Slides from a day-long workshop with My Place - a leading personalised support organisation in Perth, WA. The workshop explores the meaning of inclusion and citizenship and the threats and opportunities that lie ahead of us.
Vicserv hosted an event on the true meaning of control and choice. Simon Duffy explores how control and choice should be seen as a part of building citizenship for all and moving way from institutional responses to need.
Consumers or Citizens, Families, and Communities in ControlCitizen Network
Simon Duffy gave this talk as part of the join PECCC community organisation hosted by Vicserv, COTA, Valid, Carers Australia Vic, FSSI, Health Issues Centre and VMIAC. This talk begins a programme to explore the true meaning of choice and control and an exploration of how different communities can work together to create better community solutions.
Slides from a day-long workshop with My Place - a leading personalised support organisation in Perth, WA. The workshop explores the meaning of inclusion and citizenship and the threats and opportunities that lie ahead of us.
Vicserv hosted an event on the true meaning of control and choice. Simon Duffy explores how control and choice should be seen as a part of building citizenship for all and moving way from institutional responses to need.
Consumers or Citizens, Families, and Communities in ControlCitizen Network
Simon Duffy gave this talk as part of the join PECCC community organisation hosted by Vicserv, COTA, Valid, Carers Australia Vic, FSSI, Health Issues Centre and VMIAC. This talk begins a programme to explore the true meaning of choice and control and an exploration of how different communities can work together to create better community solutions.
Dr Simon Duffy gave this talk at a seminar organised by the Erasmus+ funded project the SDS Network which shares expertise on self-directed support globally. The talk explains why human and disability rights support a shift towards Self-Directed Support.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and the UBI Lab Network set out the case for Universal Basic income to the AGM of Sheffield Church Action on Poverty. He argued that UBI was going to continue to be the main alternative to the main broken social security system and that Christians should support it.
Talk by Dr Simon Duffy for Citizen Advice Derbyshire Districts, June 7th 2017. He explores the reality poverty is mitigated and created by the political system and particularly examines tax-benefit changes between 1997 and 2014.
This presentation explores the policy impact on Aboriginal housing in Toronto.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
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Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and UBI Lab Sheffield talks to members of NAWRA (National Association of Welfare Rights Advisors) about why he thinks the conflict over social security will turn into a choice between Universal Credit and Basic Income Plus. He describes some of the benefits of Basic Income Plus and also shares new research on the principles that should underpin the welfare system.
Aging is a natural process, which leads to weakening of the body and the mind. The productivity and the working ability also decreases of a person. It is the duty of the state as well as the family of a person to take care of him in his old age. However, due to rampant illiteracy and lack of awareness, many senior citizens are not aware of their rights. This presentation seeks to discuss the rights and facilities available to the elderly and international conventions regarding senior citizens.
In this State of the Borough, we share an:
• Introduction setting the scene
• Overview of the challenges the borough faces, the progress we’ve made and
delivery we’re planning next
The appendix outlines
• Evidence that underpins work on each of the pillars for Towards a Better Newham
• Case studies of what we have done as a council to tackle the challenges
• Stories from residents who have benefited from these activities
• Commitments we have made on what we will deliver going forwards
Barbra Kohlo: We Effect work with Housing Cooperatives in Africacooperatives
Barbra Kohlo, Programme coordinator Adequate Housing, East and Southern Africa at the International Co-operative Alliance Global Conference in Cape Town, November 2013.
Dr Simon Duffy, of the Centre for Welfare Reform and Citizen Network gave this talk in Madison, Wisconsin on behalf of In Control Wisconsin. He explores the values, laws and social systems that support respect for ourselves as we age. He proposes that there are dark threats that require different levels of thinking and action - we need to get back to the foundational importance of love, family and community.
Christianity and Social Justice: exploring the meaning of welfare reformCitizen Network
This presentation was given to the Archbishop of York and to bishops from the North East of England and Yorkshire. It explores the current crisis in the welfare state in the UK, the myths that dominate thinking and outlines the Christian case for some new and deeper thinking about the purpose and design of the welfare state.
Dr Simon Duffy gave this talk at a seminar organised by the Erasmus+ funded project the SDS Network which shares expertise on self-directed support globally. The talk explains why human and disability rights support a shift towards Self-Directed Support.
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and the UBI Lab Network set out the case for Universal Basic income to the AGM of Sheffield Church Action on Poverty. He argued that UBI was going to continue to be the main alternative to the main broken social security system and that Christians should support it.
Talk by Dr Simon Duffy for Citizen Advice Derbyshire Districts, June 7th 2017. He explores the reality poverty is mitigated and created by the political system and particularly examines tax-benefit changes between 1997 and 2014.
This presentation explores the policy impact on Aboriginal housing in Toronto.
