Papers

Publications from Citizen Network members for reading and sharing.

Paper: 07.12.19 Social Work Writing and Bureaucracy Why has writing reports, plans, case notes and assessments come to dominate everyday social work, often at the price of…
Paper: 02.12.19 Avanzando en la ruta hacia una educación inclusiva en Latinoamérica Reflexiones de un viaje a través de Bolivia, Perú y Colombia en octubre 2019.
Paper: 02.12.19 Advancing Inclusive Schooling in Latin America Further reflections from Stepanía Duarte Mora and David Towell on advancing the journey to inclusive and quality…
Paper: 29.11.19 Dissent from Consensus Bureaucracies and regulatory control systems undermine important social innovations such as person-centred…
Paper: 27.11.19 Influences and Consequences In the conclusion to the Preventable Harm Project Mo Stewart shows how US companies and right-wing ideology have…
Paper: 14.11.19 The Journey to Inclusive Schooling This new guide shares eight case studies from schools already well-advanced in the journey to inclusivity now…
Paper: 08.11.19 A New Deal for Sheffield Old Folk This 1951 paper shows how social policy has and has not changed since World War II and suggests that we have made less…
Paper: 04.11.19 Grow a Better Future In this paper Steve Newman demonstrates that it is entirely possible to reimagine housing, planning and development…
Paper: 23.10.19 Canaries in the Coal Mine Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service (NCVS) share their 2019 report on the state of the voluntary, community and…
Paper: 22.09.19 La Ruta Hacia La Escuela Inclusiva David Towell y Gordon Porter explican 3 estudios de caso de diferentes continentes con la finalidad de explorar cómo…
Paper: 17.09.19 Social Value Policy and Framework This policy sets out the legal context for social value and an approach a council could adopt to deliver social value…
Paper: 11.09.19 Fully Funded Social Care Simon Duffy and Gordon Peters explain how we might fully fund social care and why this is vital next step in achieving…
Paper: 19.08.19 The Perils of Industrialised Healthcare David Zigmond argues that the NHS needs to be built on a human scale.
Paper: 22.07.19 Know Your Place Joyce Bullivant documents an issue that is vital to justice and to our wellbeing - the survival of our local heritage,…
Paper: 27.06.19 An Emancipatory Welfare State A draft consultation paper setting out the arguments for a basic income for people with disabilities.
Paper: 02.06.19 Estrategias para la Transformación Escolar David Towell comparte otras notas sobre el desarrollo de estrategias para lograr la transformación escolar desde…
Paper: 02.06.19 12 Lecciones de América Latina Stephanía Duarte Mora y David Towell exploran cómo las asociaciones familiares nacionales están promoviendo el…
Paper: 29.05.19 Strategies for School Transformation David Towell shares further notes on developing strategies for achieving school transformation from within.
Paper: 29.05.19 12 Lessons from Latin America Stephanía Duarte Mora and David Towell explore how national family associations are promoting educational change…
Paper: 28.05.19 Learning Disability, Autism and Human Rights A guide co-produced by the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), together with people who have learning…
Paper: 28.05.19 What Kind of Region Do We Want to Live In? As the UK battles with Brexit, citizens in West Yorkshire are invited to join We Share The Same Skies in an alternative…
Paper: 28.05.19 Stories of Our Lives Catherine Hale has edited five stories describing the reality of living with and managing a life with severe energy…
Paper: 24.05.19 Self-Directed Support for Service Providers This report on Self-Directed Support in Europe sets out strategies for service providers to work in partnership with…
Paper: 08.05.19 Valedictory John O'Brien outlines the achievements of Dane County's system of supports as the system is now replaced by a system of…
Paper: 01.05.19 Close Down the ATUs The Centre for Welfare Reform made a submission in April 2019 to the Joint Committee on Human Rights calling for the…
Paper: 08.04.19 Excluding Citizens with Disabilities from Voting Matthew Potocnik describes the barriers created by the social care system in Australia to the active citizenship of…
Paper: 07.03.19 Money as a Human Right Maria Lyons combines an analysis of economics with an understanding of inclusion to offer a radical argument for basic…
Paper: 04.02.19 UBI and Health Research shows why basic income will have very positive health impacts & why welfare conditionality is harmful.
Paper: 04.02.19 Transgender Children and Social Work This paper explores how social workers and professionals can approach an understanding of the complexity of working…
Paper: 01.02.19 Sustainability Strategies for Local Area Coordination Programmes Advice for Local Government on how to extend and strengthen the application of the Local Area Coordination (LAC) model…
Paper: 29.01.19 Crisis Prevention This guide has been written by families for families of children and adults either with learning disabilities, autism…
Paper: 21.01.19 Life after Violence An Inclusion Europe report on how women with intellectual disabilities cope with the violence they have experienced…
Paper: 11.01.19 Conversations About Advancing Inclusive Schooling How national family associations and other NGOs in Latin America are seeking to promote and support educational…
Paper: 17.12.18 Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) A statement from the Centre for the #WOWdebate on the Government's reasons for refusing to carry out a Cumulative…
Paper: 12.12.18 Special Rights A celebration of difference and a collection of proposals for more inclusive schooling and an expression of…
Paper: 26.10.18 4 Essential Elements of ABCD Process John McKnight and Cormac Russell describe what is distinctive about an asset-based development process in this…
Paper: 25.10.18 US Corporate Influence on UK Welfare Reforms Mo Stewart has been researching the damage caused by welfare reform and the malign influence of US private insurance…
Paper: 25.09.18 Careless Care When the state takes children into its care it has a responsibility to support them into adulthood and as they become…
Paper: 25.09.18 GaN Canny 2018 Over 168 voluntary and community organisations from Gateshead and Newcastle responded to a survey by Newcastle CVS on…
Paper: 24.09.18 Extreme Poverty in a Time of Austerity This summary of the harm caused by the UK Government's austerity policies was submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on…
Paper: 06.09.18 Parent Carer Health This survey of family experiences suggests that ill health for family carers is a significant problem.
Paper: 06.08.18 Preventable Harm and the Work Capability Assessment Mo Stewart provides a brief overview of some of the most important elements in the development of a policy which is…
Paper: 26.06.18 Reclaiming ‘Chronic Illness’ An exploration of the meaning of the term ‘chronic illness’ and the relationship between people with…
Paper: 07.06.18 Self-Directed Support This paper has been written as part of the SKILLS Project to begin the development of an international exploration of…
Paper: 07.05.18 Challenging the Democratic Deficit The Government's proposals for boundary reform make the current electoral system even more unfair.
Paper: 03.05.18 Now and Next The innovative leadership pipeline for families with young children with disability or delay developed by Plumtree.
Paper: 01.05.18 Heritage Is An Asset Joyce Bullivant explains why our heritage is a vital asset for sustainable development and asks why Sheffield City has…
Paper: 20.04.18 Cities for All This paper explores how disabled people and their allies can be at the heart of the civic partnerships required to make…
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