social justice

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Paper: 06.07.25

Always a New Adventure Leaders at the Cheltenham Summer Institute set out a vision for putting humanity at the heart of care.

Article: 25.06.25

The Welfare Bill: A Disabled Person's Perspective Yet more cuts to disability benefits doesn't feel like a reform to Cat Wood, it feels like an attack.

Article: 17.06.25

The Communitarian Case for Diversity Henry Tam explains why the true value of community lies in its ability to welcome and nurture our natural diversity.

Books: 02.06.25

Friends and Purpose Stories from communities across the United Kingdom where people are discovering the power of connection.

Books: 30.04.25

Human Flourishing Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley explores what human flourishing really means.

Books: 29.04.25

Everyday Citizenship Available to buy everywhere now!

Paper: 23.02.25

Proposal for An Independent Advisory Panel on DWP-Related Deaths There must be an independent review of the deaths and suicides caused by the DWP's failed systems.

Article: 09.10.24

Citizen Democracy: Learning from North West Together We Can NWTWC promoted local and regional based learning to improve lives and create sustainable communities.

Article: 09.09.24

Citizen Participation in Africa Democracy in Africa is under threat but emerging innovations improve accountability and participation.

Article: 02.09.24

Engaging the Marginalised How do we reach people who are rarely heard and encourage them to engage in citizen democracy?

Books: 09.08.24

Second Class Citizens An authoritative overview of how Austerity targeted sick and disabled people in the UK.

Article: 25.07.24

Democratising Education It will take big changes in how we do education if we are going to support people to value democratic principles.

Article: 04.07.24

Open Letter on Neighbourhood Democracy A call for a deeper democracy that engages everyone as citizens in their neighbourhoods and beyond.

Article: 24.06.24

Civic Dialogues and Citizen Democracy We need to help people make decisions together on a much more local level.

Article: 17.06.24

A Visionary Future with Basic Income for Farmers Basic income for every farmer could help end poverty for farmers and better protect nature.

Reviews: 18.05.24

Love and Disobedience In these challenging times Hannah Arendt's writings offer us guidance and encouragement.

Paper: 25.04.24

Sowing the Seeds of Stability A proposal to use basic income as the system to support the income of farmers and farm workers.

Article: 03.04.24

The Creation of a Global Newspaper The theme of the first edition of Citizen Network News is public spaces, order your copy now.

Paper: 02.04.24

Yorkshire Declaration This Declaration makes the case for bringing real Democratic power to Yorkshire.

Paper: 04.03.24

Culture Matters A report sharing how culture can impact parents who have children with autism or learning disabilities.

Article: 05.02.24

The ‘Scarcity’ of Money Government can create the money we need in order to do the things that really matter.

Article: 23.01.24

Edward Carpenter and Basic Income Edward Carpenter explores the case for universal basic income and a world with more joy, beauty and usefulness.

Article: 06.12.23

The Urgent Need for Yorkshire Devolution Regional inequalities in England are caused by growing centralisation of power - this trend can be reversed.

Article: 01.11.23

Fixing Broken Britain It is time to abandon the failed dogmas that accelerated social injustice and are breaking Britain apart.

Paper: 15.09.23

The Problem with Quality of Life Disability strategy should be built around an ambitious vision for deinstitutionalisation and citizenship for all.

Paper: 05.06.23

The Social Artist: Women, Work & Money The Spring 2019 edition explores the need for financial independence and the threat of cashlessness.

Paper: 04.05.23

Inclusion of Disabled Refugees in Spain A report evaluating the inclusion of disabled refugees, focusing on education, housing and employment.

Paper: 08.11.22

Biopsychosocial Model or Bio-political Ideology? Will people with Long-COVID escape the prejudices directed towards people with ME/CFS.

Paper: 07.11.22

Truth and Citizenship This Norah Fry lecture explores the conditions necessary for respecting disability rights.

Article: 02.08.22

30 Years on Citizenship This article and film reviews the work of Simon Duffy on the topic of citizenship.

Paper: 29.07.22

UK Democracy Fit for 21st Century How to reorganise the constitution of the UK to support genuine democracy and good government.

Paper: 20.07.22

Lived Citizenship for Persons in Vulnerable Life Situations This Open Access book brings together a variety of articles on citizenship for people with multiple impairments.

Album: 26.06.22

UK Poverty Data in Graphics Infographics showing how poverty is created by the unfairness of the UK tax-benefit system.

Paper: 23.05.22

Citizens Rising The Relationships Project shares the stories and experiences of young people in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paper: 04.05.22

Centralisation Meets Austerity A detailed analysis of the impact of austerity on Local Spending in every local authority in England.

Books: 15.04.22

Benefits on Trial This book focuses on the way the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) treats people with a learning disability.

Local Spending in England A map of Local Spending and the impact of austerity in England.

Article: 30.03.22

Homelessness in Sheffield since 2005 This article explores how levels of homelessness have changed in Sheffield since 2005.

Article: 24.11.21

UBI: Unpaid Labour and Gender Relations We need to value care and help move society away from an unjust system that advantages men over women.

Reviews: 07.07.21

Post Growth Tim Jackson's book marshals great thinkers, poets and evidence to argue we must abandon our destructive notion of…

Reviews: 17.06.21

Out of the Ordinary Marc Stears proposes that the values and visions of ordinary people carry within them the possibility of radical…

Paper: 11.06.21

Avoiding Misconceptions When Designing Supports We need to readjust our thinking to overcome the prejudices against disabled people built into the modern world.

Webinar: 08.06.21

Neighbourhood Democracy and Food The Neighbourhood Democracy Movement (NDM) hosted this webinar with 4 invited guests to explore the relationship…

Reviews: 04.06.21

Those Who Can, Teach This book is an eloquent testimony to the importance of investing in quality education to enrich the futures of all…

Article: 25.05.21

An Ode to the Citizen Spirit of Sheffield Sheffield has proud history of combining diverse peoples and communities into a greater whole, with a commitment to…

Reviews: 08.04.21

A Wild Love for the World David Towell reviews a new collection of writings celebrating the lifework of the Buddhist ecologist Joanna Macy.

Change Is Coming Tapiolan Kuoro, the Finnish Children's choir, sing from Greta Thunberg's ‘No-one Is Too Small To Make A…

Paper: 16.03.21

The Creation of Preventable Harm The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is a key element of the UK Government's welfare policy and has caused preventable…