Resource library

Action orientated report with examples of where councils and other organisations are taking practical steps to shift in the direction of an asset-based area.

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

This report explores the fragility and fragmented nature of adult social care both before and during the pandemic.

This report is intended for those wishing to develop an asset-based approach to care and support, commissioners interested in alternative approaches to commissioning and people who access or wish to access care and support through a direct payment, individual service fund or personal budget.

The report will be of interest to all those who are interested and committed to creating a new and better form of social care - based on the principle that people want a life and not a service.

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.

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.

Asset-based areas are committed to being asset-focused in everything they do. In particular they aim to ensure all their activities build and maintain family and community connections and people’s confidence, knowledge and resilience.

Outlines the organisations and resources available for commissioners to help make the case for engaging and empowering communities.