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.

1. What are we doing?
Presentation for Mental Wellbeing Alliance
by Dr Simon Duffy

2. Do we really know what
good help means?

3. in a nutshell
1. A little bit about me - Simon
2. The goal of Citizenship
3. Ups and Downs of personalisation
4. The power of peer support
5. Heading upstream - UBI, NDM et al.
6. Why Citizen Network

4. President of Citizen Network
• I live in Shef
fi
eld and since 1990 I’ve worked at
trying to create a more inclusive world.
• I am best known for creating Personal Budgets
systems and for the Keys to Citizenship.
• By training I am philosopher, I write a lot and I’m
an activist: I try to make stuff happen.
• I’ve created many different organisations,
campaigns and projects.
Simon Duffy

5. Everyone can be a citizen
• Everyone is absolutely equal and
everyone is wonderfully different.
• A good society treats everyone as
if they truly belong.
• A good society makes sure
everyone gets what they need to
live as a citizen.
• Good help makes us (both of us) a
stronger citizen.
Keys to Citizenship

6. In reality ‘help’ can cover
a multitude of sins.

10. But change is hard;
reality can bite back.

14. We’ve got to start going
upstream for solutions.

19. Join us
www.citizen-network.org
It is free for individuals and
groups to join us.