Northern Ireland

There are 45 resources from Northern Ireland.

Paper: 15.03.26 Complex People Don't Exist. Unstable Systems Do. The failure to create stable systems of support is causing harm, extra cost and institutionalisation.
Article: 12.03.26 The Importance of Relationships John O'Brien always respected those who provided direct support and the value of those relationships.
Paper: 12.03.26 Person-Centred Planning and Transformative Change An exploration of how person-centred planning could become an important tool of local system change.
Article: 12.03.26 Poverty in Residential Care The residential care system does not provide people with the incomes they need to thrive and contribute.
Article: 04.03.26 The Threat of Genetic Modification Alicia Hull questions how genetic modification could affect our natural world.
Article: 11.02.26 How to Make Great British Rail Great Again Alicia Hull proposes different ways to make Great British Rail great after the destruction due to privatisation.
Article: 21.01.26 Finding Self-Advocacy John O'Brien was instrumental in bringing the idea of self-advocacy into people's lives.
Article: 07.01.26 A Higher Purpose John O'Brien helped people to find our deeper purpose while also recognising the complexity of our shared work.
Article: 16.12.25 The Bridge to Inclusion John O'Brien did not just offer a vision of inclusion he also helped build the bridge towards it.
Article: 17.11.25 Seeing Beyond the Institution Nan Carle reminds us how John O'Brien helped us escape institutional thinking and imagine a world of inclusion.
Article: 23.10.25 Goodbye and Thank You We remember John O'Brien, whose ideas have had transformational social impact.
Paper: 21.07.25 Making Individual Service Funds Work EQUALD a project led by the University of Sheffield developed resources to increase the use of ISFs.
Article: 25.06.25 The Welfare Bill: A Disabled Person's Perspective Yet more cuts to disability benefits doesn't feel like a reform to Cat Wood, it feels like an attack.
Handbook: 02.05.25 Easy Read Guide to Citizen Network A guide to Citizen Network in English and Spanish.
Article: 17.04.25 Citizens and the BBC How the BBC is failing its citizens.
Reviews: 25.11.24 UK Education: Still Awaiting an Inclusive Future David Towell reviews two books focusing on the development of inclusive education in England.
Books: 09.08.24 Second Class Citizens An authoritative overview of how Austerity targeted sick and disabled people in the UK.
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: 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.
Article: 06.06.24 Grassroots Manifesto for Sustainability Policies to help us take care of the planet, support wildlife and better farming.
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.
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.
Album: 26.06.22 UK Poverty Data in Graphics Infographics showing how poverty is created by the unfairness of the UK tax-benefit system.
Article: 28.01.22 Disability Benefits and Suicide A Channel Four documentary has revealed the cruel nature of the UK's disability system.
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.
Article: 16.09.20 Popping the Housing Bubble The UK's housing market is over-inflated and even progressive policies like basic income cannot solve this without…
Film: 08.04.20 Universal DisCredit The Canary supported Videoblogg Productions to produce a documentary describing the problems with the Universal…
Article: 06.04.20 Does COVID-19 mark the end for markets in the NHS? UK Government response to the COVID-19 is an implicit acknowledgement of the limitations and dangers of a marketised…
Article: 06.04.20 COVID-19, The Black Death and Basic Income Bill Jordan explains why COVID-19, like the Black Death before it, may finally push the current elites to accept the…
Article: 02.04.20 The Upstream Response to COVID-19 Dr Simon Duffy sets out some key principles to guide local communities as they develop their response to the COVID-19…
Film: 25.02.20 A global force for change Citizen Network is a global non-profit cooperative movement, formed to create a world where everyone matters.
Article: 10.12.19 UK Food Banks in 2019 Lizzie Peck provides an overview of the emergence and rapid growth of food banks since the Coalition Government and the…
Article: 08.12.19 Undercooked Analysis Steve Griffiths argues that the Institute for Fiscal Studies has failed to be objective in its analysis of Labour's…
Article: 07.12.19 Accountancy is not Economics Steve Griffiths examines the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) critique of of Labour's 2019 Manifesto and discovers…
Article: 17.08.19 End Parliamentary Sovereignty Gavin Barker sets out the case for limiting the sovereignty of Parliament.
Project: 14.05.19 Demand for Constitutional Reform 2018 An open letter demanding radical constitutional reform in the UK.
Article: 02.06.18 A Constitution for Disability Rights 8 reasons why disability rights activists should support constitutional reform.
Article: 16.04.18 Elements of a New Constitution The Centre for Welfare Reform supports the movement for a written constitution, based on radical democratic reform,…
Article: 15.04.18 Open Letter on Constitutional Reform An Open Letter calling for a Citizen's Convention leading to a written constitution.
Article: 07.02.18 Inequality is a Constitutional Issue The reasons why the UK has become an increasingly unequal society and what we could do to reverse this trend.
Article: 10.11.17 Why the UK Needs a Written Constitution Gavin Barker on the issues of democratic accountability and the protections we should build into our welfare system.
Paper: 02.10.17 Progress on Personalised Support This report builds on an international survey of support organisations to develop a model of personalised support.
Project: 04.01.14 Campaign for a Fair Society A campaign to provide positive alternatives to the UK's austerity programme.
Article: 14.03.11 How Can We Save the Big Society? Gabriel Chanan and Colin Miller argue that the Big Society project will fail unless it focuses on real community…
Article: 03.02.11 Unfair Cuts in Detail The current social care system in the UK is deeply unfair and needs reforming; however current efforts by Central…