We can all create and use Individual Service Funds, the EQUALD project team share their new research.
Individual Service Funds, done well, have the potential to solve many of the current problems in Social Care.
This webinar was presented by researchers, care providers and people with learning disabilities, who have all been part of a research project called EQUALD at The University of Sheffield.
The webinar was for everyone with an interest in creative, flexible, person-centred care, including: families, people who need support, commissioners, care providers and social workers.
The EQUALD team shared their ground-breaking research, and the free resources they have produced to help us all create and use Individual Service Funds. You can find a link to these resources below.
People taking part included:
Dr Liz Croot - Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor
Dr Alice Dunning - Research Fellow
Jodie Bradley - member of Speakup in Rotherham
Clare Tarling - freelance accessibility consultant
Chris Watson - SDS Network and Self Directed Futures
Alex Goff - Darwin Care
Rebecca Mills - Social worker
Ian Jarman - ISF Commissioner
Claire Gleeson - KeyRing
Simon Duffy - Citizen Network and SDS Network
This webinar took place on 9 July 2025.
Inclusion, Individual Service Funds, intellectual disabilities, Self-Directed Support, social care, England, Global, Webinar
