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Found: 442 Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 | show all

• Mirrors to Ourselves

  Anna Eliatamby on what could be achieved if we worked from a centre of kindness and thoughtfulness and a real desire for equality.

  Visit page | 16/05/13

• The Process of Change

  Sam Sly explains that the real challenge after Winterbourne View is to ensure the real drivers for change are in place.

  Visit page | 15/05/13

• People Centred Public Health

  This book examines how members of the public can get involved in public health, primarily as volunteers or lay health workers.

  Visit page | 14/05/13

• People With Challenges: Human Approaches

  Anna Eliatamby writes about a more human approach to people with challenges - lessons we've forgotten too often.

  Visit page | 03/05/13

• Our Direction Is Our Destination

  Veena Vasista asks how do we – the people - lead ourselves to become more connected with our power, our voice and each other?

  Visit page | 03/05/13

• Together On Common Ground

  Anna Eliatamby argues its time for a fresh approach in services for people with intellectual disabilities - beyond stale models and into real values.

  Visit page | 03/05/13

• People First Quality Checkers

  People First Quality Checkers is an independent quality checking service run by people with learning disabilities.

  Visit page | 01/05/13

• 247 Grid Tool

  The 247 grid tool is a simple and visual way to design an effective support package around someone’s life.

  Visit page | 30/04/13

• Support After Winterbourne

  A presentation describing the kind of support necessary to avoid institutionalisation and abuse.

  Visit page | 24/04/13

• Healthcare and Personal Budgets

  The use of personal budgets for healthcare raises many different questions about the role of the doctor and the nature of medical expertise.

  Visit page | 24/04/13

• Personalisation and Social Work

  Personalisation has become another process that is done to social workers and which they then do to others. Social workers need to redefine it in terms of social justice.

  Visit page | 24/04/13

• Decoding Personalisation

  The real value of personalisation is being lost in empty rhetoric and conceptual confusion. Local government needs to retake the initiative.

  Visit page | 23/04/13

• The End of Commissioning

  Commissioning is at an end. It's time for a better way of thinking about the relationship between the state, the citizen and public services.

  Visit page | 23/04/13

• Personalisation and Mental Health

  Logically personalisation and mental health are in perfect harmony - the fact that progress is so slow reflects deep imbalances of power, control and perception.

  Visit page | 23/04/13

• Taking Citizenship Seriously

  It's time to rethink the purpose of our social service systems - to focus on citizenship and innovation not service models.

  Visit page | 23/04/13

• Building Community with Beth Mount

  This film made by Open Future Learning explores the value of finding out about our local communities in order to create the opportunities for rich and meaningful lives.

  Visit page | 21/04/13

• The Traps and Detours of Deinstitutionalisation

  Sam Sly writes about the challenge of moving people out of hospitals and institutions after the Winterbourne View Review.

  Visit page | 12/04/13

• Building Community for the Great Transition

  In this paper David Towell explores how we can begin to build communities which are sustainable and inclusive.

  Visit page | 11/04/13

• Co-production and Power

  Co-production is a wonderful concept - but it is emptied of meaning if it does not go hand in hand with a real shift of power and control.

  Visit page | 09/04/13

• Northern Social Justice

  Perhaps the future of the welfare state does not lie in the hands of Southern think tanks but of Northern social innovators.

  Visit page | 09/04/13

• Retracing Our Steps

  A presentation on the long history of abuse against disabled people and what we might do to reduce it.

  Visit page | 09/04/13

• Too Complex, Too Challenging?

  Sam Sly describes how Beyond Limits are applying personalisation principles to support people with the most complex needs.

  Visit page | 08/04/13

• Radical Social Work

  Sam Sly of Beyond Limits explores how radical social work can be inspired by personalisation and people with complex needs and challenging behaviour.

  Visit page | 08/04/13

• The Meaning of Welfare Reform

  A presentation on the real meaning of welfare reform.

  Visit page | 08/04/13

• Fund Life Not Services

  Presentation given at The Centre for Welfare Reform's conference on mental health reform in Leeds, December 2012.