Michael Shapcott, Director of Housing and Innovation
www.wellesleyinstitute.com
Follow us on twitter @wellesleyWI
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and UBI Lab Sheffield talks to members of NAWRA (National Association of Welfare Rights Advisors) about why he thinks the conflict over social security will turn into a choice between Universal Credit and Basic Income Plus. He describes some of the benefits of Basic Income Plus and also shares new research on the principles that should underpin the welfare system.
Aging is a natural process, which leads to weakening of the body and the mind. The productivity and the working ability also decreases of a person. It is the duty of the state as well as the family of a person to take care of him in his old age. However, due to rampant illiteracy and lack of awareness, many senior citizens are not aware of their rights. This presentation seeks to discuss the rights and facilities available to the elderly and international conventions regarding senior citizens.
In this State of the Borough, we share an:
• Introduction setting the scene
• Overview of the challenges the borough faces, the progress we’ve made and
delivery we’re planning next
The appendix outlines
• Evidence that underpins work on each of the pillars for Towards a Better Newham
• Case studies of what we have done as a council to tackle the challenges
• Stories from residents who have benefited from these activities
• Commitments we have made on what we will deliver going forwards
Barbra Kohlo: We Effect work with Housing Cooperatives in Africacooperatives
Barbra Kohlo, Programme coordinator Adequate Housing, East and Southern Africa at the International Co-operative Alliance Global Conference in Cape Town, November 2013.
Dr Simon Duffy, of the Centre for Welfare Reform and Citizen Network gave this talk in Madison, Wisconsin on behalf of In Control Wisconsin. He explores the values, laws and social systems that support respect for ourselves as we age. He proposes that there are dark threats that require different levels of thinking and action - we need to get back to the foundational importance of love, family and community.
Christianity and Social Justice: exploring the meaning of welfare reformCitizen Network
This presentation was given to the Archbishop of York and to bishops from the North East of England and Yorkshire. It explores the current crisis in the welfare state in the UK, the myths that dominate thinking and outlines the Christian case for some new and deeper thinking about the purpose and design of the welfare state.
The global challenge of achieving citizenship for allCitizen Network
Dr Simon Duffy, at the Manawanui International Conference on self-direction, argues that we can work together to advance citizenship for all. He outlines the place that self-directed support has had in advancing citizenship, but also warns of the danger of consumerism. He explores the growing threats to citizenship from scapegoating and meritocracy. He launched an international membership cooperative - Citizen Network.
Launch of manifesto of Campaign for a Fair SocietyCitizen Network
Talk given at the House of Lords to help launch the Campaign for a Fair society's Manifesto - setting out how cuts target disabled people and what a fair welfare system would look like.
Slides from talks given to Anglesey Council on how to develop Citizen Directed Support locally and in Wales. Covering (1) problems in design of welfare state (2) history of innovations (3) key ideas and reforms (4) challenge of making changes work.
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.
The Development of Self-Directed Support in FinlandCitizen Network
These slides were from a presentation by Dr Simon Duffy at the launch of Suunta - the new agency to promote self-directed support in Finland. Dr Duffy outlines some of the main strategies needed for successful implementation and the pitfalls to avoid.
A presentation given at the Hallam Justice and Peace Commission in Sheffield on 1st March 2014 by Dr Simon Duffy. The talk describes growing poverty and inequality in the UK today, the negative impact of 'welfare reforms' and some of the real reasons why we are in the current crisis.
Simon Duffy and Caroline Richardson of UBI Lab Disability talked about the need for UBI+ system - a system which reflects the reality of what people need. This talk was given at the 2021 World Congress on Basic Income.
Dr Simon Duffy explores the future of the welfare state. He argues that only a welfare state rooted in a commitment to citizenship is economically and politically sustainable.
The UK experience of person-centred planning and self-directed supportCitizen Network
Dr Simon Duffy of Citizen Network spoke to Netzwerk Persönliche Zukunftsplanung (the germans speaking community for person-centred planning) at their gathering in Luxembourg 2019. He explored the interaction of person-centred planning with self-directed support and the challenges of implementing social innovations within a time of neoliberal thinking and austerity.
(166) launch of the centre (westminster, march 2011)Citizen Network
Slides from the Centre for Welfare Reform Westminster Launch on 24th March 2011- presentations from Simon Duffy, Pippa Murray, Clare Hyde, Craig Dearden-Phillips and Vidhya Alakeson
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Networked Energy: Energy independence for AlderneyCitizen Network
by Chris Cook and Marcus Saul, Island Power
As Research Fellows at the Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security, at University College, London, Marcus Saul and Chris Cook researched and developed the Pacific Natural Grid resource resilience strategy.
Here they explain how Denmark has led the way in creating sustainable networks of community-based energy production and distribution.
