Papers

Publications from Citizen Network members for reading and sharing.

Paper: 26.07.16 Social Value of Local Area Coordination in Derby This report, published in March, was commissioned by Think Local Act Personal in order to measure the impact of Local…
Paper: 21.07.16 An Autoethnography of Parenting Jane Gregory shares her journey as a mother of a woman with intellectual disabilities whose complex needs and…
Paper: 20.07.16 Individualised Funding: Implications for Family Carers A report commissioned by Mind Australia to find out how carers experienced similar schemes to the NDIS, when they were…
Paper: 20.07.16 I Would Never Have Believed A report from the Thistle Foundation and Animate on Learning from the Individual Service Fund (ISF) Pilot undertaken…
Paper: 19.07.16 Life in Bolsover Today Inequality in the UK has doubled in a generation and the consequences are felt most harshly in places like Bolsover as…
Paper: 19.07.16 A Troubling Truth Dr Claudia Gillberg reflects on her own experience of living with the chronic illness, myalgic encephalomyelitis or…
Paper: 20.06.16 State Guardian or Head Gardener? Robin Jackson sets out the wide-ranging concerns at the decision of the Scottish Government to put in place a 'named…
Paper: 16.05.16 Taking Forward Women Centred Solutions This guide shows how gendered approaches can help unlock solutions to complex problems, delivering multiple…
Paper: 16.05.16 Raising Our Game David Towell shares ideas on the strategies we might need to build a future in which we live in harmony with ourselves,…
Paper: 12.05.16 Learning from Mental Health PHBs in Stockport Research describing how peer supporters from All Together Positive work to enable people with mental health problems…
Paper: 12.05.16 Health Buddies in Royds This is the operational plan to tackle the extreme health inequalities in the Royds area of Bradford by the use of Health…
Paper: 12.05.16 Calderdale's Guide to Individual Service Funds (ISFs) Calderdale Council have produced a guide for Individual Service Funds (ISFs) which describes their benefits to…
Paper: 12.05.16 Siete Claves para la Educación Inclusiva David Towell ofrece una perspectiva internacional sobre el desarrollo de la educación inclusiva.
Paper: 11.05.16 Los Profesores como Líderes The Spanish translation of David Towell and Heidy Araque's paper reflecting on the role of teachers and leaders in and…
Paper: 11.05.16 Fomentar la Educación para Forjar una Sociedad Inclusiva The Spanish translation of David Towell and Heidy Araque's paper on promoting education for an inclusive society.
Paper: 10.05.16 Assessment and Setting Standards Nan Carle presented this paper in 1983 but today, as thousands continue to live in abusive institutional settings this…
Paper: 10.05.16 The Dane County Difference Dane County in Wisconsin, USA has been a beacon of social innovation for people with intellectual and developmental…
Paper: 09.05.16 Educación Para Un Mañana Mejor Esta es la versión actualizada del folleto más reciente en la serie de folletos producida por David Towell y sus…
Paper: 09.05.16 Trabajar en Red Para Lograr el Cambio Social David Towell y Heidy Araque reflexionan sobre la experiencia de la red inclusiva basada en ciudad Colombiana de…
Paper: 26.04.16 Examining Commissioners' Leadership Behaviour Peter Bohan and Graeme Mitchell research leadership behaviour in CCGs and discover that the dominant style is not…
Paper: 26.04.16 Life on the Back Roads Dr Mark Bagshaw is Deputy President of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and writes here about his…
Paper: 13.04.16 Submission on Social Security 2016 In partnership with Ekklesia the Centre for Welfare Reform made a submission to the UK Liberal Democrats policy review…
Paper: 13.04.16 In the Expectation of Recovery George Faulkner's report outlines how misleading medical research has been used to support disability cuts.
Paper: 30.03.16 CoolTan Arts Report on Personal Budgets Alison Vine of CoolTan Arts explores the practice of personal budgets as it impacts on small voluntary sector…
Paper: 22.03.16 Citizenship and the Welfare State Exploring the role of citizenship in the definition and defence of the welfare state.
Paper: 21.02.16 Making Freedom Real Mel and George O'Neil share evidence that the use of Makaton, which gives people the power to communicate and exercise…
Paper: 20.02.16 Local Area Coordination Catalyst for a System Wide Prevention Approach Authors Les Billingham and Maureen McEleney report on the potential of Local Area Coordination to be a catalyst for…
Paper: 18.02.16 Cultivating Thinking Hearts Zipperlen & O'Brien share writings to offer lifesharers the opportunity to grow & be more responsible to…
Paper: 17.02.16 Liberating Institutions John Burton describes how the institutional assumptions of the care system undermine the creativity and community…
Paper: 15.02.16 Upfront This new publication from In Control Scotland argues that resource allocation systems are a vital part of any genuine…
Paper: 28.01.16 Citizen's Income: A Brief Introduction This valuable guide provides an introduction to Citizen's Income, or Basic Income, explaining what it means, how it…
Paper: 24.01.16 Assistance with Integrity John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien share their discussion paper first published in 1994, challenging the dominant…
Paper: 24.01.16 Citizen's Income Comic Strip The Citizen's Income Trust have produced this helpful comic strip to explain the critical concept of citizen's…
Paper: 22.01.16 Metaphors in Leadership Michael Croft of Innovation People has developed this resource to support effective and efficient strategic and…
Paper: 20.01.16 The Power of Wee This report introduces the idea of Wee Enterprizers from the Social Care Ideas Factory (SCIF), a Glasgow-based…
Paper: 20.01.16 Who Will Care After I'm Gone? FitzRoy share research undertaken with parents and care professionals supporting people with learning…
Paper: 20.01.16 Shared-Life Communities for People with a Learning Disability Dr Stuart Cumella reviews academic research that has attempted to measure the quality of life of people with a learning…
Paper: 22.12.15 Kent Vegan Festival In October 2015, 1,500 people took part in the very first Kent Vegan Festival in Canterbury, Jo Kidd shares what…
Paper: 20.12.15 A Modern Hospital Jan Walmsley and a group of disabled researchers look back at life in Princess Marina Hospital, Northamptonshire in…
Paper: 17.11.15 Close to Collapse An interim report from Action for M.E on access to social care and advocacy for people with M.E/CFS (Myalgic…
Paper: 16.11.15 Re-Thinking Community Care: The Camphill Village Model Maria Lyons explores research on Camphill and the importance of considering intentional community and shared living…
Paper: 11.11.15 Friendship An accessible guide for people with learning disabilities and their allies on finding friendships and love.
Paper: 10.11.15 Fight Back A report from Cyngor ar Bopeth Ceredigion Citizens Advice Bureau, written by Eri Mountbatten, on the impact of…
Paper: 06.10.15 Peace, Sustainability & Inclusive Citizenship in Colombia David Towell and colleagues offer a framework for exploring how education needs to be transformed to play its part in…
Paper: 03.10.15 Respectful Language Laura (Mole) Chapman explores what lies behind the idea of respectful language and reflects on the use of language in…
Paper: 23.09.15 A Manifesto for Planet and Progeny The world is haunted by the spectre of an 'economic man' and his form of capitalism, seen as the be all and end all of…
Paper: 14.09.15 Listen Up! This project with The Sheffield Diocese and Church Action on Poverty focused on listening to local people affected by…
Paper: 14.09.15 A Qualitative Study of the Impact of the UK Bedroom Tax This report examines the impact of the bedroom tax on health and wellbeing in a North East England community in which…
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