Papers

Publications from Citizen Network members for reading and sharing.

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 David Towell shares how Family Associations in Spain are working to advance inclusive education.
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.
Paper: 11.06.21 Avoiding Misconceptions When Designing Supports We need to readjust our thinking to overcome the prejudices against disabled people built into the modern world.
Paper: 26.04.21 I Already Have A Job New research from the Chronic Illness Inclusion project on energy limiting chronic illness and work.
Paper: 22.03.21 Starcross Hospital Important testimony from those who lived and worked in a long-stay institution for people with learning…
Paper: 16.03.21 The Creation of Preventable Harm The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is a key element of the UK Government's welfare policy and has caused preventable…
Paper: 09.03.21 A New Way Home New Edition A practical guide to leaving institutional care and returning to your community.
Paper: 04.03.21 Easy to Read Guide This learning material is produced within the Erasmus project Puzzle – developing easy to read formats for…
Paper: 02.03.21 Pregnant in An Age of Compliance An exploration of pregnancy amidst the myths of medical technology and power.
Paper: 19.01.21 Los Maestros Como Líderes Una breve guía para lograr una educación inclusiva y de calidad para todos.
Paper: 15.01.21 Teachers As Leaders A short guide to achieving inclusive and quality education for all.
Paper: 14.01.21 Rethinking Organisations A paper from WAiS's program to help Support Providers explore alternative organisational theory and practices that…
Paper: 14.12.20 Supporting and Developing the Workforce for ISFs This guide from Skills for Care was developed over several months by the South West Individual Service Fund Network and…
Paper: 21.10.20 What Price Preventable Harm? Mo Stewart summarises the conclusions of the Preventable Harm Project which examined the causes and impact of the…
Paper: 29.09.20 Service User Involvement in Social Work Education An evaluation of the involvement of service users and carers in social work education focusing on the UK.
Paper: 16.09.20 Exploring the Strength of Community The key to promoting wellbeing for all citizens lies in citizen action and neighbourhood democracy.
Paper: 06.09.20 Basic Income Plus: Easy Read Version Basic Income Plus is a radical way to reform benefits by giving everyone enough to live on and ensuring people with extra…
Paper: 06.09.20 iDirect Citizenship Review 2019 iDirect provides individualised support to support people with learning disabilities to be full citizens.
Paper: 17.07.20 An Introduction to Basic Income Plus A practical approach for making sure basic income works for disabled people and others who face extra costs.
Paper: 08.07.20 The Pathology of Control Management of the NHS and other public services often produces harm by misunderstanding people's basic motivations.
Paper: 08.07.20 Where Do We Stand? We stand at the gates of hope - with an open heart, an open mind and an open will.
Paper: 08.07.20 Seeking Transformation It is easy to talk about transformation, but it's much harder to make change meaningful and significant.
Paper: 24.06.20 Energy Impairment Easy Read This is the Easy Read version of the Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion report produced by the Chronic Illness…
Paper: 20.06.20 Good Things About Individual Service Funds An easy read guide to Individual Service Funds or ISFs. A great way to manage your support.
Paper: 27.05.20 Closer to Home Amy-Grace Whillans-Welldrake reports on the progress of Greater Manchester devolution and explores the…
Paper: 19.05.20 I Feel Forgotten The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project's submission to the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into the impact of…
Paper: 27.04.20 Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion This ground-breaking report outlines the barriers facing people with chronic illness and explores the concept of…
Paper: 22.04.20 Coronavirus Act 2020: Easy Read Dorset Advocacy have shared their Easy Read guide to how the Coronavirus Act might affect your care and support.
Paper: 21.04.20 Basic Income and Independent Living The independent living movement must be included in the conversation about universal basic income.
Paper: 08.04.20 Participation at 45 Degrees Colin Miller has compiled 12 short essays on techniques for citizen-led change and constitutional reform in…
Paper: 25.02.20 The Hub at Yeovil The Hub at Yeovil is an example of a community bringing young disabled people together to build lives of citizenship and…
Paper: 18.02.20 A Commissioners' Guide to Individual Service Funds This guide offers a commissioner's perspective on how to implement Individual Service Funds and widen self-directed…
Paper: 17.02.20 Self-Direction Worldwide Lynn Breedlove observes the competing conceptions of self-directed support emerging around the world.
Paper: 28.01.20 Adventurous Social Work? Tim Keilty shares how self-directed support can help families: stay safe, and avoid their children going into care.
Paper: 21.01.20 ALLFIE Manifesto for Inclusive Education The Alliance for Inclusive Education's (ALLFIE) manifesto demands Government moves to a fully inclusive education…
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