This has been transformative for Denmark, enabling it to become independent from the oil and gas industry’s dominance. But it is also transformative for communities, who are now creating their own energy economies.
Dr Dave Beck gave this talk for Part 5 of the ‘Grassroots Policies for Farming, Food and Wildlife’ webinar series, hosted by Citizen Network.
In his presentation Dr Beck discusses the harms caused by the monopolisation of supermarkets in the food industry. He also explores the positive possibilities of local currencies.
Dr Beck is a Lecturer at the University of Salford, Manchester.
The webinar recording is available to watch on Citizen Network's website at: www.citizen-network.org
Simon Duffy gave this presentation at the final conference of the UNIC Project, in Brussels in September 2023, providing an overview of personal budgets and the challenges ahead.
Sabrina Espeleta of War on Want outlines the enormous and growing level of world hunger. She explains how a few global corporations control the vast majority of food production and supply and markets exploit the food market, leaving communities, especially in the Global South at great disadvantage. Local peasant farmers are now organising to achieve food sovereignty, seeking to farm in ways in harmony with nature and to meet local needs. The Global North needs to respect the rights and autonomy of these people rather than to continue the pattern of exploitation.
This presentation was given on 6 July in Part 4 of a webinar series on grassroots policies for farming, food and wildlife.
Watch the recording at: https://citizen-network.org
Simon Duffy was asked by the Mayor’s Greater Manchester Charity and UBI Lab Manchester to talk at a recent roundtable event on the relevance of Universal Basic Income (UBI) to the problem of homelessness.
These are the slides from that talk. In summary Duffy argued that UBI is relevant to reducing homelessness in two slightly different ways:
1. UBI would help prevent homelessness - UBI addresses the inequalities in income and housing that create the risk of homelessness.
2. UBI would help people escape homelessness - UBI gives people a vital tool which significantly helps people change their situation in times of crisis.
Find more free resources on basic income at: www.citizen-network.org
A presentation for the One Yorkshire Committee introducing Democratic Yorkshire - a voluntary alliance consisting of a group of organisations and individuals interested in planning a better future for our County through modern democratic means secured in a written constitution.
In this presentation exploring planning law, Laird Ryan talks us through the planning process, explores what we can and can't influence and helps us consider how best to create real, organic and local alliances that make the best use of our energy.
To find out more about the Neighbourhood Democracy Movement please visit: https://neighbourhooddemocracy.org
Citizenship is our Business - The Avivo StoryCitizen Network
Avivo is one of the founding organisations in Citizen Network. they are also pioneers in self-direction and personalised support in Australia. Over the past few years they have been reorganising themselves around the principle that everyone is a citizen - and supporting everyone, including paid staff, to be citizens is their central purpose. Avivo are also leading Citizen Network's Rethinking Organisations programme and networking with other organisations on this journey.
Dr Simon Duffy spoke to Doncaster's Mental Wellbeing Alliance about the importance of thinking about what good help really means. He explored the importance of shifting power, resources and thinking upstream.
Markus Vähälä, CEO of Citizen Network, outlined the development of the cooperative as a framework to support the further development of Citizen Network as part of the 2022 Building Citizen network Together events hosted by Eberswalde University.
At BuildingCitizen Network Together in early 2022 Simon Duffy and James Lock discussed the development of Citizen Network and its current approach to membership and explored with members from all around the world next steps for its development.
These slides are from a talk Dr Simon Duffy of Citizen Network gave to Café Economique in Leeds, making the case for basic income. The argument set out is that UBI is one necessary part of a range of reforms necessary to support citizenship and strengthen community life. This talk preceded a (rather fiery) debate with Anna Coote of NEF who argued against UBI.
Simon Duffy gave this talk for Radical Visions on home, citizenship, institutionalisation and neighbourhood democracy. He explains why institutions are wrong and what we might be do to end the drive towards institutionalisation.
A presentation for the Estia International Confernce in 2021 from Dr Simon Duffy exploring personal budgets, citizenship and community and the challenges for services aiming to work in partnership with people with disabilities in Greece.
An example of good practice in inclusion in employment from Slovenia, shared at the Day Centres Without Walls conference, hosted by JDC in Lithuania. Day Centres Without Walls is an Erasmus+ project funded by the EU.
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
role of women and girls in various terror groupssadiakorobi2
Women have three distinct types of involvement: direct involvement in terrorist acts; enabling of others to commit such acts; and facilitating the disengagement of others from violent or extremist groups.
