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Norma Curran explains the roots of Training in Systematic Instruction (TSI) and the failure to focus on building people's skills in many support services.
Article 2011-05-27 08:37:00
Bob Rhodes explores the gap in thinking between public services and real communities.
Article 2012-09-03 15:32:00
This is a real but anonymised contract between a local authority and a service provider enabling the service provider to use Individual Service Funds (ISFs).
Article 2015-11-24 16:47:00
This model enables families with disabled children to take effective control over their support, while getting coordinated expert support.
Inspiration 2010-03-01 11:28:00
Thoughts on the development of Citizen Directed Support in Wales and the connection between entitlements and community.
Article 2012-07-24 12:33:00
A summary of concerns about the design of Australia's important National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Article 2012-10-26 10:33:00
Dell Stagg describes how she rescued her daughter from an institutional service and the need to respect families in the development of Australian funding system.
Story 2013-01-22 18:26:00
Launch of UNIC a 3 year programme to develop, test and validate a set of innovative tools to…
News 2021-02-09
How individual service funds (ISFs) can lead to new ways of supporting people in their own communities.
Article 2020-06-23 11:12:00
The parish councils of England could be an engine room for real democracy.
Article 2023-01-11 14:08:00
With the right approach councils can achieve better outcomes and reduced costs.
Article 2025-03-17 11:00:00
An anonymous article describing how medical and bureaucratic approaches to mental health undermine flexible and person-centred solutions - and make you a little crazy.
Article 2018-09-25 14:00:00
Three stories from Finland of how self-directed support is beginning to work in practice plus other resources
Story 2019-12-19 15:07:00
Poverty for children in the UK is growing and its time for a revolutionary shift towards Universal Basic Income (UBI).
Article 2021-07-20 16:01:00
The Personalisation Model provides a framework for reorganising public services so that the citizen remains in control of their own life and any support that they need.
Inspiration 2010-04-01 11:21:00
This report on Self-Directed Support in Europe sets out strategies for service providers to work in partnership with people with disabilities and their families.
Paper 2019-05-24 10:16:00
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
The Citizenship Model is a new paradigm for public services where support is treated as an entitlement which can be shaped and driven by the citizen instead of as a professionally.
Inspiration 2010-11-01 17:10:00
Chris Moon-Willems, an independent specialist in care for older people, assesses the Government's plans to reform social care.
Article 2012-07-25 14:38:00
A ground breaking model showing how mental health services might work in the future.
News 2010-05-13
Wolf Wolfensberger, the father of normalisation died in February 2011. Nan Carle pays tribute to the man she describes and 'the definitive agent of change'.
Article 2011-11-07 09:48:00
In the past commissioners were told by central government that their job was to purchase services on behalf of citizens; this model turns that idea around.
Inspiration 2009-06-01 15:52:00
Sam Sly explores the problems that leave too many people with complex needs in long-term institutional care.
Article 2012-05-11 13:53:00
The People Focused Group receive recognition for their peer support community in Doncaster.
News 2022-06-02
Civitas Vera provide an insightful critique into the limitations of the market in policy and real life.
Article 2014-04-09 10:51:00
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
Gord Tulloch argues that community organisations supporting people with intellectual disabilities need to open themselves up to the fullness of human creativity.
Article 2017-08-08 16:12:00
Simon Duffy sets out why the latest wave of planned reforms to the NHS must be unacceptable and proposes a democratic alternative
Article 2018-01-23 15:09:00
This guide from Skills for Care was developed over several months by the South West Individual Service Fund Network and several Fellows of the Centre for Welfare Reform.
Paper 2020-12-14 16:53:00
Nick Sinclair is the Director of the Local Area Coordination Network in England and Wales and describes here the innovation and its impact.
Article 2021-05-04 14:41:00
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The Centre for Welfare Reform and its allies are recommending the Parliamentary Select…
News 2016-04-13
This article explores the challenge of making personalisation effective at supporting people's human rights and delivering real entitlements.
Article 2012-07-20 17:39:00
David Zigmond reflects on the enforced closure of his GP practice and imagines an intelligent dialogue with the forces of regulation.
Article 2019-04-25 15:52:00
Flexible approaches to support and contracting in health and social care services.
Project 2016-01-04 12:20:00
Geoff Tudor imagines the discussions that led to plans to cut mobility allowance for people inside residential care homes.
Article 2011-04-02 14:56:00
Pippa Murray summarises the main things you need to do to help families plan for themselves and disabled family members.
Article 2011-04-03 11:43:00
Better Lives - an evaluation of personalisation in Southwark published today.
News 2014-11-20
Laird Ryan calls for localism to be brought back to the grassroots where it truly belongs.
Article 2015-07-21 12:04:00
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
Chris Watson shares his observations on how commissioners in health and social care have responsed to the COVID-19 crisis.
Article 2020-06-01 16:20:00
Why we are failing to provide the right support to people and what we can do to fix it.
Article 2022-11-04 11:15:00
No one organisation, leader or solution will make the changes we need, only cooperative interaction.
Article 2023-10-28 10:50:00
Greater Change are using personal budgets and individual support to help people overcome homelessness.
Article 2025-02-17 12:14:00
Jan Walmsley asked local people with learning disabilities and their families to share their experience of adult social care.
Article 2016-08-17 11:35:00
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
Chris Watson briefly outlines the main legal features of an Individual Service Fund (ISF) and explores how community hubs or micro-enterprises might use them.
Article 2020-05-12 15:22:00
This article and film reviews the work of Simon Duffy on the topic of citizenship.
Article 2022-08-02 12:33:00
Showing service providers how to transform their current services to offer highly flexible…
News 2010-08-15
The Social Policy Association awarded Simon Duffy - outstanding contribution by a…
News 2011-07-05
