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There are 767 resources from England.
Story: 25.01.22
A Dark Childhood
Claire Louise hopes her writing will help others reach out and get help.
Article: 25.01.22
An Interview with Lou Townson
Lou Townson talks about her experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Article: 24.01.22
On Social Prescribing
Social prescribing can become used in ways that are insensitive to what people really need.
Paper: 24.01.22
Citizen Hubs
A structure to grow power in local neighbourhoods in partnership with formal civic structures.
Article: 24.01.22
Make Everyone a Policy Maker
PolicyEngine is a tool that gives the public an unprecedented insight into the tax and benefit system.
Project: 20.01.22
UBI Lab Network 2021
Progress in advancing the case for universal basic income.
Inspiration: 13.01.22
Charter to End Westminster Rule
A working Charter for democratic reform which aims to offer 10 radical and necessary changes to UK democracy.
Webinar: 08.12.21
Centri Diurni Senza Mura
La Cooperativa Kara Bobowski is an Italian social enterprise who here share innovations from their work as part of the…
Article: 02.12.21
Speaking Out
Self-advocacy becomes much easier when we have the support of friends, family and peers.
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.
Article: 24.11.21
An Interview with Katrina Kurowski
Katrina Kurowski shares her experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Paper: 23.11.21
Genealogy of Person-Centred Planning
How activists aligned with people with developmental disabilities and their families in Canada, the US and the UK.
Article: 23.11.21
An Interview with Patrick Burke
Jan Walmsley interviews Patrick Burke about his experience as a leader and an advocate in the self-advocacy movement.
Webinar: 08.11.21
Launch of Power and Connection
The first book dedicated to exploring Local Area Coordination and integrating more than 30 years of research.
Article: 08.11.21
Imagine a Democracy
Modern democracies must tap into the power of citizenship to tackle our severe environment and social problems.
Webinar: 08.11.21
Volunteering and Inclusion
Les Papillons de Blancs Lille share how people with intellectual disabilities can be included in their communities…
Webinar: 08.11.21
Innovations in Inclusion from Rethymno
The Association of Parents and Friends of people with Autism of Rethymno in Crete share their innovative work to…
Webinar: 04.11.21
Celebrating Day Centres Without Walls
Jaunuolių Dienos Centras (JDC) hosted a conference in Lithuania sharing work and learning from partners in the Day…
Article: 02.11.21
The Constitutional Elephant in the Room
The lack of democratic constitution, rooted in human rights, creates a fundamental problem in the UK.
Article: 02.11.21
Yorkshire - Renewing a Regional Identity
Yorkshire has a strong identity yet it exists in one of the most centralised states in the world.
Paper: 02.11.21
A Response to Shaping Future Support
This briefing paper reviews the UK Government's Health and Disability Green Paper: Shaping Future Support and argues…
Article: 13.10.21
Moving the Centre
The Centre for Welfare Reform is changing to become Citizen Network Research, this article explains why.
Article: 13.10.21
Awed by the Human Spirit
Recollections of the early days of deinstitutionalisation and the emergence of self-advocacy by one of its pioneers.
Article: 12.10.21
Transforming Communities
Communities must be empowered to act for themselves and in partnership with public services and government.
Article: 11.10.21
Beyond Deinstitutionalisation
Looking at the causes of institutionalisation can help us identify common goals in our efforts for social justice.
Article: 10.10.21
The Corruption of Social Care Reform
Social Care is poorly understood that debates about how to improve or reform it are often empty of meaning.
Paper: 07.10.21
Building Bridges
Bridging Support is a powerful means of accelerating people's ability to leave institutional services, like ATUs.
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…
Film: 16.09.21
Restoring Shropshire's Verges
The verges along our roads can be beautiful havens for wildlife and biodiversity if we change how we take care of them
Article: 15.09.21
Self-Advocacy History Before 1984
The People First movement leads the way in self-advocacy today, but there were also earlier developments which should…
Article: 14.09.21
Flourishing Neighbourhoods
It's misleading to describe communities as 'left behind', we need to think how we will grow Neighbourhood Democracy.
Webinar: 29.08.21
Neighbourhoods: Refunction or Recreate?
Susan Rodaway and Michael Hancock shared practical models for reshaping and democratising local government.
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: 20.07.21
Redesigning the Benefits System with Young People in Mind
Poverty for children in the UK is growing and its time for a revolutionary shift towards Universal Basic Income (UBI).
Webinar: 20.07.21
Sharing Stories to Cultivate Democracy
Guest hosts Paul Wright and Selva Mustafa share stories of connection and community in Birmingham and Bury.
Article: 19.07.21
Our Care Home in Our Community
We have lost sight of the true meaning of care and care homes are big business, cut off from our communities.
Paper: 14.07.21
Growing Peer Support
A report on peer-led crisis support in mental health services focusing on the work of PFG Doncaster.
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…
Story: 10.06.21
Mother, Daughter and UBI
A mother and a daughter, both living with disabilities, explain why they believe UBI would be transformational for…
Webinar: 08.06.21
Neighbourhood Democracy and Food
The Neighbourhood Democracy Movement (NDM) hosted this webinar with 4 invited guests to explore the relationship…
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.
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: 24.05.21
Paint Your Town Red
David Towell reviews a new book describing the realities of the Preston model.
Article: 14.05.21
Improve Health by Growing Community
Our health is damaged by isolation, inequality and powerlessness, so we must reconnect people by conscious community…
Article: 12.05.21
Disability Activism for the Environment
Disabled people can be champions for community and environmental change and active citizenship brings personal…
Webinar: 07.05.21
A New Way Home
John Dalrymple and Frances Brown speak about their work with Radical Visions in Scotland and their guide A New Way Home.
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