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The Macroeconomic Case Against NHS Privatisation
The economic case for privatisation of the NHS and other public services is false, in fact privatisation is economically dangerous.
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Energy Impairment and Social Care
There are many people with energy limiting impairments and chronic illness who are either not getting social care or are getting inappropriate care.
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A Wild Love for the World
David Towell reviews a new collection of writings celebrating the lifework of the Buddhist ecologist Joanna Macy.
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Starcross Hospital
Important testimony from those who lived and worked in a long-stay institution for people with learning difficulties.
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The Creation of Preventable Harm
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.
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A New Way Home New Edition
A practical guide to leaving institutional care and returning to your community.
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DCWW England: PFG the Home of Peer Support
Members of the People Focused Group (PFG) in Doncaster explain what peer support truly means.
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Pregnant in An Age of Compliance
An exploration of pregnancy amidst the myths of medical technology and power.
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The Lonely Century
This new and challenging book by Noreena Hertz outlines the shape of a transformative programme to rebuild community.
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The Power of Language
Language is powerful it can make or break people; this webinar examines the language that helps and encourages us to leave behind the language that harms.
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Los Maestros Como Líderes
Una breve guía para lograr una educación inclusiva y de calidad para todos.
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Teachers As Leaders
A short guide to achieving inclusive and quality education for all.
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Behind the NHS Logo
The Covid pandemic has challenged and stretched the NHS as never before. What kind of service is likely to emerge and survive?
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Why Citizenship Matters
What does citizenship really mean and why is citizenship the key concept we need to embrace in order to change our world for the better?
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Building on Mutual Aid
Simon Duffy argues that combining Basic Income and Neighbourhood Democracy could help us reorganise society and shift power to citizens and communities.
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Supporting and Developing the Workforce for ISFs
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.
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Mencap's New Strategy
Mencap, who are one of the most important organisations in England working with people with learning difficulties, have announced some big changes.
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Stigma and Poverty: The Shame Game
Mary O'Hara discusses her book ‘The Shame Game’ sharing the perspectives of people who are living with the reality of poverty, and the toxic public policy narrative on poverty.
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A Self and Family Directed Adventure
Fionn and Jonathan are a father and son team who are leading the way in showing what people with Down Syndrome can achieve.
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It's My Choice
James has Down Syndrome and he uses an Individual Service Fund (ISF) to maintain control over his support and his life.
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Does the Benefit System Work for You?
Simon Duffy talks to members of Learning Disability England (LDE) about the idea of basic income as a way to reform the benefit system.
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Killed By The State? Social Policy Abused
Mo Stewart describes the outcome of 10 years of independent disability studies research into the social policies and malign foreign influences which have undermined the UK welfare state.
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Caregiving: A Puzzling Problem
Beverley Smith explores the perverse way in which care is undervalued, discounted and the perverse policies which flow from this.
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We Are NOT Second Class Citizens
Catherine Hale spoke to members of Church Action on Poverty about how welfare reforms have harmed disabled people and the need for radical action now.
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Sorry We Missed You
Ken Loach's film reveals the brutal reality of the modern gig economy and, as David Zigmond reflects, this is also a growing reality in health and social care.
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Will the Right Hold the North?
Alain Catzeflis argues that delivering on Brexit won’t be enough to enable the Conservative Party to retain its new hold on the North.
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DCWW Greece: Play Unified
Play Unified is a project to introduce inclusive practices into sports activities and link the Special Olympics movement to mainstream schools and sports.
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Why is Self-Directed Support So Hard?
An overview of the global and historical development of Self-Directed Support (SDS) published in association with the European SDS Network (SKILLS).
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To Hell with Poverty
The Church must make a greater effort to fight the causes of poverty and support the #BasicIncome movement.
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What Price Preventable Harm?
Mo Stewart summarises the conclusions of the Preventable Harm Project which examined the causes and impact of the flawed WCA.
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Much More to Life than Services
Joe Powell All Wales People First and Bob Rhodes LivesthroughFriends explain how people build good lives and the limits to social services.
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DCWW Scotland: Innovations in Supported Employment
Values Into Action Scotland have been leading innovation in supported employment for two decades.
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Cities and Communities Beyond COVID-19
A review of Robin Hambleton's Cities and Communities Beyond COVID-19 the timely and impressive sequel to Leading the Inclusive City.
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Welcoming Refugees into Our Communities
Steph Farr explains how we might be able to change hearts and minds to ensure communities welcome refugees and others who need our help.
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Access to Further Education
Gary Wootton argues that the A-Level scandal has disguised a much greater challenge - supporting those who need a different kind of post-16 education.
