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Our conference, our say
- Author:
- SMITH Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 13.09.06, 2006, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
The author reports on Ealing Council's 'Powerful Voices' conference which ensures that children participate in the services that affect them. The conference is unusual in that all the presentations are conducted by the children and young people themselves.
It'll be all rights
- Author:
- BRODY Simeon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.06.06, 2006, p.46.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author asks how far councils have gone in meeting the forthcoming duty to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. The article focuses on the progress made in producing and disability equality scheme, and the extent of involving disabled people in drafting these schemes.
A user controlled best value review of direct payments
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
All best value reviews include a requirement to consult with service users. This review demonstrated how service users can play more central role in designing and undertaking much of the review themselves. A project group of disabled people was established to review direct payments in one local authority using statutory best value framework.
The disability equality duty and involvement: guidance for public authorities on how to effectively involve disabled people
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
Public authorities have a legal duty to involve disabled people in creating their Disability Equality Schemes. This involvement must be planned, structured and significant. It will not be acceptable for public authorities simply to consult disabled people. The involvement with disabled people will need to be a much more active process. Alongside being a legal requirement, involvement is the key to achieving better public services for disabled people. Public authorities are not able to ensure disability equality without input from disabled people and their organisations. Central to the success of many involvement strategies will be the ability of public authorities to work with representative bodies of disabled people.
Direct payments in action: implementation by social services departments in England
- Author:
- JORDAN Claire
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Direct payments can greatly improve disabled people’s quality of life by offering increased control, flexibility and choice. Despite this, take-up of direct payments has so far been relatively low. Department of Health figures for 2003 show 12,585 people using direct payments, with take-up in some areas much higher than in others. This survey aimed to identify what social service departments saw as the barriers to using direct payments effectively.
The Equal Lives evaluation report: appendices; what difference does it make?; disabled people ask the questions; evaluation phase two - a qualitative approach
- Authors:
- JOHNS Tracey, et al
- Publisher:
- Essex. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Chelmsford
In 2001 Essex County Council Social Services launched a five-year strategy for its services for disabled people, called 'Equal Lives'. This set out plans to develop services that would meet the specific needs of the 121,000 people in Essex who have a physical and/or sensory impairment, enabling and empowering them to lead independent lives. The strategy was developed through extensive service user consultation. The key aims of the consultation were to: evaluate how well the Equal Lives strategy is meeting its aims to enable disabled service users to lead more independent lives; ask about the areas of people's lives where they felt they had sufficient choice and control and those where they felt this was lacking; and identify early signs of improvements in services and opportunities for further improvement.
The Equal Lives evaluation report: what difference does it make?; disabled people ask the questions; evaluation phase two - a qualitative approach
- Authors:
- JOHNS Tracey, et al
- Publisher:
- Essex. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- Chelmsford
In 2001 Essex County Council Social Services launched a five-year strategy for its services for disabled people, called 'Equal Lives'. This set out plans to develop services that would meet the specific needs of the 121,000 people in Essex who have a physical and/or sensory impairment, enabling and empowering them to lead independent lives. The strategy was developed through extensive service user consultation. The key aims of the consultation were to: evaluate how well the Equal Lives strategy is meeting its aims to enable disabled service users to lead more independent lives; ask about the areas of people's lives where they felt they had sufficient choice and control and those where they felt this was lacking; and identify early signs of improvements in services and opportunities for further improvement.
The Equal Lives evaluation report: summary; what difference does it make?; disabled people ask the questions; evaluation phase two - a qualitative approach
- Author:
- JOHNS Tracey
- Publisher:
- Essex. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Chelmsford
In 2001 Essex County Council Social Services launched a five-year strategy for its services for disabled people, called 'Equal Lives'. This set out plans to develop services that would meet the specific needs of the 121,000 people in Essex who have a physical and/or sensory impairment, enabling and empowering them to lead independent lives. The strategy was developed through extensive service user consultation. The key aims of the consultation were to: evaluate how well the Equal Lives strategy is meeting its aims to enable disabled service users to lead more independent lives; ask about the areas of people's lives where they felt they had sufficient choice and control and those where they felt this was lacking; and identify early signs of improvements in services and opportunities for further improvement.
Issues in access for disabled people: the case of the Leeds Transport Strategy
- Authors:
- BARRETT E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Policy Studies, 24(4), 2003, pp.227-242.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
While the transport problems of disabled people figure prominently in some transport strategies, the reality of what disabled people experience can be far removed from what most strategies aim to achieve. The main reason for this mismatch is an inappropriate, even erroneous, conceptualisation of disability. This is compounded by an inadequate articulation of the needs of disabled people and their lack of meaningful involvement in the development of transport strategy. This article looks the Leeds Transport Strategy (as currently expressed within the West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan). Analyses the treatment of disabled access issues in the strategy and relates these issues to the results of empirical research. The experiences of a wide range of disabled respondents are considered in parallel with the attitudes and actions of transport providers and policy makers. Concludes that the gap between intentions of policy makers and the real needs of disabled transport users, can be reduced by the involvement of disabled people in the decision-making process.
Will it ever get sorted?: full report of consultation with disabled children and young people in Hammersmith and Fulham
- Author:
- HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Hammersmith and Fulham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the consultation with disabled children and young people in Hammersmith and Fulham. Models of participation are described including training young disabled people in research skills, encouraging understanding about local community and learning about local authority, service planning and decision making. Key aims were for young people (16 – 20 ) lead and develop projects in their local community, and for the project to include participation by other young disabled people in the running of the project.