Conference Papers/presentations

Vacating the Space - is there a new paradigm for public services leadership?  A presentation by Ritchard Brazil for the National Skills Academy for Social Care, at the Guardian 18th Feb.2010 - paper

Managing New Realities - How can service users,carers and front-line workers have a bigger role in shaping services when budgets are tight? Ritchard Brazil March 2010 - paper

Managing New Realities - Social Capital: the hopeful in pursuit of the impossible? Phil Woods March 2010 – paper  

 

Reports

The Stamford Forum Initiative on Funding for People with Learning Disabilities (Pt1 & 2) ‘A Manifesto for Change’   (2008) R.Brazil, P. Woods, P.Brookes & participants – full report

A New Social Contract – towards a vision for individual and community progress (2008) R.Brazil & P.Woods  - View the document in full

 

Publications

How Community-based Organisations Add Value (2007) Wilkinson, D. & Wade, D. www.nr-foundation.org.uk

Developing effective engagement with Local and Community Strategic Partnerships Porter, S., Warburton, D. & Wilkinson, D. (2005) Science Report E2-057/SR6, Bristol: Environment Agency.

Improving Delivery of Mainstream Services in Deprived Areas: The Role of Community Involvement - This major report has been published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister as Research Report 16, September 2005. D.Wilkinson was a member of the follow-up research team and of the original action research scoping study, ‘New Architecture for Community Driven Renewal and Public Services’ which was based on eight neighbourhood level case studies featuring innovative approaches to community and resident engagement in service renewal and regeneration.

Writing it down, writing it out, writing it up: researching our practice through action learning (2007) Mann, P. & Clarke, D. Action Learning: Research and Practice 4 (2) 153-171