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Service User Involvement in Social Work Education
An evaluation of the involvement of service users and carers in social work education focusing on the UK.
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Do We Need Human Contact In Medical Practice?
Have rapid recent advances in IT rendered traditional face-to-face medical consultations largely redundant? David Zigmond shares the views of three doctors.
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A Fair and Just Future for Cornwall
The Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum has produced a report outlining its vision for achieving social justice in Cornwall.
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Manavodaya and Congregate Care
Manavodaya has much to teach us about what real change requires and whether the COVID19 crisis will help us move away from congregate care.
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Popping the Housing Bubble
The UK's housing market is over-inflated and even progressive policies like basic income cannot solve this without other reforms.
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Exploring the Strength of Community
The crisis in social care teaches us that the key to promoting wellbeing for all citizens lies in citizen action and neighbourhood democracy.
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The Entrepreneur in the Wheelchair
The Entrepreneur in the Wheelchair
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Basic Income Plus: Easy Read Version
Basic Income Plus is a radical way to reform benefits by giving everyone enough to live on and ensuring people with extra needs get more.
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iDirect Citizenship Review 2019
iDirect provides completely individualised support to support people with learning disabilities to be full citizens.
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Positive Psychology & Person-Centred Planning
Simon Duffy interviews Michaela Wegener on Positive Psychology and its relationship to person-centred planning and the advancement of citizenship for all.
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An Introduction to Basic Income Plus
Caroline Richardson and Simon Duffy outline a practical approach for making sure basic income works for disabled people and others who face extra costs.
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True Happiness & the Keys to Citizenship
Varun Vidyarthi explores the true meaning of happiness and how the keys to citizenship links to the wisdom of East and West.
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Two Neighbourhoods: Netherton & Springfield
Angela Fell and friends explain how the neighbourhoods of Netherton and Springfield reacted to the COVID-19 crisis by organising themselves.
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DCWW Italy: Connecting Communities
Kara Bobowski is a social co-operative which works to include disabled people and other groups needing support in the life of the local community.
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SDS Network: Social Service Reform in Wales
Damien Bridgeman explains the development of social service reforms in Wales where the ideas of citizenship and community have shaped policy.
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The Pathology of Control
Management of the NHS and other public services often produces harm by misunderstanding people's basic motivations.
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Where Do We Stand?
We stand at the gates of hope - with an open heart, an open mind and an open will.
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Seeking Transformation
It is easy to talk about transformation, but it's much harder to make change meaningful and significant.
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A Response to All Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter. We all need to accept that institutional and systemic racism is still prevalent in our society today.
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Norwich City Council: Creating Space for Community
Members of Norwich City Enabling Team and Adam Murray of the Old Library Wood community group share their experiences of trying to enable community action, participation and control.
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Citizenship - the Key to a Good Life
In this talk Wendy Perez and Simon Duffy explain the keys to citizenship and how they have improved the model since it was first published in 2002.
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How Have We Misconceived the NHS?
David Zigmond argues that government is forcing the NHS to adopt the worst features of neoliberalism and communism.
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Energy Impairment Easy Read
This is the Easy Read version of the Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion report produced by the Chronic Illness Inclusion Project.
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Is Basic Income Essential to the Good Life?
Simon Duffy gave this keynote talk for the Centre for Wellbeing in Public Policy and as part of the Festival of Debate 2020 online.
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Growing New Models of Support
Chris Watson describes how using individual service funds can lead to new ways of supporting people in their own communities.
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Rekindling Democracy
Cormac Russell's inspiring book describes the limitations of current models of public policy and offers a positive community model in their place.
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Exploring the Strength of Community
In this webinar Liz Leach Murphy and Sarah Holmes explore the factors that make for stronger and richer community life.
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Good Things About Individual Service Funds
An easy read guide to Individual Service Funds or ISFs. A great way to manage your support.
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Putting Personal Budgets in Their Place
Personal Budgets do not need to reinforce individualistic consumerism, they can be a route to a more collective approach where care is shared.
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Neighbourhood Democracy: Building Community in Spain
This webinar explores a growing innovative effort to develop community across the Spanish speaking world in work led by Plena Inclusion and many other partners.
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Child Poverty: the New Normal in Education
As the teaching profession debates the new normal in education and schools slowly reopen, Kieran Roberts discusses the challenges children and families face.
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SDS Network: Individual Service Funds (ISFs)
Chris Watson of Self Directed Futures and Gary Kent of New Key and Jacqui Hendra of Devon County Council on ISFs.