In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
3. This is a pincer attack on the rights of disabled
people. If we just focus on the 1.5 million people
with the most significant disabilities - over the next
four years they are likely to lose:
• £4.6 billion in social care support
• £4 billion in disability living allowance
• Termination of ILF
• Cuts to Supporting People
• Many further cuts in housing support
• Reductions to other benefits - especially for those
not in work
So, more than £8 billion of the total £27 billion
(>>25%) which government is saving from
departmental budgets is being born by less than 3%
4. And many other cuts will continue to
fall on:
• People with less
severe, but still
significant,
disabilities
• People with mental
health problems
• Women suffering
domestic violence
• People not in work
• Refugees and asylum centralised welfare
and we are already the most
seekers
state - and the 3rd most unequal society after USA
and Portugal
5. An economic crisis caused by the
bursting of a bubble created by...
• Bankers who benefited from bonuses
• Home owners who benefited from unsustainable
house price increases
• Investors who benefited from unsustainable
profits in finance industry
• Politicians who benefited from the illusion of a
booming economy
Who did not benefit from the bubble?
- the poor and disabled people
6. Not just cuts - but targeted cuts
Protected Cut
Pensions Disability benefits
Healthcare Social Care
Education Social Housing
£350 billion out of £500 £40 billion
Special, marginal, for ‘the
Universal, mainstream, for ‘ordinary
poor & unfortunate’ or
people like us’
‘scroungers’
Delivered by complex and
Delivered by nationalised systems with
diffuse systems with low
high visibility
visibility
7. The cuts are just a symptom - there
are long-standing problems to
address
• Weak entitlements - eligibility thresholds high and
rising, housing rights weak, legal rights weak
• Super-taxation for disabled people - means-
testing, charging
• Poverty traps - benefit systems that punish
families, savers, earners and disabled people
• Weakened families - support focused on
crises,family control undermined, families
disrespected
• Imprisonment for many - up to 20,000 people
with learning difficulties in prison
• Pre-birth and at-birth eugenics - 92% abortion
8. Perhaps we could
1. Do nothing - the cuts are inevitable - nothing can
be done, we just have to cope the best we can -
the world is simply unfair
2. Rely upon others - other people and
organisations are already set up to campaign - we
don’t need another campaign we’ve got nothing
new to add
3. Just stay positive - there will be positive
opportunities for change and reform in the cuts -
this is really a good thing - it will help break the
reliance on ‘services’
...or alternatively
9. There are some opportunities,
amidst thethe values - define the
• Clarify madness
beliefs that help us make progress
• Improve practice - innovate and
reform using technologies that we
know work
• Build bridges - connect with each
other and with other groups for
mutual support
• Advocate change - propose policy
and legislation that supports
10. This crisis is part of the
third phase of de-
institutionalisation
1. Closing institutions
2. Personalising services
3. Reforming welfare
To put people fully in
control of their own lives...
....as equal citizens.
We didn’t expect this to be easy?
11. • Next steps for an ordinary life - new and old
The story so far... on the future for people with
leaders met to reflect
learning difficulties.
• Comprehensive Spending Review - individuals
and organisations begin to realise what is going to
happen.
• Something must be done - letter to be published
in the Times - but to what purpose?
• Campaign is born - 1,000+ individuals sign up,
plus many organisational members - initial
structures developed...
• Scottish Campaign - major event and manifesto
written
...lots achieved in 4
• Welsh Campaign - steering group formed 2 weeks
months
ago
12. Our Purpose
Everyone is equal, no matter their differences or
disabilities. A fair society sees each of its members as a
full citizen - a unique person with a life of their own. A
fair society is organised to support everyone to live a
full life, with meaning and respect.
13. Scottish manifesto & Joint Human Rights Committee
1. human rights: this means embracing the European Convention on Human
Rights... a fundamental redesign of the obligations of government at every
level to secure citizenship for all.
2. the right to support as an objective right established in law: this will
remove the dependency of older and disabled people on ‘gifts’ from
professionals...
3. provide families and individuals with early support: this will prevent
crises, reduce the need for expensive interventions, and end the indignity of
severe eligibility thresholds.
4. put people back in control of their own lives: this will enhance personal
autonomy and dignity by restoring people’s right to control both their lives
and any essential support that they need.
5. good housing: this will give people the right to live in their own accessible
homes, with a choice of the full range of different types of tenure...
6. guaranteed minimum income free from means-testing: this will create
the necessary incentives for people to work and make contributions to civic
life...
7. end the current super-tax on older and disabled people levied
through local authority charges: this will end the indignity of older people
having to spend or give away all their savings...
14. Seven key principles...
1.Family - we give families the support they need to
look after each other.
2.Citizenship - we are all of equal value and all have
unique and positive contributions to make.
3.Community - we root support and services in local
communities.
4.Connection - we all get chances to make friends and
build relationships.
5.Capacity - we help each other to be the best that we
can be.
6.Equality - we all share the same basic rights and
entitlements.
15. The possible scope of the
Campaign
• People with learning difficulties
• Older people
• Children and families
• Disabled people
• Mental health
• Women and children
• The poor
• Community sector
• Local government