Your search for mental health produced 445 results.
Alison Vine of CoolTan Arts explores the practice of personal budgets as it impacts on small voluntary sector organisations.
Paper 2016-03-30 10:08:00
Eri Mountbatten outlines the worrying results from a recent survey of it's members by the National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA).
Article 2016-03-22 23:55:00
This guide shows how gendered approaches can help unlock solutions to complex problems, delivering multiple benefits for women facing multiple disadvantage.
Paper 2016-05-16 14:31:00
This report from Psychologists Against Austerity shares well-established psychological research that directly links cuts to public services with mental health problems.
Paper 2016-08-02 18:35:00
An anonymous account of how one service provider saw services for people they support cut after a new round of 'supported living' reviews.
Story 2016-08-07 12:11:00
John Burton describes how changes in the regulatory regime are forcing the closure of genuinely human homes where people live together as friends.
Article 2016-08-18 10:56:00
Robin Jackson urges everyone with an interest in achieving welfare reform to read Martin Ford's book and consider the important issues it raises.
Reviews 2016-08-21 14:58:00
Robin Jackson reviews The Future of the Professions: How technology will transform the work of human experts.
Reviews 2016-10-24 10:52:00
HALT is a ground-breaking mental health initiative where people working in the building industries get to organise, meet, expert advice and practical assistance.
Inspiration 2017-01-31 16:29:00
Maria Lyons reviews a book which explores the celebrates caregiving as an essential role for men and women.
Reviews 2017-01-11 16:50:00
Hanne-Maria Leppäranta demonstrates the powerful impact of personalisation on the practical day-to-day work of a social worker.
Article 2017-01-16 11:35:00
Rowena Hallé shares Jim's story, arguing that we must support every person to share their gifts and value everyone as equal citizens.
Story 2017-02-03 18:26:00
This Easy Read guide explains how Individual Service Funds (ISFs) let people manage a personal budget without needing to use direct payments.
Paper 2017-03-21 15:17:00
Dr Simon Duffy explores ONS data on inequality and poverty and tries to get behind the myths and lies used to exploit the poorest in the UK.
Article 2017-06-05 18:34:00
Steven Rose argues that social policy for people with learning disabilities has largely been driven by collaborative values-based work, not official government policy.
Article 2017-06-18 14:28:00
This report pulls together multiple resources to present a snapshot of Invisible Disabilities in New Zealand.
Paper 2017-08-02 18:04:00
Henry Tam explains why it is important we share and develop a coherent world view of how as human beings we can live together with mutual respect.
Article 2017-08-07 16:03:00
A Now and Next Alumni statement on developing partnerships and relationships between parents and professionals.
Paper 2017-09-25 13:45:00
A review of the film Heal the Living weaves a rich tapestry of the emotions and relationships at the edge of life and technology.
Article 2017-11-08 19:09:00
Chris Ware explains why homelessness is not just a function of poverty but also of the increasing complexity of modern life.
Article 2018-06-06 13:39:00
The Keys to Citizenship have been reimagined as a tool for exchange and learning based on wisdom from the Australian Aboriginal community.
Inspiration 2018-11-28 16:32:00
Challenging procurement of social care in Finland.
Project 2017-10-04 15:58:00
The idea of Citizen Network is extremely modest and wildly ambitious.
Article 2019-01-08 17:01:00
A film-poem that showcases poetry produced by members of the People Focused Group (PFG) in Doncaster, England.
Film 2018-07-06 13:47:00
Simon Duffy describes some of the strategies that can be used to shift systems towards the use of self-directed support.
Article 2019-07-01 10:57:00
Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service (NCVS) share their 2019 report on the state of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in Gateshead and Newcastle.
Paper 2019-10-23 14:59:00
Colin Newton provides an overview of the emerging use of narrative approaches in psychology and their relationship to person-centred planning.
Article 2019-11-12 11:12:00
Innovations for day centres for people with intellectual disabilities.
Project 2019-12-13 16:12:00
This ground-breaking report outlines the barriers facing people with chronic illness and explores the concept of energy impairment.
Paper 2020-04-27 17:05:00
How individual service funds (ISFs) can lead to new ways of supporting people in their own communities.
Article 2020-06-23 11:12:00
Simon Duffy gave this keynote for the Centre for Wellbeing in Public Policy as part of the Festival of Debate 2020.
Film 2020-06-24 16:23:00
David Zigmond on his new book and the importance of our search for meaning and community.
Film 2022-02-16 13:11:00
This new and challenging book by Noreena Hertz outlines the shape of a transformative programme to rebuild community.
Reviews 2021-02-12 15:07:00
The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) is a key element of the UK Government's welfare policy and has caused preventable harm and suicide by disabled people.
Paper 2021-03-16 12:53:00
Bridging Support is a powerful means of accelerating people's ability to leave institutional services, like ATUs.
Paper 2021-10-07 15:19:00
Challenging current assumptions in social care policy.
Project 2017-01-04 12:23:00
Hatty has paranoid schizophrenia and is 33 years old, this is her story of life now with personalised support.
Film 2022-05-05 16:20:00
How can we help people to take control in a system of self-directed support.
Article 2022-05-23 14:55:00
Neil Carpenter describes the price people with learning difficulties pay for the DWP's welfare reforms.
Article 2022-06-29 17:18:00
iDirect share the experiences of 3 individuals they support who use individual service funds.
Paper 2023-05-15 11:52:00
The Spring 2019 edition explores the need for financial independence and the threat of cashlessness.
Paper 2023-06-05 17:10:00
Care offers a hopeful alternative to the destructive concept of productive work that is dominant today.
Article 2023-08-11 11:39:00
Frome are leading the way in tackling loneliness and connecting up the whole community.
Story 2023-11-24 16:28:00
How do we reach people who are rarely heard and encourage them to engage in citizen democracy?
Article 2024-09-02 11:58:00
Coalville CAN is showing how local people can take back control of their community spaces and inspiring local pride.
Article 2025-01-23 16:43:00