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SDS Network: Developments in Finland
Leaders in self-directed support in Finland explain how systems are beginning to move towards and some of the early benefits
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Social Care's Response to COVID-19
Chris Watson shares his observations on how commissioners in health and social care have responsed to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Closer to Home
Amy-Grace Whillans-Welldrake reports on the progress of Greater Manchester devolution and explores the possibility and desire for even deeper devolution.
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Re-Imagining Our Streets
Lynne Friedli shares an inspiring idea to convert residential parking spaces into green spaces for fruit, vegetables and flowers.
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A Two-Tier Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis and subsequent coronavirus legislation demonstrates that Government does not value disabled or older people as equals.
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I am More than My Mental Health
Poems in memory of Kes, a wonderful young man who died before his time, but who brought joy into the lives of many.
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I Feel Forgotten
The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project's submission to the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on people with protected characteristics.
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SDS Network: Developments in Scotland
In the second SDS Network Webinar Keith, Danielle and Debbie described the development of self-directed support in Scotland. They explained its history and growth, its benefits and the current challenges.
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SDS Network: COVID-19 and Overview
The first webinar from the SDS network covered the issues of how countries were responding to the COVID-19 crisis, what the crisis can teach us about changes we need for the future and how this may impact the development of self-directed support.
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Contracting for ISFs
Chris Watson briefly outlines some of the main legal features of an Individual Service Fund (ISF) and explores how community hubs or micro-enterprises might use them.
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Confused Discharge in COVID-19
Alex Leeder argues that the NHS discharge policy was rushed through in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis and will lead to a confusing array of different approaches.
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COVID-19 and Cleaning the Thames
David Zigmond explores the historical parallels between today and the public health crises of the nineteenth-century and the lessons for the NHS.
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Who's Counting Carers?
Robert Kay expresses his anger at the constant failure to respect or even remember the existence of 7 million unpaid carers amidst the COVID-19 Crisis.
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DCWW Lithuania: COVID-19 Challenge
What is the mission of a social worker in this situation? Jaunuolių dienos centras (JDC) in Lithuania share inspiring their work in the first Day Centres Without Walls webinar.
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Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion
This ground-breaking report outlines the barriers facing people with chronic illness and explores the concept of energy impairment.
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Coronavirus Act 2020: Easy Read
Dorset Advocacy have shared their Easy Read guide to how the Coronavirus Act might affect your care and support.
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Basic Income and Independent Living
Basic income (UBI) could have major benefits for disabled people, but the independent living movement needs to be fully included in the conversation.
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Public Spending in Sheffield
Joshua Shepherd analysed public spending in Sheffield in order to understand the impact of the UK's centralised system on local communities.
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Scientists Inform, Leaders Lead
Alain Catzeflis argues that the UK Government's behaviour during the COVID-19 crisis looks worryingly like group-think - its consequences are very dangerous.
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Participation at 45 Degrees
Colin Miller has compiled 12 short essays on techniques for citizen-led change and constitutional reform in partnership with Compass.
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Universal DisCredit
The Canary supported Videoblogg Productions to produce a documentary describing the problems with the Universal Credit system.
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Myths About Work and Mental Health
Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl shows how dangerous myths have evolved that protect government and business from accountability for bad employment practices.
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COVID-19 versus Leviathan
Bill Jordan explains how pandemics can create fundamental realignments of power and why COVID-19 may finally unbalance the current economic model.
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Does COVID-19 mark the end for markets in the NHS?
UK Government response to the COVID-19 is an implicit acknowledgement of the limitations and dangers of a marketised healthcare system.
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COVID-19, The Black Death and Basic Income
Bill Jordan explains why COVID-19, like the Black Death before it, may finally push the current elites to accept the logic of basic income.
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The Upstream Response to COVID-19
Dr Simon Duffy sets out some key principles to guide local communities as they develop their response to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Keys to Citizenship in Greek
infographics on the keys to citizenship translated into Greek by Puzzle.
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Self-Directed Support Graphics in Greek
Infographics on self-directed support translated into Greek developed for the SDS Network.
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Self-Directed Support Graphics in Italian
Infographics on self-directed support translated into Italian developed for the SDS Network.
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Self-Directed Support Graphics in Finnish
Infographics on self-directed support translated into Finnish developed for the SDS Network.
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Self-Directed Support Graphics
Infographics on self-directed support developed for the SDS Network.
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The DWP Fails People with a Learning Disability
Neil Carpenter describes the barriers to justice and economic security created by the DWP's systems.
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The heart and soul of person-centred planning
Beth Mount reflects on creating a person-centered practice that is rooted in the quest for justice.