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The Centre has published a major new book which provides an authoritative overview of how the UK…
News 2019-09-25
Carl Poll was a leading innovator and champion for people with learning difficulties - he will be greatly missed.
Article 2013-05-24 10:55:00
Care leavers to receive £1,600 a month for up to two years
News 2022-02-16
This report examines the impact of recent welfare reforms on mental health service users in the North East of England.
Paper 2013-11-13 17:07:00
Priorities for constitutional reform co-signed with members of the Democracy Network.
News 2023-03-29
David Towell reviews a new book exploring how frugal innovators are finding radical solutions to pressing challenges using 4 design principles: lean, simple, clean and social.
Reviews 2014-08-14 12:22:00
Jane Young, the author of Dignity and Opportunity for All gives an overview of this critical report, published by Just Fair.
Article 2014-09-22 11:41:00
Review of Nadezhda Mandelstam's classic biography of her husband and description of Stalinist Russia.
Reviews 2015-01-26 16:30:00
Henry Tam asks why, if we are so interested in security, do we define it so narrowly.
Article 2015-02-09 15:41:00
Robin Jackson explains why people with learning disabilities are threatened by a growing trend to micro-institutionalisation.
Article 2015-03-25 11:58:00
Sam Sly underlines the importance of assuming capacity to ensure people with learning disabilities get the best possible lives.
Article 2015-07-06 17:31:00
Simon Duffy wonders why progress to inclusion seems to have stalled and sets out the case for personalised support.
Article 2016-05-04 20:00:00
Dane County in Wisconsin, USA has been a beacon of social innovation for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for decades, John O'Brien shares their work.
Paper 2016-05-10 15:44:00
Inequality in the UK has doubled in a generation and the consequences are felt most harshly in places like Bolsover as the Community Voluntary Partners' report shows.
Paper 2016-07-19 17:22:00
Nan Carle has written this moving piece on how we deal with the challenge of respectfully confronting disrespect, anger and fear.
Article 2016-09-29 12:36:00
Truth About Plastic publish an open letter calling for an end to plastic production - sign it…
News 2024-04-23
David Zigmond describes his final reflections as CQC closes down his GP practice for its refusal to be fully compliant with CQC regulations.
Story 2017-03-06 15:02:00
This open letter describes a serious block to the development of personalisation in England and calls for clear guidance to commissioners on procurement.
Article 2017-03-14 14:39:00
Dorset have established a ground-breaking commissioning strategy enabling people with learning disabilities & mental health problems to manage their personal budgets.
Article 2017-03-21 15:24:00
Steven Rose explains why there are alternatives to ATUs and the private hospitals where too many people with disabilities remain incarcerated.
Article 2017-07-17 15:25:00
This report describes how and why support of people with a learning disability is heading backwards in the UK because of austerity and the complicity of civil society.
Paper 2017-07-24 15:48:00
This publication by the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centre describes the way in which agency work and the use of zero-hours contracts is creating a punitive work culture.
Paper 2017-10-14 17:34:00
David Zigmond interviews a GP about life in the hyper-regulated NHS and explores the relevance of Minority Report.
Article 2018-02-07 11:16:00
Simon Duffy reviews Professor Gregg's book on the fraud and dishonesty behind the Troubled Families Programme.
Reviews 2018-01-15 17:39:00
Maren Moss, who studied at the Manavodaya Institute explains what she learned and how awareness of the self and the context within which we work is critical.
Article 2018-03-22 14:38:00
Childcare policy in the UK wrongly assumes that professionalised solutions are always best for children and families.
Article 2019-02-12 13:39:00
Krystian Shaw is an inspiring person with a learning disability. Here he explains the work he is doing for inclusion and citizenship for all.
Inspiration 2018-06-29 15:50:00
Simon Duffy reviews Frances Ryan's important book which describes the devastating impact of the UK Government's attack on disabled people since 2010.
Reviews 2019-07-24 10:43:00
Tim Jackson's book marshals great thinkers, poets and evidence to argue we must abandon our destructive notion of economic growth.
Reviews 2021-07-07 13:10:00
Gary Wootton argues that we can do so much more to improve society by ensuring that the private sector works to serve the greater good.
Article 2019-09-17 17:08:00
A review of Robin Hambleton's Cities and Communities Beyond COVID-19 the sequel to Leading the Inclusive City.
Reviews 2020-10-07 15:34:00
Alain Catzeflis argues that delivering on Brexit won’t be enough to enable the Conservative Party to retain its new hold on the North.
Article 2020-11-09 12:50:00
Beverley Smith explores the perverse way in which care is undervalued, discounted and the perverse policies which flow from this.
Article 2020-11-17 17:04:00
Many people with energy limiting impairments and chronic illness are not getting social care.
Article 2021-04-08 16:16:00
Marc Stears proposes that the values and visions of ordinary people carry within them the possibility of radical social change.
Reviews 2021-06-17 14:45:00
A New Zealand Initiative report on the positive progress of self-directed support in New Zealand.
Paper 2021-09-28 12:11:00
Communities must be empowered to act for themselves and in partnership with public services and government.
Article 2021-10-12 11:45:00
Social Care is poorly understood that debates about how to improve or reform it are often empty of meaning.
Article 2021-10-10 12:18:00
Modern democracies must tap into the power of citizenship to tackle our severe environment and social problems.
Article 2021-11-08 17:41:00
This article explores how levels of homelessness have changed in Sheffield since 2005.
Article 2022-03-30 12:09:00
This article and film reviews the work of Simon Duffy on the topic of citizenship.
Article 2022-08-02 12:33:00
Solutions to sustainability require the involvement of all citizens: pooling knowledge, skills and creativity.
Article 2023-11-02 12:29:00
We cannot truly value life unless we are prepared to accept the pain of losing someone.
Article 2024-02-06 12:23:00
Sofia Reyes leads the Mi Casa project in Spain which is a major development in deinstitutionalisation.
Article 2024-05-08 11:00:00
An authoritative overview of how Austerity targeted sick and disabled people in the UK.
Books 2024-08-09 17:29:00
Part Two in a new series of articles looking at Britain's crumbling education system and how we fix it.
Article 2025-07-14 14:06:00
We need to retrofit listed buildings as a priority.
Article 2025-07-11 12:35:00
Terry\'s unique strategies for supporting, personalizing and protecting the rights of older…
Sarah has worked with people with learning disabilities and their families since the mid 80s…
Karen has a background in supporting people with disabilities, working for provider services…
