Disability News Service – 30th June 2022
30th June 2022
This week's Disability News Service, with stories about Disabled people in Ukraine, the impact of COVID on Disabled people, and more
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Disability News Service – 23rd June 2022
23 June 2022
This week's edition of the Disability News Service with stories about the Dept for Work and Pensions, transport accessibility, Disabled employees being managed of jobs, and more.
Disability News Service – 16th June 2022
16th June 2022
This week's Disability News Service - with stories about the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Grenfell evacuation plans, benefits, and transport access campaigns.
Disability News Service – 9th June 2022
9th June 2022
The Disability News service, with stories about the Dept for Work and Pensions, civil service job cuts, the Firefighters' union, and more.
Disability News Service – 2nd June 2022
2th June 2022
The latest edition of the Disability News Service - with stories about PIP backlog and the cost of living crisis.
An interview with Peter Beresford to mark 20 years of Shaping Our Lives
May 2022
In this interview, our current Co Chair Peter Beresford talks about the history of Shaping Our Lives, our achievements, our challenges, and what we hope for in the future.
Disability News Service – 26th May 2022
26th May 2022
The latest edition of the Disability News Service with stories about DWP's anti-fraud plan, the public order bill, and council failures to make reasonable adjustments.
Disability News Service – 19th May 2022
19th May 2022
This week's Disability News Service - with news about Grenfell inquiry evacuation plans, disability jobs milestone, offensive LGBT+ comments, and more.
Disability News Service – 12th May 2022
12th May 2022
The latest Disability News Service, with stories about the Queen's Speech, COVID death discrimination, Access to Work waiting lists, and more.
Disability News Service – 5th May 2022
5th May 2022
This week's edition of the Disability News Service with news affecting Disabled people, politics, benefits, transport, and equality.
Disability News Service 28th April 2022
28th April 2022
In this week's edition of the Disability News Service, one million benefit claimants will lose out under Universal Credit, Government’s plans for care charging ‘will crush Disabled people under debts’, new bill set to give fresh rights to Disabled users of taxis and minicabs, and other stories.
Rethinking social care – fixing our broken health and care system
April 2022
Here is the Shaping Our Lives statement on health and social care - what needs to be done to fix a broken system.
Webinar: Why participatory social policy now?
April 2022
Policy Press in association with Peter Beresford of Shaping Our Lives is launching a new series of free webinars on participatory social policy. This first event examines this approach to social policy, questioning traditional ones and looking at what possibilities this offers for the future.
Digital Communication Technology in Social Work
April 2022
This guide aims to give Disabled people advice and information people on using such digital communication technologies to access social work services.
Disability News Service – 14th April 2022
14th April 2022
The latest Disability News Service, with stories about the cost of living crisis impact on Disabled people, inaccessible new homes, and care charges suicide links.
Disability News Service – 7th April 2022
7th April 2022
The latest Disability News Service with stories about Grenfell, the Down Syndrome Bill, Government website accessibility, and Universal Credit.
Disability News Service – 31st March 2022
31st March 2022
This week's edition of the Disability News Service, with the latest news affecting Disabled people
Disability News Service – 24th March 2022
24 March 2022
This week's Disability News Service with the latest news affecting Disabled people, social care, benefits, and more.
Disability News Service – 17th March 2022
17th March 2022
This week's Disability News Service, with stories on care charges and debt collection, DWP harsher tactics, bid to legalise assisted suicide defeated, and more.
Disability News Service – 10th March 2022
10 March 2022
Read about the latest news affecting Disabled people in this week's edition of the Disability News Service
Gillian Batty, Gemma Humphrey, Becki Meakin
Tickboxes and Tokenism? Service User Involvement Report 2022
February 2022
This report is the result of a survey we ran in 2021 to explore people's experiences of service user involvement. This user-led research shows the current picture of involvement and explores the barriers that deaf and Disabled people face when wanting to share their lived experience.
Peter Beresford and Colin Slasberg
The social care white paper – Rehashing the glossy brochure with zero change
December 2021
In this article, Peter Beresford and Colin Slasberg critique the latest social care white paper.
Peter Beresford and Colin Slasberg
A New Equalities and Human Rights Commission Report – Harbinger of an Authentic 1948 Moment for Social Care
June 2021
This article was written in response to the The Equalities and Human Rights Commission document regarding Independent Living.
Becki Meakin and Jurgen Grotz
Throwing away the rulebook: Five things you should consider when planning interactive online events, to make them more inclusive.
July 2020
Practical ideas and examples to make online meetings more accessible.
Peter Beresford
Take nothing for granted about volunteering – Volunteering and Ideology event blog post and videos
In this blog post, Peter Beresford, chair of the event, highlights some of the key discussions that took place around volunteering - how do people understand and define volunteering, and what is its impact on volunteers and those they work with.
Adam Goodall, Joanna Matthews, Becki Meakin
Shaping Our Lives review of the Commission on the Future of Social Security Executive Summary
June 2021
In January 2021, Shaping Our Lives was commissioned to conduct an independent review of the Commission’s work to date. Its purpose is to document the Commission’s genesis and evolution, assess whether the Commission’s current form is ‘fit for purpose’, and make recommendations on actions to ensure the Commission’s future growth and sustainability.
