Wales

There are 63 resources from Wales.

Article: 07.04.26

Shaping Public Policy John O'Brien's quiet influence from Valuing People to neighbourhood care.

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.

Webinar: 11.11.24

Part 8: Grassroots Policies In this webinar contributors described the work we need to do to take care of our rivers.

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.

Paper: 07.06.24

Beyond the Ballot Box The Democracy Box publish new research revealing how to open up democratic participation in the UK.

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.

Webinar: 19.03.24

Part 7: Grassroots Policies In Part 7 of our webinar series we focused on the Commons, and wildlife.

Webinar: 14.03.24

Part 6: Grassroots Policies We focused on financial and environmental sustainability in Part 6 of our webinar series.

Handbook: 10.01.24

How to Support Everyday Citizenship How to share the book Everyday Citizenship.

Webinar: 20.05.23

Part 2: Grassroots Policies The second webinar in this series focused on genetic modification, factory farmed animals and a pollution scandal.

Webinar: 04.04.23

Part 1: Grassroots Policies The first webinar in this series focused on the future of farming, sustainability and finance.

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.

Training: 02.06.22

Self Directed Futures Training Active learning and coaching from Self Directed Futures.

Article: 16.02.22

Electric Cars, Sharing and Decarbonising Further measures on car use must be taken now in order to meet the UK’s overall net zero emission target by 2030.

Humanity's Conundrum David Zigmond on his new book and the importance of our search for meaning and community.

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: 24.11.21

An Interview with Katrina Kurowski Katrina Kurowski shares her 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: 04.05.21

Local Area Coordination and Prevention Nick Sinclair is the Director of the Local Area Coordination Network in England and Wales and describes here the…

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…

Webinar: 15.07.20

SDS Network: Social Service Reform in Wales Damien Bridgeman explains the development of social service reforms in Wales.

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…

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…

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