
Alison Vine of CoolTan Arts explores the practice of personal budgets as it impacts on small voluntary sector…
Article: 22.03.16
The Problem with Mandatory Reconsideration
Eri Mountbatten outlines the worrying results from a recent survey of it's members by the National Association of…
Article: 22.03.16
Why I Keep Banging on About Citizenship
Simon Duffy summarises the conclusion of his philosophical essay Citizenship and the Welfare State and what it means…
Paper: 22.03.16
Citizenship and the Welfare State
Exploring the role of citizenship in the definition and defence of the welfare state.
Slide: 21.03.16
What is the Good Society?
A presentation for the Adur Churches Network exploring the good society, citizenship and how we can restore the…
Inspiration: 02.03.16
Synetopia: Resource Distribution Revisited
Henry Tam offers a new model for justice and the redistribution of resources - Synetopia.
Inspiration: 21.02.16
Basic Income Plus
Simon Duffy on why a system of basic income plus an appropriate disability benefit would be a significant improvement…
Paper: 20.02.16
Local Area Coordination Catalyst for a System Wide Prevention Approach
Authors Les Billingham and Maureen McEleney report on the potential of Local Area Coordination to be a catalyst for…
Paper: 17.02.16
Liberating Institutions
John Burton describes how the institutional assumptions of the care system undermine the creativity and community…
Article: 28.01.16
Welfare: The Leadership Challenge
Susan Harrison reflects on the challenge of being critical about the welfare state from within the welfare state and…
Paper: 28.01.16
Citizen's Income: A Brief Introduction
This valuable guide provides an introduction to Citizen's Income, or Basic Income, explaining what it means, how it…
Paper: 22.01.16
Metaphors in Leadership
Michael Croft of Innovation People has developed this resource to support effective and efficient strategic and…
Story: 18.01.16
Carla Uses an ISF
Jenny Date describes how her daughter Carla uses an Individual Service Fund (ISF) so that she can have flexible support…
Project: 04.01.16
LDA England
The Learning Disability Alliance England was formed in 2015.
Project: 04.01.16
Relative Poverty
Les Monaghan explored the meaning of poverty in the UK today
Project: 04.01.16
Cumulative Impact Assessment
The UK govenment has imposed an ongoing austerity programme which targets cuts on disabled people and people in…
Paper: 22.12.15
Kent Vegan Festival
In October 2015, 1,500 people took part in the very first Kent Vegan Festival in Canterbury, Jo Kidd shares what…
Paper: 20.12.15
A Modern Hospital
Jan Walmsley and a group of disabled researchers look back at life in Princess Marina Hospital, Northamptonshire in…
Article: 24.11.15
Example of Flexible Support Contract
This is a real but anonymised contract between a local authority and a service provider enabling the service provider…
Paper: 17.11.15
Close to Collapse
An interim report from Action for M.E on access to social care and advocacy for people with M.E/CFS (Myalgic…
Paper: 16.11.15
Re-Thinking Community Care: The Camphill Village Model
Maria Lyons explores research on Camphill and the importance of considering intentional community and shared living…
Paper: 10.11.15
Fight Back
A report from Cyngor ar Bopeth Ceredigion Citizens Advice Bureau, written by Eri Mountbatten, on the impact of…
Article: 06.10.15
A Citizen with Learning Difficulties
Wendy Perez writes about what it means to be a citizen with learning difficulties.
Slide: 04.10.15
Demystifiying Individual Service Funds (ISFs)
These slides summarise guidance on the use of Individual Service Funds (ISFs) and the future of commissioning for…
Article: 03.10.15
Learning Difficulty or Learning Disability
Wendy Perez explains why she prefers the term 'learning difficulty' to 'learning disability'.
Article: 02.10.15
Equality and the Governance of Welfare
Dr Henry Tam believes that the governance of welfare has to be conducted transparently and inclusively. Here he sets…
Story: 02.10.15
Using a Personal Health Budget
Rob Moriarty describes the benefits of using a personal health budget for himself and the merits of the system.
Article: 23.09.15
Why I Was Worried by the Assisted Dying Bill
Wendy Perez explains why she was worried by the Assisted Dying Bill and the problems people face in the hospital system.
Paper: 14.09.15
A Qualitative Study of the Impact of the UK Bedroom Tax
This report examines the impact of the bedroom tax on health and wellbeing in a North East England community in which…
Inspiration: 25.08.15
Relationship Based Care in Action
Susan Harrison describes how she was inspired by an Alaskan model of relationship-based care - called Nuka.
Story: 24.08.15
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Alison Chalmers realised it was time for her daughter to walk with independence, however difficult she found it as a…
Story: 24.08.15
The Person Who Most Inspires Me
Alison Chalmers describes all the ways in which her daughter inspires her.
Article: 24.08.15
Learning Disability is Not a Mental Disorder
Robin Jackson asks why in Scottish law people with learning disabilities are treated as if they have a mental disorder.
Story: 20.08.15
Why I Couldn't Care Less
Alison Chalmers writes with candour about the struggles of caring.
Paper: 06.08.15
People, Places, Possibilities
Written by Ralph Broad, this report describes the positive progress on Local Area Coordination in England and Wales.
Paper: 28.07.15
Spartacus Response to Cuts in ESA
The Spartacus Network show how Government policies are unfair, unreasonable and in conflict with International…
Paper: 28.07.15
Spartacus ESA Mythbuster
Members of Spartacus Network bust the dangerous myths and misinformation that has grown up around ESA.
Article: 21.07.15
Localism: As If People Mattered
Laird Ryan calls for localism to be brought back to the grassroots where it truly belongs.
Article: 25.05.15
Private Good, Public Bad
The prevailing fiction of our times is that the private sector is better at running things than the public sector,…
Paper: 19.05.15
Our Lives: challenging attitudes to poverty in 2015
An important survey of the experiences of families living in in poverty in modern Britain.
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