Think Local Act Personal Blog

Added: 19/12/2011
Updated: 22/05/2013

Welcome to the TLAP blog, a place for members of the Think Local Act Personal Partnership to share with others what they have tried, learned and wish for as they tackle challenges in making a difference to people's lives through personalisation and community-based support.

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Blogs

Paths to Personalisation in Mental Health: 'I' at the centre by Rob Greig 22/05/13

Leading from the inside out by Philippa Thompson 07/05/2013

Self-Directed Support Oz style by Dr Sam Bennett 24/04/2013

Positive Practice in Older People and Personal Budgets delivery: TLAP launches Phase 1 review by Martin Routledge and Sarah Carr 28/01/2013

Change is the law of life by Dr Sam Bennett 22/01/2013

Budgets and Beyond by Julia Slay 21/21/2012

Leaving the Building (well not really) by Martin Routledge 14/12/2012

SCIE Personalisation Guide: revised, reformatted, relaunched by Dr Sarah Carr 7/12/2012

Three steps to Making it Real for DPULOs by Rich Watts 23/11/2012

Making it Real and working for change by Sam Bennett 16/11/2012

When is 100% really 70%? by Martin Routledge 9/11/2012

Time to Get Real: by Martin Farran, Chair of ADASS Personalisation Network 26/10/2012

Community Capacity: The evidence by Catherine Wilton 19/10/2012

We've come a long way by Martin Routledge 12/10/2012

How Think Local Act Personal can operate regionally by Carey Bamber 05/10/2012

A month in the life of TLAP by Jaimee Lewis 28/9/2012

Who wants my job? by Martin Routledge 21/9/2012

Transforming social care: learning from the outcomes people experience by John Waters 14/9/2012

The White Paper: In conversation with the National Co-production Advisory Group by Shahana Ramsden with Sally Percival and Clenton Farquharson 07/9/2012

My Home, My Time, My Choice - how far can we personalise care homes for people living with dementia by Gill Bailey 27/7/2012

Volunteering: Unlocking the real wealth of people and communities by Duncan Tree 20/7/2012

Improving Market Relations in the North West by Sam Bennett 13/7/2012

Stronger partnerships for better outcomes - improving relationships between commissioners, providers and people who use services and carers by Bill Mumford 06/7/2012

Thinking local: support for regional personalisation initiatives by Martin Routledge 29/6/2012

Whose Shoes and Making it Real by Gill Phillips 22/6/2012

Local Area Coordination by Ralph Broad 15/6/2012

Alex's personal budget story by Sally Percival 11/6/2012

Society needs to change for people with learning difficulties by Jennifer Taylor and Vic Forest 7/6/2012

De-mystifying co-production: starting with a conversation by Shahana Ramsden 29/5/12

Modelling the change we want to see - how Making it Real was truly co-produced By Shahana Ramsden, Making it Real Project Co-ordinator, Co-production and Equalities lead for Think Local Act Personal -18/05/12

What does it take to build strong communities? By Catherine Wilton, TLAP Building Community Capacity Lead - 11/05/12

Rethinking Risk, By Sarah Carr, Senior Research Analyst, SCIE - 03/05/12

Bridging the gap: self-directed support and the current reality, By Bridget Warr, Chief Executive of UK Homecare Association - 27/04/12

How to commission really good direct payment support, By Simon Stockton, Director of Groundswell Partnership (opens new window) - 20/04/2012

Local Area Coordination and Asset-based Community Development: Tinker or Reform? The Choice for Social Care and Health Services, by Ralph Broad and Cormac Russell - 13/04/2012

Ensuring personalisation provides better outcomes for all by, Michael Turner and Hamza Anwar - 30/03/12

The NIHR School for Social Care Research: providing evidence to help improve adult social care in England. By Dr Michael Clark - 23/03/12

The power of people's stories. By Jaimee Lewis -16/03/12

Is community development work the future of social work? by Alex Fox - 08/03/12

Developing a new deal between local people, commissioners and providers by Sharon Allen - 02/03/12

Can we achieve better value for money and increased choice through market co-production? by Bill Mumford - 24/02/12

Can personalisation get social workers and service users working on the same side? by Sue Bott - 17/02/12

Safeguarding the future of social work with adults to ensure person-centred support/personalisation and co-production, by Peter Beresford - 10/02/12

In tough times we need something to aspire to, by Shahana Ramsden - 03/02/12

Personal budgets, what next? by Martin Routledge -27/01/12

What is co-production? by Clenton Farquharson -19/01/12