Resource library

What does good personalised community-based care and support looks like for people in ethnically diverse communities?

A resource for care home providers and commissioners which shows how technology enabled care is changing the lives of care home residents.

A review of economic evaluations and studies that have been conducted on seven approaches to building community capacity

This study looks at how some councils are seeking to transform social care by working closely with innovative providers and shifting their own approach to commissioning.

Organisations interested to get involved with Making it Real can view these examples to support your applications.

Technology enabled care can enhance people’s wellbeing when it is person-centred and therefore receptive to the outcomes that matter to people.

Social action, also known as community development, is people coming together to help improve their lives and solve shared problems. People volunteer, befriend, advocate, join social movements and organise and develop community assets and services.

Isolation has a toxic effect on people’s physical and mental health. Those with fewest assets fare the worst. At the extreme, social exclusion in the form of harassment and violence can lead to suicide.

Asset-Based Areas see social care as a process of supporting people to support themselves and those around them, not a service system.

Social and community enterprises (SCEs) run shops and pubs, they provide transport, support fun activities, enable people to share accommodation and support them to be self-employed.