Finland
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What Matters to Me
Bestser is a Finnish startup company which develops innovative solutions to help people control their health and social care services.
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A Parent in Camouflage
Hanne-Maria Lappäranta describes what it's like to be a parent of someone with a disability who also works in social services.
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OmaPolku - My Path
NEO-OmaPolku is an innovative Finnish organisation helping people with intellectual disabilities to start their adult life with a mixture of peer and professional support.
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Practical Social Work is Personalised
Hanne-Maria Leppäranta demonstrates the powerful impact of personalisation on the practical day-to-day work of a social worker.
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Under the North Star
A review of Väinö Linna's Finnish trilogy and an exploration of the roots of the welfare state and the price earlier generations paid for it.
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Personal Budgets are Just a Tool
In his sixth and final blog from Finland Simon Duffy reflects on the limits of personal budgets and the need to understand why things change.
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Personal Budgets and Health Economics
Simon Duffy, in the fifth of his blogs from Finland, explores the relationship of personal budgets to health economics and the ideal of health & social integration.
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The Difference Between Choice and Control
The fourth in a series of blogs from Finland, Simon Duffy explores the different meanings of choice and the options available for health and social care reform in Finland.
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Personal Budgets Just Mean Freedom
In the third of a series of essays from Finland Simon Duffy explains that a personal budget is fundamentally a way of making freedom real for people who need support.
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Ending Tendering in Social Care
Simon Duffy, in the second of a series of blogs from Finland, explores the problems created by tendering for social care and how to bring the system to an end.
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Politics & Economics of Personal Budgets
In the first of a short series of essays Simon Duffy explores the political and economic challenges of moving towards personal budgets.
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Visiting Radio Valo
Radio Valo interviewed Simon Duffy about self-directed support and individual budgets on his visit to Lyhty (home of PKN) near Helsinki.
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Self-Directed Support in Finland
This research report from Finland shows the success of personal budgets in improving the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.
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Radio Valo
Radio Valo is a multi-media platform for people with intellectual disabilities in Finland. It hosts interviews, documentaries, radio shows and much more.
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No to Competing Services - Yes to Human Rights
Sami Helle explains to the European Parliament that people with intellectual disabilities should not be trapped in the 'cheapest service'.
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Self-Directed Support in Europe
A presentation by Aarne Rajalahti on Self-Directed Support in Europe
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Supporting Community Contribution and Self-Determination through Person-Centred Work
John O'Brien presented this paper at Finland's Valta virtaa conference held in June 2013.
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A Finnish Perspective
Katja Valkama reflects from a Finnish perspective on social innovations in the UK and the price of welfare 'reform'.
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I Know What I Want
Aarne Rajalahti shares lessons and stories from the early development of self-directed support in Finland.
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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.
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The Journey to Citizenship - Deinstitutionalisation in Finland
Finland is beginning to close its institutions for people with learning difficulties. Simon Duffy explores what can be learned about moving more quickly towards a…