Amanda Warburton-Wynn
A Review into Domestic Homicide and Safeguarding Adults Reviews Relating to Victims with Additional Vulnerablilties
2021
This report reviews Domestic Homicide Reviews and Safeguarding Adults Reviews where the victim had an additional vulnerability with the aim of identifying new ways of protecting those victims of domestic abuse from the additional risks that they face.
Becki Meakin
Locked In or Locked Out?
December 2020
This report reflects on the use of remote technologies by d/Deaf and Disabled people during and beyond the first national COVID-19 lockdown.
Joanna Matthews
Engaged or Ignored? – Reflections from Patient Participation Groups about the Impact of COVID-19
December 2020
This report reflects on how patient groups across England involved their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing specifically on the experiences of five people who were, before lockdown started, lay members of patient groups.
Joanna Matthews
Crisis, Challenge and Change – Reflections from Deaf and Disabled people’s user led organisations about the impact of COVID-19 on their work in 2020.
December 2020
This report reflects the experiences of Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations (DDPOs) operating in England during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact that the pandemic had on their work.
Becki Meakin
Behind Closed Doors
December 2020
This report investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted d/Deaf and Disabled people's abilities to live independently.
Dr Peter Unwin, Becki Meakin and Alexandra Jones
Including the Missing Voices of Disabled People in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities
November 2020
This report investigates disability within Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities, and explores how the voices of Disabled people within GRT communities can be heard in key policy forums.
Peter Beresford, Mark Harrison
Problems with development – beyond the OXFAM crisis
September 2020
This blog looks at the failures of outsourcing service delivery to international non-governmental organisations internationally and to private businesses at home in the UK.
Dr Peter Unwin, Becki Meakin and Alexandra Jones
Mutual Benefits – The Potential of Disabled People as Foster Carers
July 2020
This video supports a pilot project exploring the opportunities and barriers surrounding inclusivity of and accessibility for Disabled people wishing to become foster carers.
Dr Peter Unwin, Becki Meakin and Alexandra Jones
Mutual Benefits – The Potential of Disabled People as Foster Carers
July 2020
This report documents a two-year pilot project exploring the opportunities and barriers surrounding inclusivity of and accessibility for Disabled people wishing to become foster carers.
Becki Meakin and Sarah Yiannoullou
The Future of User-led Organisations Event Summary
May 2020
These notes summarise an event to create dialogue between user-led organisations and funders about these issues.
Becki Meakin and Sarah yiannoullou
The Future of User Led Organisations Briefing
May 2019
This paper sets out the issues fuelling the crisis facing user-led organisations in the hope of prompting positive discussion about potential solutions.
Becki Meakin
Special Care Dentistry Focus Group Report
April 2019
These notes document a focus group event held in April 2019, which heard from Disabled people about how special care dental services could be redesigned to work better for patients.
Becki Meakin
A Refuge for All Practice Toolkit
March 2019
This best practice toolkit has been developed to help services become more accessible and inclusive for disabled women who are seeking support because they are experiencing (or have experienced) violence and abuse.
Becki Meakin
A Refuge for All Project and Findings Report
March 2019
This report provides guidelines for a user-led approach to improving access and service delivery for Disabled women, particularly in the violence and abuse sector.
Win-Win Alliance
Top tips for co-production
2019
This document provides a range of simple, practical ideas for ensuring inclusive and accessible involvement activities.
Win-Win Alliance
Essential elements for effective co-production
2019
This document considers eight essential elements for effective co-production and involvement activities.
Win-Win Alliance
Definition of co-production
2019
This document considers the various definitions of co-production as an approach that is still developing and changing.
Peter Beresford
The future of social care: video by Peter Beresford
November 2018
This video is an interview with Shaping Our Lives Chair Peter Beresford, exploring user involvement and how people can have more equal access to having a say over their lives.
Peter Beresford
From a system of social care in crisis, to a support for independent living and a creative economy
November 2018
Transcript of a presentation given by Peter Beresford at the November 2018 Reclaim Social Care Conference, discussing the failings of the UK's social care system and pointing to new models of support.
Peter Beresford, Mark Harrison
Social care is broken beyond repair – so what should replace it?
November 2017
This blog outlines the dire condition of social care provision in England and Wales and advocates for the establishment of a right to independent living and a universal national independent living service as potential solutions.
Becki Meakin, Colin Cameron, Michele Moore, Joanna Matthews
Improving Understanding of Service User Involvement and Identity – A Guide for Disabled People who are Interested in being a Service User Representative
November 2017
This guide is for Disabled people who are thinking about becoming a service user representative. It provides top tips about how to improve the experience of being a service user representative.
Becki Meakin, Colin Cameron, Michele Moore, Joanna Matthews
Improving Understanding of Service User Involvement and Identity – A Guide for Service Providers and Practitioners Organising Involvement Activities with Disabled People
November 2017
This guide provides essential information for professionals who want to hear the views of Disabled people and use this knowledge to make services efficient and effective for the people who use them. The advice and tips detailed in this report reflect the principles of the social model of disability.
Becki Meakin, Colin Cameron, Michele Moore, Joanna Matthews
Improving Understanding of Service User Involvement and Identity – Service User Identity Research Findings
November 2017
This report collects the experiences of service users who have become service user representatives, with the aim of understanding the challenges faced by service users in negotiating their dual role of both being a service user representative and recipients of services.