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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
Bob Rhodes and Ralph Broad argue that social work and social care should return to the thinking set out in the Barclay report and renew their commitment to community.
Article 2011-06-12 15:51:00
Edward Carpenter explores the case for universal basic income and a world with more joy, beauty and usefulness.
Article 2024-01-23 15:19:00
Rajesh Makwana argues that it’s time to broaden the debate on how to fund a universal basic income to protect the global commons.
Article 2015-08-24 16:09:00
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
Fionn and Jonathan are a father and son team who are leading the way in showing what people with Down Syndrome can achieve.
Story 2020-12-10 11:26:00
Personal Budgets do not need to reinforce individualistic consumerism, they can be a route to a more collective approach where care is shared.
Article 2020-06-19 11:57:00
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 reasons why the UK has become an increasingly unequal society and what we could do to reverse this trend.
Article 2018-02-07 15:00:00
During the Fearless Cities South Yorkshire Summit hundreds of people met to consider how we can transform care.
Article 2025-03-18 12:25:00
Simon Duffy explores the politics behind poverty in the UK today.
Article 2015-04-08 11:08:00
Vinesh Kumar tells the story of his 500 mile cycle ride across India, of the Avarind Eye Clinic and his thoughts and lessons learned.
Article 2012-09-02 08:42:00
Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl explains why long-standing evidence of work and health argues for the benefits of basic income.
Article 2018-11-27 17:32:00
A response by Simon Duffy to Anna Coote's criticism of UBI.
Article 2022-02-16 14:19:00
The current social care system in the UK is deeply unfair and needs reforming; however current efforts by Central Government seem self-defeating.
Article 2011-02-03 08:23:00
Dr Simon Duffy sets out some key principles to guide local communities as they develop their response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Article 2020-04-02 15:44:00
A conversation about the growing depersonalisation of health and care and the dangers this poses.
Article 2024-09-03 13:12:00
Simon Duffy reflects on the nature of work and whether it is always a good thing.
Article 2015-02-16 12:56:00
Malcolm Mort tells the story of his long battle to claim his disability benefits, the failings of the system and the persistence required.
Story 2013-11-13 14:20:00
Bob Rhodes argues that social work and social services has been undermined by three decades of failed policy and it's time to redesign the system around the principles of community social work.
Article 2019-06-27 14:09:00
Michael Kendrick explains why group homes should no longer be considered the optimal support solution for people with disabilities.
Article 2017-07-17 17:30:00
A Channel Four documentary has revealed the cruel nature of the UK's disability system.
Article 2022-01-28 16:42:00
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
Tanya Moore provides an overview of the University of Hertfordshire's course on personalisation.
Inspiration 2012-08-29 12:21:00
Nick Maisey reflects on his learning from his time exploring international best practice in inclusion on the Westpac Bicentennial Foundation Fellowship.
Article 2018-08-07 12:47:00
Bob Rhodes argues that Brexit offers at least one silver-lining, the chance to end the procurement rules which have undermined social care for the last 25 years.
Article 2017-05-26 12:22:00
Rules that restrict friendship between staff and people with disabilities are harmful and irrational.
Article 2023-03-20 13:19:00
A discussion of the Western philosophical tradition and the lives of people with learning difficulties.
Reviews 2011-09-30 13:20:00
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
It's Our Community in Sheffield explored how to reform health and social care from the grassroots.
Article 2023-06-06 11:44:00
Simon Duffy explores the possibility of developing an even more rigorous assessment of how cuts have targeted disabled people.
Article 2014-04-14 12:09:00
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
Virginia Moffatt reviews her 30 year career in adult social care in England and the journey from institutional services, to community care and the impact of austerity.
Article 2016-08-08 08:30:00
Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl shows how dangerous myths have evolved that protect government and business from accountability for bad employment practices.
Article 2020-04-07 17:47:00
Simon Duffy sets out the challenge that treating each other as citizenship sets to a society that aims to be decent
Article 2011-01-06 17:46:00
Simon Duffy reviews Professor Gregg's book on the fraud and dishonesty behind the Troubled Families Programme.
Reviews 2018-01-15 17:39:00
A guide for community groups and organisations interested in running low cost citizens' juries.
Paper 2025-04-25 18:49:00
Mariana Cervantes-Burchell has questions following news that scientists have made a breakthrough in being able to switch off the gene that causes Down’s Syndrome.
Article 2013-09-09 11:16:00
Simon Duffy outlines an alternative path for achieving meaningful integration between heath and social care.
Article 2016-08-02 18:30:00
Vinesh Kumar reviews Ivan Illich's classic Limits to Medicine - Medical Nemesis: the expropriation of health.
Reviews 2014-01-13 16:16:00
An Open Letter to Iain Duncan Smith from prominent Catholics concerned at welfare reform.
Article 2015-07-02 23:58:00
More money will help, but it is not enough, the whole social care system needs to change.
Article 2025-03-06 14:21:00
John Burton interviews David Zigmond and together they explore the growing inhumanity of modern approaches to healthcare.
Article 2018-12-19 16:59:00
A talk to mark the Launch of Values Into Action Scotland at the Scottish Parliament in 2007.
Article 2022-06-20 18:05:00
Civitas Vera provide an insightful critique into the limitations of the market in policy and real life.
Article 2014-04-09 10:51:00
Thomas Allan argues that respect for the Commons is critical to rethinking our approach to social care and the welfare state.
Article 2016-10-06 11:36:00
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
This article and film reviews the work of Simon Duffy on the topic of citizenship.
Article 2022-08-02 12:33:00
Simon Duffy explores the challenge of moving solutions upstream and away from the institutionalised solutions into which resources are locked.
Article 2016-08-02 15:18:00
Michael Balkow argues that social work is inevitably a profession that must attend to the inevitable limitations of our human situation, but that this has its own special value.
Article 2017-05-26 13:42:00