  Visit page | 08/04/13

• Travelling Hopefully - lessons for NDIS

  This talk was given to some of those leading the design of Australia's NDIS and setting out international and English experience of achievements and pitfalls.

  Visit page | 08/04/13

• Human Rights and Citizenship

  The meaning of self-directed support, a full set of slides for South Australia and NDIS.

  Visit page | 08/04/13

• Microenterprise and People with Learning Disabilities

  Authors Tess Reddington and Jan Fitzsimons write about the work opportunities available for people with learning disabilities.

  Visit page | 05/04/13

• Personalisation and Independent Living

  Personalisation and Independent Living is part of the Solution Series of papers from the Independent Living in Scotland project.

  Visit page | 05/04/13

• The Big Society Fails the Hardest Hit

  Catherine Hale's article explains how a range of UK government policies target disabled people.

  Visit page | 03/04/13

• 21st Century Vision

  A paper following the launch of the Housing and Support Alliance offering a new vision for the future.

  Visit page | 02/04/13

• My Rights

  Nadia Clarke writes about the damaging impact that cuts to her personal budget will have on her life.

  Visit page | 07/03/13

• Peers and Allies for Living

  PALs gives people with mental health problems the chance to act as paid allies and supporters for people with personal budgets.

  Visit page | 07/03/13

• Getting Help if you have a Learning Difficulty

  This is a guide to getting support in Sheffield if you have a learning difficulty.

  Visit page | 07/03/13

• The Promise of An Ordinary Life

  David Towell writes about An Ordinary Life the movement which drove reform for an earlier generation, and brings the thinking up-to-date.

  Visit page | 06/03/13

• No Going Back

  Authors Tim Keilty and Kellie Woodley write about the forgotten voices from Prudhoe Hospital.

  Visit page | 28/02/13

• Travelling Hopefully

  Simon Duffy describes international best practice in self-directed support and personal budgets.

  Visit page | 24/02/13

• Designing NDIS

  Simon Duffy gives an international perspective on the design of systems of individualised funding for people with disabilities.

  Visit page | 24/02/13

• It's Not Systems That Stop Abuse

  Transformative leadership - not new systems, targets or policies - will help public services to tackle the problems of abuse in hospital.

  Visit page | 24/02/13

• Implementing Personal Budgets

  This essay describes how personal budgets should be implemented, focusing especially on people with more complex needs.

  Visit page | 22/02/13

• Augmentative Alternative Communication and Leadership Research

  This report outlines the power of alternative systems of communication and was written by Nadia Clarke following her Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to the USA in 2012.

  Visit page | 21/02/13

• The Road to NDIS

  This paper by Robbi Williams and Simon Duffy explores the English experience as a valuable source of information for the design of the NDIS in Australia.

  Visit page | 20/02/13

• Lyhty - Finnish Punk Rock and Much More

  A Finnish community hub which is helping people with intellectual disabilities create music, media and so much more.

  Visit page | 18/02/13

• Towards an Ontology of Inclusion

  Re-Writing the Law, Science and Ethics of Intellectual Disability by Michael Bach, Canadian Association for Community Living.

  Visit page | 08/02/13

• Disability Related Costs of Living

  Micheline Mason and Mary Harrison explain why their disability benefits are vital.

  Visit page | 08/02/13

• Briefing on How Cuts Are Targeted

  This briefing provides a summary of the findings of the report A Fair Society? and some important facts and figures.

  Visit page | 05/02/13

• Is It Immoral to Cut Welfare?

  Dr Simon Duffy tells of his experience on television, the messages he hoped to communicate and the lessons he learned.

  Visit page | 05/02/13

• Watching Brief

  The care and support white paper has some good commitments in it, but some of the biggest issues have been ignored, say Don Derrett and Simon Cramp.

  Visit page | 04/02/13

• Decisions, Decisions

  The Mental Capacity Act has helped many people with learning disabilities to make decisions for themselves since it came into force in 2007.

  Visit page | 04/02/13

• It's My Life

  This is a creative alternative to day services operating from the assumption that everybody belongs and can join in community life when and how they like.

  Visit page | 28/01/13

• The Politics of Assets Based Public Health

  Dr Lynne Friedli argues that we must not forget the impact of poverty and injustice on health and well-being.

