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There are 804 resources from England.
Paper: 29.09.16
Legal Literacy in Adult Social Care
Belinda Schwehr, a leading expert in social care law, explores the declining standards in legal literacy which are…
Paper: 23.09.16
Personal Budgets - A Lived Experience
A report published by Hestia highlighting both the strengths and challenges of holding a Personal Budget.
Reviews: 21.08.16
The Rise of the Robots
Robin Jackson urges everyone with an interest in achieving welfare reform to read Martin Ford's book and consider the…
Paper: 17.08.16
Stronger Together - Family Event
Bringing Us Together and Respond hosted a gathering of disabled children and young people, parents and families to…
Paper: 17.08.16
Avoiding Crisis Support Needed
Bringing Us Together and Respond carried out a survey to find out what support families of disabled children and young…
Article: 09.08.16
Can ISFs Save Domiciliary Care?
Martin Walker of TLAP suggests that in the midst of the severe funding crisis hitting social care the use of Individual…
Story: 08.08.16
Dangers of Prescribed Tranquillisers (Benzodiazepines)
Barry Haslam explains the devastating impact that commonly prescribed tranquillisers (Benzodiazepines) have had…
Story: 04.08.16
Care Cuts: Indignity & Uprootedness
An anonymous account of the reality of social care for one man with complex disabilities in the United Kingdom.
Article: 03.08.16
The Flexibility of Self-Directed Support
Simon Duffy, Pat Stack and Peter Gay report on the outcomes of a one day conference organised by the London…
Paper: 02.08.16
The Psychological Impact of Austerity
This report from Psychologists Against Austerity shares well-established psychological research that directly…
Paper: 02.08.16
Local Area Coordination Evaluation Isle of Wight
This six month formative evaluation outlines the work carried out to plan, implement and evaluate Local Area…
Paper: 02.08.16
Replacing Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
This research by Stef Benstead and Emma Nock, published by Ekklesia, looks at the support needs of people with chronic…
Article: 02.08.16
Heading Upstream: Deinstitutionalisation & Public Service Reform
Simon Duffy explores the challenge of moving solutions upstream and away from the institutionalised solutions into…
Paper: 26.07.16
Social Value of Local Area Coordination in Derby
This report, published in March, was commissioned by Think Local Act Personal in order to measure the impact of Local…
Inspiration: 24.07.16
DanceSyndrome
Founded by Jen Blackwell, DanceSyndrome is an inclusive dance charity that aims to inform and empower people through…
Paper: 21.07.16
An Autoethnography of Parenting
Jane Gregory shares her journey as a mother of a woman with intellectual disabilities whose complex needs and…
Article: 19.07.16
Exploring the Meaning of Poverty
Poverty isolates and divides us. It leaves us thinking we are not good enough and we are too poor to spend time with…
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.
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