Papers

Publications from Citizen Network members for reading and sharing.

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.
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.
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