  Visit page | 23/01/13

• A Strategy for Welfare Reform

  This essay provides an overview of why the welfare state should be reformed - not cut - and what it might take to achieve this difficult task.

  Visit page | 23/01/13

• What Can I Do To Make A Difference?

  Sam Sly writes about the importance of working together, sharing our experiences, resources and energy in the year ahead.

  Visit page | 22/01/13

• Shared Management

  Shared Management is an approach for organising practical support using the expertise of people, families and service providers.

  Visit page | 22/01/13

• Michelle and NDIS

  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.

  Visit page | 22/01/13

• Karen and Being Bi-Polar

  Karen describes how she discovered she had a mental health problem and the ups and downs of dealing with the mental health system.

  Visit page | 22/01/13

• Cornerstone Cafe Parent Carer Group

  Families and disabled people coming together to learn more, plan and bring about community change - working together.

  Visit page | 22/01/13

• Person Centred Planners Lose the Plot

  The story of how one self-advocate with learning difficulties came into conflict with the Person Centred Planning industry.

  Visit page | 22/01/13

• Pass It On Parents

  This innovation is a system of peer support for families of disabled children.

  Visit page | 22/01/13

• Community Sourcing and Social Care

  This new report by Chris Yapp and Chris Howells offers an alternative to privatisation and the hollowing out of local government.

  Visit page | 21/01/13

• A Fair Society?

  Produced for the Campaign for a Fair Society, this report shows how government cuts in the UK target disabled people.

  Visit page | 16/01/13

• A Fair Society?

  This short 3 minute film explains how the UK Government's current programme of cuts ends up targeting disabled people.

  Visit page | 16/01/13

• What is Assessment and Treatment?

  Sam Sly describes the difficulties faced by families who have seen their children lost to the phoney system of 'assessment and treatment units'.

  Visit page | 30/12/12

• Regulation without State Dominance

  Bob Rhodes outlines a different approach to regulation than the on-going expansion of incompetent state-run bureaucracy.

  Visit page | 28/12/12

• Getting Serious About Citizenship

  The debate about reform in social services loses clarity when we use jargon like personalisation, the real questions are more fundamental.

  Visit page | 22/12/12

• Is It All About Cuts?

  This short article describes how self-directed support is being used to make cuts in social care.

  Visit page | 20/12/12

• Disability News Service

  Disability News Service (DNS) is run by John Pring, an experienced journalist who has been reporting on disability issues for more than 15 years.

  Visit page | 18/12/12

• Housing and Support Alliance

  In October 2012, the Association for Supported Living and Housing Options merged to form the Housing and Support Alliance.

  Visit page | 17/12/12

• Family Leadership

  A film about Pippa Murray's work to make family leadership authentic, building on real wealth and strengthening the human spirit.

  Visit page | 06/12/12

• Local Area Coordination

  Local Area Coordination is an innovation from Western Australia which strengthens people's connections in community.

  Visit page | 04/12/12

• University of The Third Age

  In this case study, David Towell illustrates how efforts to strengthen communities work best when local people are organising around their enthusiasms.

  Visit page | 03/12/12

• Welfare Reform Impact on Mental Health

  The UK government's cuts to welfare - known as 'welfare reforms' - will increase levels of mental illness, increase costs, inefficiency, inequality and injustice.

  Visit page | 25/11/12

• True Citizenship

  True Citizenship is a book which offers a framework for thinking about the values that lie behind citizenship and can inspire authentic action.

  Visit page | 15/11/12

• Manifesto for a Fair Society

  The Campaign for a Fair Society's Manifesto sets out 8 key ideas for a fairer society and shows how current cuts target those who are already most disadvantaged.

  Visit page | 14/11/12

• Better Safe Than Sorry

  A presentation given for SACID in Adelaide on safety and how we might protect the interests of people who are most vulnerable to harm.

  Visit page | 04/11/12

• Personalisation and Cuts

  Polly Sweeney of Irwin Mitchell has kindly shared some slides on combating the misuse of personalisation in social care.

