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Latest updates from and for Citizen Network members.

Event: 28.05.19 29 August: Leading the Way An International Conference on Self-Directed Support in Helsinki, Finland with John O'Brien, Kate Fulton and Simon…
Research: 01.05.19 What is a good welfare system? Governments often claim that welfare, benefits, pensions and other forms of social security are too expensive. But…
Event: 14.03.19 9-10 August: We Are One Save the date and join us in celebrating the wonderful diversity of human life at CitizenFest Glasgow 2019.
Action: 13.03.19 Endorse Basic Income Endorse Basic Income UK's statement supporting the principle of a Basic Income for the UK to make it a key campaign issue…
Event: 12.03.19 2019: Festival of Debate Tickets are on sale now for this year's Festival from April through to June in Sheffield, UK.
Event: 27.02.19 May 2019: #MillionsMissing This year's #MillionsMissing will take place from 5 to 12 May. Save the dates and join in!
Research: 24.02.19 Has any place tried reinvesting criminal justice funds to keep women out of prison? Has any place tried reinvesting criminal justice funds to keep women out of prison?
Event: 07.02.19 AIREA Madrid - March 2019 Citizen Network members are being offered a discount for the next AIREA event in Madrid.
Event: 31.01.19 Keys to Citizenship in Action – March to June 2019 Citizen Network Australia are proud to announce our first webinar series.
Research: 24.01.19 What kind of support do people really need? Research on self-directed support and the kind of support people with disabilities and their families need in the…
Event: 21.01.19 9 March: Basic Income in the North An event in Sheffield for activists, researchers and everyone interested in making basic income happen.
Event: 04.01.19 Refugee Week Conference - February 2019 Refugee Week are hosting two days of inspiration, learning and networking in preparation for Refugee Week 2019.
Event: 18.12.18 2019: Café Economique A range of discussions in Leeds in 2019 on the new economics we need for the 21st Century.
Event: 16.11.18 Citizen Network at IASSIDD - August 2019 Citizen Network is working in partnership with IASSIDD to encourage contributions on equal citizenship and…
Event: 01.10.18 Community transformation - October 2018 Diversity Matters invite you to join them to learn more about The Oasis Game and Go Deep.
Event: 24.09.18 Raising the Bar II - November 2018 What should best practice care look like for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities?
Event: 24.09.18 The Art of Facilitation - October 2018 Find out how facilitating self-help can transform our approach to community change.
Event: 17.09.18 Idea 12 - November 2018 Are you interested in widening awareness about the significance of legal capacity and support in decision making for…
Action: 01.09.18 ILF Scotland Transition Fund This fund provides money, for up to one year, to support young people living with disabilities (as defined in the…
Event: 29.08.18 Go Deep - October 2018 This is the first time Go Deep will be played in Scotland on a large scale, with facilitators from Scotland and The…
Research: 13.08.18 Mapping SDS around the world Take part in the SKILLS survey to map international progress on self-directed support.
Research: 08.08.18 How is self-directed support developing globally? How is self-directed support developing globally?
Event: 02.08.18 Basic Income in a disabling world - August 2018 Citizen Network will be at the BIEN International Congress in Tampere.
Action: 01.08.18 What's the impact of chronic illness in the UK today The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project launches major survey to capture the experiences & views of people living…
News: 01.08.18 Citizen Network Greece at IASSIDD Citizen Network was asked to run a workshop at the 5th IASSIDD European Congress in Athens in July 2018.
Event: 19.06.18 Diversity & Belonging - July 2018 The theme of the IASSIDD conference is a celebration of human diversity, within spaces and places where we feel…
Event: 19.06.18 Peer-led organisations for inclusion - June 2018 Join Plumtree and guests Jyrki Pinomma and Pippa Murray to hear about their experience in promoting inclusion for…
Event: 23.02.18 Peer support does community - April 2018 The People Focused Group will be sharing their 10 years of peer-support learning with Cormac Russell and Simon Duffy.
Event: 23.02.18 This is not a conference A cutting edge event in Edinburgh from Diversity Matters about self-directed support.
Action: 23.02.18 Advocacy and the social history of learning disability - July 2018 A call for papers for the 2018 Social History of Learning Disability (SHLD) Conference.
Action: 23.02.18 Don't Use LD - more news The campaign to stop people using the term LD to refer to people.
Research: 02.02.18 Could basic income help the emancipation of people with disabilities? Many people believe basic income – a system where everyone would get a secure unconditional income –…
Action: 04.01.18 Calderdale for Calais refugees appeal The Clarke Family travelled to Calais to distribute aid to refugees over the Christmas holiday, the BBC filmed their…
Event: 28.11.17 Understanding people with autism - February 2018 Fresh One is a 1-day training course for people who have a family member, or work with someone, with autism.
News: 28.11.17 Supported Loving Update Update on the work of the Supported Loving Network
News: 24.11.17 Made Possible - Appeal for funding The first ever mainstream, non-academic, non-professional book about and by people with learning disabilities…
Action: 21.11.17 Carl Poll Scholarship established The Centre is pleased to announce a new grant programme to grow the work of Manavodaya internationally.
Event: 17.11.17 Film festival - December 2017 This 3rd Annual Film Festival in Canada explores the representation of disability in film.
Event: 06.11.17 The challenge of change - December 2017 The theme of this year’s Learning Disability England conference is change.
Event: 27.10.17 People based development - January 2018 An exciting opportunity to attend this renowned international course with Manavodaya in India.
Event: 27.10.17 Understanding autism online course - November 2017 The Tizard Centre at the University of Kent have developed a Massive Open Online Course on autism beginning in…
Action: 27.10.17 Don't use LD Update on the campaign to stop people using the term LD to refer to their fellow human beings
Event: 26.09.17 Transforming services changing lives - November 2017 Join Manawanui at this one day symposium in Auckland in November.
News: 17.09.17 Café Spoon wins Venue of the Year The Spoon Café, brought to you by Unity, wins an Icon Award for Venue of the Year!
Event: 30.08.17 Connecting individuals with disabilities and community members - September 2017 Quip are hosting a one-day workshop in Prague on 21st September.
Event: 10.07.17 Launch of Citizen Network Australia - August 2017 WA’s Individualised Services (WAIS) invite you to a workshop and the Australian launch of Citizen Network.
Event: 04.07.17 Exploring true citizenship - August 2017 A 2-day workshop on citizenship theory and practice in partnership with the Jeder Institute.
Event: 29.05.17 Democracy and citizen engagement - June 2017 Join an emerging local collaboration of activists and ordinary citizens in Madison, Wisconsin USA.
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