Papers

Publications from Citizen Network members for reading and sharing.

Paper: 18.09.23 UNIC Transferability Study The final UNIC report explores how to build and sustain personal budgets reforms and use EU structures.
Paper: 15.09.23 The Problem with Quality of Life Disability strategy should be built around an ambitious vision for deinstitutionalisation and citizenship for all.
Paper: 27.08.23 Redesigning the NDIS A vision for reforming the NDIS as a regenerative system of support co-designed with people with disabilities.
Paper: 14.08.23 Self-Directed Support Scotland There has been significant progress in Scotland in reforming disability services, but major challenges remain.
Paper: 09.08.23 SoNeC Guide SONEC is a framework for local decision-making determined by principles of justice and equality.
Paper: 31.07.23 Transforming Education: Policy Insights Public policy research has much to teach us if we want to create positive and sustainable change in education.
Paper: 20.07.23 Letter to Director General of DWP This letter asks the DWP to accept the harm caused by their ongoing approach to disabled people.
Paper: 05.06.23 The Social Artist: Women, Work & Money The Spring 2019 edition explores the need for financial independence and the threat of cashlessness.
Paper: 15.05.23 Individual Service Funds at iDirect iDirect share the experiences of 3 individuals they support who use individual service funds.
Paper: 04.05.23 Inclusion of Disabled Refugees in Spain A report evaluating the inclusion of disabled refugees, focusing on education, housing and employment.
Paper: 14.04.23 Health Care Services in Crisis Three senior NHS consultants explain that the NHS crisis is about its culture and organisation not just money.
Paper: 04.03.23 Sheffield Makes Civil Society Sheffield has a vibrant civil society but its full potential is not yet realised.
Paper: 04.03.23 Indvidual Service Funds in Residential Care Service providers can do much more to offer people flexible support and personal budgets.
Paper: 28.02.23 Inclusive Education Lessons From Canada Drawing out the lessons from New Brunswick's long-term commitment to inclusive education.
Paper: 28.02.23 This Is How I Manage This is a Finnish tool, available here in English, to help people develop their own support plan.
Paper: 08.11.22 Biopsychosocial Model or Bio-political Ideology? Will people with Long-COVID escape the prejudices directed towards people with ME/CFS.
Paper: 08.11.22 The Journey to Inclusion David Towell and Marcia Rivas Coello reflect on an important UNICEF initiative in Peru.
Paper: 07.11.22 Truth and Citizenship This Norah Fry lecture explores the conditions necessary for respecting disability rights.
Paper: 14.10.22 The Politics of Fear How the UK government has created an effective hostile environment for sick and disabled people.
Paper: 28.09.22 Un Nuevo Campo Social Necesitamos cultivar un nuevo campo social: we need to cultivate a new social field.
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.
Paper: 25.07.22 European Guidelines on Deinstitutionalisation Good practice guide on the transition from Institutional to Community-based Care.
Paper: 25.07.22 Mapping Self-Directed Support in Europe A survey of Self-Directed Support systems in Europe in 2019 produced by the SKILLS project.
Paper: 20.07.22 Lived Citizenship for Persons in Vulnerable Life Situations This Open Access book brings together a variety of articles on citizenship for people with multiple impairments.
Paper: 18.07.22 Work is Neighbourhood Business UBI means we can respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution by growing neighbourhood support for work.
Paper: 23.05.22 Citizens Rising The Relationships Project shares the stories and experiences of young people in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paper: 05.05.22 Power and Connection The first book dedicated to exploring the value of Local Area Coordination and its international development.
Paper: 04.05.22 Centralisation Meets Austerity A detailed analysis of the impact of austerity on Local Spending in every local authority in England.
Paper: 02.04.22 Different Worldview, Different Person-Centred Plan John O'Brien reflects on two very different ways of understanding Person-Centred Planning.
Paper: 31.03.22 Guide: Achieving Quality Education for All A short guide for leaders taking on the task of transformation in our schools.
Paper: 08.03.22 A New Way Home: Slovakian Edition Help for people in Slovakia and the Czech Republic to find new paths to living in their own home.
Paper: 03.03.22 Good Practice in Personal Budgets UNIC project describes global best practice in Personal Budgets and user-centred funding models.
Paper: 03.03.22 European Guide on Personal Budgets The UNIC Project guide to EU countries for Long Term Care and Support based on human rights.
Paper: 17.02.22 Personalising Commissioning An overview of Individual Service Funds and how to personalise commissioning in health and social care.
Paper: 24.01.22 Citizen Hubs A structure to grow power in local neighbourhoods in partnership with formal civic structures.
Paper: 08.12.21 Advancing Inclusive Education: An Overview David Towell shares an overview of national family association strategies for advancing inclusive education.
Paper: 01.12.21 Advancing Inclusive Education in Spain In the fourth of a new 5 part series, David Towell shares how Family Associations in Spain are working to advance…
Paper: 24.11.21 Advancing Inclusive Education in Colombia In the third of a new 5 part series, David Towell shares how Family Associations in Colombia are working to advance…
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.
Paper: 17.11.21 Advancing Inclusive Education in New Zealand In the second of a new 5 part series, David Towell shares how Family Associations in New Zealand are working to advance…
Paper: 10.11.21 Advancing Inclusive Education in Peru In the first of a new 5 part series, David Towell shares how Family Associations in Peru are working to advance inclusive…
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…
Paper: 07.10.21 Building Bridges Bridging Support is a powerful means of accelerating people's ability to leave institutional services, like ATUs.
Paper: 28.09.21 The Power of Freedom A New Zealand Initiative report on the positive progress of self-directed support in New Zealand.
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…
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…
Paper: 20.07.21 What Can We Do With Those Families? Too often families are treated disrespectfully, even by those seeking to advance inclusion or person-centred work.
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.
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