  Visit page | 04/11/12

• Campaign for a Fair Society

  Full set of slides outlining unfairness of UK government's cuts, how they will impact on disabled people and what we should be arguing for instead.

  Visit page | 04/11/12

• An Apology

  Simon Duffy apologises for two social innovations that have had negative consequences - the complex RAS and the Support Plan.

  Visit page | 30/10/12

• The Health and Social Market-Place

  Don Derrett gives an overview of the ups and downs of personalisation and self-directed support as it is developing in the UK. He explores some possible new directions.

  Visit page | 29/10/12

• Can You Buy Care?

  Bob Rhodes of Lives Through Friends explores the absurdity of assuming care can be purchased in a market place. He offers an alternative account of the human nature of care.

  Visit page | 29/10/12

• Vinny Went Cycling for Charity

  Vinesh Kumar joined his brother-in-law on a charity bike ride across India in aid of Sanjeevini Trust. On his trip he visited the inspirational Aravind Eye Care.

  Visit page | 29/10/12

• Fears for NDIS

  A summary of concerns about the design of Australia's important National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

  Visit page | 26/10/12

• Help and Connect

  Kellie Woodley of Skills for People outlines the Help and Connect model which is transforming their advocacy practice.

  Visit page | 25/10/12

• Family Leadership

  Pippa Murray of ibk initiatives describes how the key to real empowerment lies within - in the human spirit.

  Visit page | 25/10/12

• 8 Rules - Keep the Flame Burning

  Terry Lynch's film tells us the key things to remember as we grow older about how to stay independent and in control.

  Visit page | 25/10/12

• Love's Labours Lost

  Dr Iona Heath's Michael Shea Memorial Lecture - Why society is straitjacketing its professionals and how we might release them.

  Visit page | 24/10/12

• Tall Tales About Welfare Reform

  Ben Baumberg, Kate Bell and Declan Gaffney tackle some of the most common welfare myths.

  Visit page | 24/10/12

• Why Inequality Matters

  Written by members of My Fair London this paper presents further essential information about income inequality and its consequences in a brief and accessible format.

  Visit page | 24/10/12

• School for Social Entrepreneurs

  SSE's mission is to address inequalities and social exclusion by supporting social entrepreneurs from all backgrounds to transform their talent into real social outcomes.

  Visit page | 24/10/12

• Organising for Self-Directed Support

  This film by John O'Brien explains the developing thinking in Wisconsin about how to create the right support systems for people using self-directed support.

  Visit page | 22/10/12

• Better Nights

  An evaluation of a Choice Support initiative to improve night-time support for people with learning disabilities as services are personalised by the use of an ISF.

  Visit page | 21/10/12

• The UK is Very Unequal

  The UK is the third most unequal developed country - and this inequality is bad for all of us - it causes many social problems.

  Visit page | 28/09/12

• Deinstitutionalisation and Community Living

  This paper by David Towell explores the progress made in advancing community living over the last generation and contemporary challenges.

  Visit page | 27/09/12

• Poor Commit the Least Fraud

  A lot of fuss is made about benefit cheats - but few people realise it is the poor who commit the least fraud - it is taxpayers and government itself who defraud the poor.

  Visit page | 27/09/12

• Cuts Target Disabled and Poor

  This short film shows how the UK government's spending decisions have targeted disabled people and the poor for cuts.

  Visit page | 26/09/12

• What Goes Around...

  Bob Rhodes reflects on the ups and downs of building a fairer society amidst the craziness of the current system.

  Visit page | 25/09/12

• The Poor Are Very Poor

  The popular myth is that there is no real poverty in the UK - however the reality is that the poor are very poor - living on impossibly low incomes.

  Visit page | 25/09/12

• When SDS Doesn't Work

  An anonymous account of the real-life failure of self-directed support for a family who needed help.

  Visit page | 24/09/12

• Poor Pay the Most Tax

  This short film explains the surprising fact that in the UK it is the 10% of poorest families who actually pay the most tax - 47%.

  Visit page | 24/09/12

• Personalised Transition Journal Article

  This article outlines the key elements of what is still the most radical version of personalisation in the UK today - integrating health, education and social care funding.

  Visit page | 20/09/12

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