Papers

Publications from Citizen Network members for reading and sharing.

Paper: 24.02.14 Mobility for All This is a submission to the Department for Work and Pensions consultation on the 'moving around' activity of the…
Paper: 24.02.14 Emergency Stop A report on the hidden economic and social cost of welfare reform.
Paper: 24.02.14 Briefing on PIP Mobility Consultation The briefing sets out the concerns of disabled people and others in relation to the mobility component of Personal…
Paper: 24.02.14 Briefing on ESA Regulations This briefing was written to alert people to the impact on disabled benefits claimants of the Employment and Support…
Paper: 24.02.14 The People's Review of the Work Capability Assessment This report was written in response to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) which assesses an individual’s…
Paper: 24.02.14 Closing the Door on the Law A report on the implications for chronically sick and disabled tenants of the Housing Benefit (Amendment)…
Paper: 24.02.14 Past Caring This report is a response to Worcestershire County Council's proposal for a Maximum Expenditure Policy in relation to…
Paper: 24.02.14 Loaves and Fishes A report on the inadequacy of Discretionary Housing Payments to mitigate the impact of the 'bedroom tax' on sick and…
Paper: 24.02.14 Together We Shout The ‘We Are Spartacus’ Community Submission to the Government Consultation on Assessments for…
Paper: 24.02.14 Responsible Reform A 2012 report on the most relevant evidence available on Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and the proposals to…
Paper: 12.02.14 Counting the Cuts This report was one of the first quantitative analyses providing an estimate of the cumulative impact of UK Government…
Paper: 03.02.14 Turning the Welfare State Upside Down? Policy Paper 15 from the University of Birmingham's Health Services Management Centre on developing a new adult…
Paper: 08.01.14 The Trouble With Person-Centred Planning John O'Brien, one of the innovators who developed person-centred planning, reflects on the trouble that comes as…
Paper: 08.01.14 Basic Income Security This paper by John Dalrymple and Simon Duffy sets out a proposal for the reform of the income security system in an…
Paper: 03.12.13 How Norms Become Targets Kaliya Franklin analyses the way in which the use of norms in the management of disability assessment (WCA) undermines…
Paper: 18.11.13 Doctor knows best? This policy paper from the University of Birmingham's Health Services Management Centre examines the use of evidence…
Paper: 13.11.13 The Impact of Welfare Reforms This report examines the impact of recent welfare reforms on mental health service users in the North East of England.
Paper: 13.11.13 Means Testing in ESA Steve Griffiths explains how the introduction of more means testing in the ESA further damages the lives and families…
Paper: 13.11.13 Deprived of Incapacity Benefit Steve Griffiths explains how the old system of incapacity benefit was already depriving people of their entitlements…
Paper: 12.11.13 Layers of Inequality A Human Rights and Equality Impact Assessment of the Public Spending Cuts on Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Women in…
Paper: 12.11.13 Networking for Social Change David Towell and Heidy Araque reflect on the inclusion network (la red inclusiva) based in the North East Colombian…
Paper: 07.10.13 Institution Watch This is a regular publication of Canada's national self-advocate association and main family organisation,…
Paper: 07.10.13 Start With The End In Mind Karen Senior gives some sound advice on how people should go about spending their personal budget.
Paper: 02.10.13 Raising the Bar A discussion paper on how to achieve the best outcomes for people with disability from the National Disability…
Paper: 01.10.13 Delivering Integrated Dementia Care: The 8 Pillars Model of Community Support This report by Alzheimer Scotland sets out an integrated and comprehensive, evidence-based approach to supporting…
Paper: 01.10.13 Multi-Agency Working in Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding Children This report shares learning from a project run by WomenCentre in Calderdale aiming to improve safeguarding children…
Paper: 30.09.13 Supporting Community Contribution and Self-Determination through Person-Centred Work John O'Brien presented this paper at Finland's Valta virtaa conference held in June 2013.
Paper: 22.09.13 Driving Up Quality Code The Driving Up Quality Code outlines good fundamental practices and behaviour that organisations that support…
Paper: 22.09.13 Driving Up Quality Code Self Assessment Guide This self-assessment guide is to help organisations assess themselves against the Driving Up Quality Code.
Paper: 18.09.13 Education For A Better Tomorrow In this important paper Heidy Araque and David Towell explore the relationship between the education system and the…
Paper: 10.09.13 A Personalised Approach to Safeguards in the NDIS Marita Walker, Kate Fulton and Bruce Bonyhady offer an approach to safeguarding and quality that starts from the…
Paper: 10.09.13 Actions That Build Community John O'Brien's paper explores 75 different actions from a list prepared by a group of academic researchers and civic…
Paper: 09.09.13 The Best Things In Life This report describes the impact of Grapevine's work on people with learning disabilities and their families.
Paper: 01.08.13 The 8 Pillar Model of Community Support A report by Lisa Monaghan on the implications of the 8 Pillar Model for supporting people with dementia in practice.
Paper: 01.08.13 Freedom Fighters Clare Hyde describes the stories of five freedom fighters as they leave the institution behind them.
Paper: 30.07.13 Commissioning and Community Sourcing Written by Chris Howells and Chris Yapp this publication shows commissioners how they can break free from damaging…
Paper: 30.07.13 Hospital - a guide to staying safe Terry Lynch describes how you can stay safe in hospital - a guide relevant to all of us - but especially older and disabled…
Paper: 28.07.13 The Relational Basis of Empowerment Exploring how fundamental human attitudes underpin society's approach to empowering disabled people.
Paper: 18.07.13 Whose Community Is It Anyway? Written by Simon Duffy this paper suggests it's time to re-think commissioning and work with communities in a real…
Paper: 11.07.13 Returning Home Simon Duffy outlines a promising innovation from Plymouth that aims to return people home from institutional care.
Paper: 04.06.13 Freedom Written by Simon Duffy, this new practical guide gives advice on supporting people to be free.
Paper: 03.06.13 Investing in Ordinary Lives Investing in Ordinary Lives is an initiative to increase the supply of housing for people with learning disabilities…
Paper: 03.05.13 Our Direction Is Our Destination Veena Vasista asks how do we – the people - lead ourselves to become more connected with our power, our voice and…
Paper: 11.04.13 Building Community for the Great Transition In this paper David Towell explores how we can begin to build communities which are sustainable and inclusive.
Paper: 05.04.13 Microenterprise and People with Learning Disabilities Authors Tess Reddington and Jan Fitzsimons write about the work opportunities available for people with learning…
Paper: 05.04.13 Personalisation and Independent Living Personalisation and Independent Living is part of the Solution Series of papers from the Independent Living in…
Paper: 02.04.13 21st Century Vision A paper following the launch of the Housing and Support Alliance offering a new vision for the future.
Paper: 07.03.13 Getting Help if you have a Learning Difficulty This is a guide to getting support in Sheffield if you have a learning difficulty.
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