Papers

Publications from Citizen Network members for reading and sharing.

Paper: 25.08.15 Transition & Integration - changing our starting point Pippa Murray and Simon Duffy reflect on the core elements of an effective transition process in a system of…
Paper: 06.08.15 People, Places, Possibilities Written by Ralph Broad, this report describes the positive progress on Local Area Coordination in England and Wales.
Paper: 28.07.15 Spartacus Response to Cuts in ESA The Spartacus Network show how Government policies are unfair, unreasonable and in conflict with International…
Paper: 28.07.15 Spartacus ESA Mythbuster Members of Spartacus Network bust the dangerous myths and misinformation that has grown up around ESA.
Paper: 26.05.15 Cities for All - Ciudades Para Todos Ciudades Para Todos (Cities For All) is the Spanish langage version of Building A Better Future Through Civic…
Paper: 22.05.15 Raising Our Game Following the General Election, David Towell hosted a discussion on future promising opportunities and strategies…
Paper: 19.05.15 Our Lives: challenging attitudes to poverty in 2015 An important survey of the experiences of families living in in poverty in modern Britain.
Paper: 30.04.15 Quality Checking Government A survey by the Learning Disability Alliance England on the impact of the UK Government on people with learning…
Paper: 22.04.15 Re-Imagining Brokerage This important paper from Liz Leach, Chair of the National Brokerage Network provides a new starting point for…
Paper: 22.04.15 Work Capability Assessment: deaths and suicides This report from the Spartacus Network draws together accounts of death and suicide associated with the WCA.
Paper: 08.04.15 Getting There Simon Duffy's second report on the work of Beyond Limits and Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical…
Paper: 31.03.15 Kids on Inclusion Poster 1 20 Things to do with a friend is a poster created by children thinking about inclusion and friendship.
Paper: 31.03.15 Kids on Inclusion Poster 2 20 Important things about friends is a poster created by children thinking about inclusion and friendship.
Paper: 31.03.15 Kids on Inclusion Poster 3 20 reasons to have friends is a poster created by children thinking about inclusion and friendship.
Paper: 25.03.15 Who Cares? Author Robin Jackson offers a critique of the UK's social care system and the negative impact of ideology,…
Paper: 04.03.15 Surviving Cogworld John O'Brien describes cogworld - the strange assumptions of systems to commodify, regulate and manage care.
Paper: 23.02.15 LDA England Newspaper Learning Disability England Alliance newspaper highlighting the results of the Quality Checking Government survey…
Paper: 18.02.15 Strengthening Communities Jo Battersby undertook research in the UK to try and determine the role of government in strengthening communities to…
Paper: 11.02.15 Abbot's Mill Project Jo Kidd describes the Abbot's Mill Project, an initiative that combines a commitment to sustainability and social…
Paper: 09.01.15 Evaluation of Employment Outcomes of Project Search UK The South West Employment Institute (SWEI) commissioned this evaluation of employment outcomes of Project SEARCH…
Paper: 09.01.15 Practical Funding Guidance for Young People This is a report from the South West Employment Institute (SWEI) on Practical Funding Guidance for Young People…
Paper: 19.11.14 Better Lives An Evaluation of the Choice Support Personalisation Programme for Adults with Learning Difficulties in Southwark.
Paper: 18.11.14 Access to Banking for People with a Learning Disability A report from Dosh on how people with a learning disability get access to banking and the problems they can encounter.
Paper: 20.10.14 Women Centred Solutions Women Centred Working has been established to share information on women centred approaches for women with complex…
Paper: 16.09.14 Dignity and Opportunity for All Jane Young's report for Just Fair provides an overview of how the UK Government is failing to meet its human rights…
Paper: 01.09.14 Let's Scrap the DWP Simon Duffy and John Dalrymple make the case for Basic Income Security - a system to integrate and reform the current tax…
Paper: 13.08.14 Civic Partnership David Towell examines how citizen groups and local authority leaderships can work together to create the civic…
Paper: 07.07.14 The Fox Report: From the North East The Fox Report from the North East provides powerful insight into how 'austerity' is being experienced by people in the…
Paper: 02.07.14 Assessing the Assessors Independent research by disabled people on the assessment process which many are forced to undergo - the Work…
Paper: 01.07.14 The Words We Use Darlington Learning Impairment Network explore how the words that professionals use to describe people very often…
Paper: 26.06.14 [R]evolution Road Veena Vasista explores the connections between individual internal change and the journey of creating political,…
Paper: 22.06.14 Reflections on Common Threads John O'Brien shares learning on Approaches and Contexts for Planning Everyday Lives following the Common Threads…
Paper: 22.06.14 Quality of Life Standards and Toolkit Produced by Changing Our Lives, The Quality of Life Standards and Toolkit aims to raise people’s expectations…
Paper: 12.06.14 Fulfilling Potential? In this significant report Catherine Hale explores the experience of a key group of disabled people who have been…
Paper: 09.06.14 WiltsCIL Evaluation of Direct Payment Workshops This report describes the experience of Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living in using peer support to help people…
Paper: 03.06.14 Individual Service Funds (ISFs) Individual Service Funds (ISFs) have had a positive impact on people's lives.
Paper: 02.06.14 Working on the Inside Kate Fulton offers insight into the inner dimension of change that is essential to working respectfully and with…
Paper: 16.05.14 Stopping Hate Crime This report describes the work of Devon and Cornwall Police to stop hate crime and better support people with learning…
Paper: 15.05.14 Exploring a Future Welfare State Research in Sheffield by the Sheffield Equality Group explores the attractiveness of the idea of a basic or citizen's…
Paper: 15.05.14 Self-Directed Support in Finland This research report from Finland shows the success of personal budgets in improving the lives of people with…
Paper: 14.05.14 The Impact of Cuts in Haringey A report from Haringey Learning Disabilities Partnership Board following a survey on the impact of cuts in Haringey to…
Paper: 11.05.14 Unlocking the Imagination Simon Duffy's book first published in 1996 now updated, offers a path for commissioners who want to create the…
Paper: 14.04.14 Citizenship for All: An Accessible Guide Simon Duffy and Wendy Perez have written this accessible guide to citizenship - what it means and how to achieve it.
Paper: 08.04.14 Beyond the Barriers A Spartacus Network report into Employment Support Allowance, the Work Programme and recommendations for a new…
Paper: 18.03.14 A Future Without the ILF In this discussion paper Jim Elder-Woodward reviews the achievements of the ILF and makes the case for a new Trust which…
Paper: 18.03.14 Regulation Bob Rhodes and Richard Davis explore the damaging impact that regulatory systems can have on intentional…
Paper: 17.03.14 Imagining the Future: Citizenship In a report commissioned by IRISS, Simon Duffy explores the future of social services in Scotland.
Paper: 24.02.14 The People's Review of WCA Further Evidence This report provides additional evidence to the first People's Review of the Work Capability Assessment.
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