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Coverage Community Care article on our RAS report Mithran Samuel of Community Care writes about The Centre for Welfare Reform's latest report: A Fair Budget.
News Personal Health Budgets report from SPRU Personal Health Budgets: Experiences and outcomes for budget holders at nine months: Fifth interim report from the…
News Independent Social Work Pilot Project Independent Social Work Pilot Project run by ibk initiatives and LivesUnlimited.
Coverage Guardian article on Local Area Coordination Simon Duffy's article in Guardian on Local Area Coordination.
News Congratulations to Clare Jones awarded CBE Clare Jones awarded CBE.
Coverage Kelly Hicks interviewed on Social Work role Article in Guardian on Kelly Hicks and her role as an independent social worker.
Event Northern Ireland Campaign to be launched end of June NI campaign begins
Event Innovation network launch in Leeds on 28th June Innovation network launch in Leeds on 28th June
Event Housing Options' Away Day for Members Members' Away Day on 27 June in London
Release Local Area Coordination report out 14 June 2012 LAC to be published
Release Peer Power report published 31 May 2012 New report on peer support published.
News Demand for an assessment of human impact of the cuts Guardian letter published
News Possible breakthrough for disabled children New proposals in England could promote inclusion and citizenship for disabled children
News Over 35,000 people have signed Pat's Petition so far - have you? Stop and review the cuts to benefits and services, which are falling disproportionately on disabled people, their…
News New book on support to older people published ‘This is an invaluable book for anyone involved in planning care for elderly loved ones. It is both highly…
Release Personalisation Forum Group shortlisted for Mental Health Hero award It was announced this week that the Personalisation Forum Group has been shortlisted for the Mental Health Hero…
Event Self Direct Members' Meeting 18 April 2012 The first Self Direct Members' Meeting (free membership included).
News Sarah Maguire wins Training & Dissemination of Good Practice award Sarah Maguire of Choice Support wins an award for Training and Good Practice.
Event Welsh Focus First Annual Conference 4 April 2012 Welsh Focus's Inaugural Conference - an important event in Wales.
Release Campaign for a Fair Society launches eight-point Manifesto The Campaign For a Fair Society is launching its manifesto for a better future at an event at the House of Lords today…
Release ISFs in Action - to be published on 7 March 2012 How a large block contract was converted into individual service funds - report launch 7 March 2012.
Event Campaign Manifesto Launch on 12 March at House of Lords Details of the Manifesto Launch for the Campaign for a Fair Society.
Release Support Buddies - peer support in action - new report published Adult Social Worker of the year, Kelly Hicks, writes about Support Buddies - peer support in action
Coverage Kelly Hicks wins award: Adult Social Worker of the Year 2011 Congratulations to Kelly Hicks!
Release A Fair Income - what genuine welfare reform would look like The Centre for Welfare Reform and the University of Birmingham have just published proposals for a radical reform of…
Release Dying with Dignity Report outlines the cost of too many deaths in hospital and the case for using personalisation to better support…
Release Positively Local Published Local communities need to be treated positively and respectfully if positive change is going to be achieved.
Release Social Policy Association Awards 2011 The Social Policy Association awarded Simon Duffy - outstanding contribution by a non-academic for his defining work…
Release Women at the Centre The Centre for Welfare Reform has published a landmark report on the innovative work of WomenCentre. Innovative and…
Release Local Justice A policy proposal to reduce the growing numbers of women and children in prison - published by The Centre for Welfare…
Release 2011 Tizard Lecture - A Fair Society & the Limits of Personalisation Simon Duffy, one of the pioneers of personalisation, gave the 2011 Tizard Lecture at Kent University. He describes how…
Release Launch of the Campaign for a Fair Society The Campaign for a Fair Society has been launched to challenge the unfair cuts that target disabled people and to…
Release Active Patient Vidhya Alekason's policy paper makes the case for extending the use of individual budgets to large areas of…
Release Leading from the Front People with mental health problems in Doncaster who have come together to transform their own lives and improve the…
Release Resource Allocation in Mental Health New discussion paper sets out the case for abandoning the health and social care divide for mental health services.
Release New Script for Care Managers The case for radically reorganising the care management role and making better use of social work skills.
Coverage Australian Institute on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities An Australian publisher, part of the National Council on Intellectual Disability.
Coverage QUIP QUIP is the Association for Change and is based in the Czech Republic.
Release A Fair Start Researchers call for new system to support disabled children and their families.
Release Architecture for Personalisation A report and companion toolkit outlining the architecture necessary to support personalisation.
Release Personalised Support Showing service providers how to transform their current services to offer highly flexible and creative supports - to…
Release Personalisation in Mental Health A ground breaking model showing how mental health services might work in the future.
Release Personalised Transition Radical extension of personalisation proves possible giving young people with disabilities and their families a…
Release Should We Ban Brokerage? New publication raises doubts about the value of independent professional brokerage.
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