Articles
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Life Is Not a Commodity
Bob Rhodes reflects on the difficulties of helping people move beyond a commodified notion of the role of public services.
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All Change for Social Care in England?
Chris Moon-Willems, an independent specialist in care for older people, assesses the Government's plans to reform social care.
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What is Citizen Directed Support?
Thoughts on the development of Citizen Directed Support in Wales and the connection between entitlements and community.
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UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN's Declaration is an important starting point for welfare reform. It makes clear the need for clear rights and entitlements and the importance of safeguarding freedom and…
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Personalisation or Entitlements
This article explores the challenge of making personalisation effective at supporting people's human rights and delivering real entitlements.
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Unimpressed: Cameron's Ideas on Welfare
David Cameron’s latest ideas on the future shape of welfare has polarised opinion, S.H Barnett explores the issues.
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Real Localism
Argument for a profound shift in control towards local communities and the outline of a new strategy for local government.
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West Lancashire Peer Support
Les Scaife describes how the West Lancashire Peer Support Group was born and the work it continues to do.
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Is It Only Me?
S.H.Barnett wonders why personal budgets which promise so much have largely failed to deliver.
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Are Institutions Still With Us?
Sam Sly explores the problems that leave too many people with complex needs in long-term institutional care.
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Full Citizenship for People with Intellectual Disabilities
An interview with Simon Duffy for the Finnish Year Book on Intellectual Disabilities on the nature of citizenship.
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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…
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Campaigning for a Fair Society
Simon Duffy gave one of the talks at the launch of the Manifesto for a Fair Society at the House of Lords on the 12th March.
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Who Really Benefits from Welfare?
Simon Duffy looks at how the tax benefit system really works and wonders who are the real beneficiaries of this system?
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Is Personalisation Dead?
Simon Duffy explores some of the problems involved in implementing personalisation and the fundamental question of entitlements that remains unresolved in England.
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120,000 Reasons to Listen to Women
Clare Hyde wonders whether the government's thinking about focusing on 'problem' families is informed by an understanding of the reality of domestic violence.
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Integrating Mental Health Funding
This essay argues that the integration of social care and healthcare funding in Mental Health is still a priority and highly feasible.
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Individual Health Budgets Pilot Begins
Beyond Limits and NHS Plymouth are piloting an exciting model of service delivery to ensure that people with challenging behaviour do not end up in damaging institutions.
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Self-Determination Doesn't End as We Age
Terry Lynch shares his and his mother's experiences of growing older and maintaining dignity and self-determination through independent living.
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Personalisation in a Time of Cuts
Lawyer Kate Whittaker describes the conflict between the current drive to cut social care spending in the UK and the application of personalisation.
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Flexible Funding Routes in Further Education
Fellow Pippa Murray explains the funding routes that will allow for the development of more personalised and flexible education packages for young people.
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The Meaning of Dignity
A short essay written by Simon Duffy on the true meaning of dignity.
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Implementing Self-Directed Support
This short essay offers some thoughts about the lessons other countries might want to draw from the English experience of implementing self-directed support (SDS).
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Wolf Wolfensberger - A Tribute
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'.
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