Blog and News
News: A paper from Barod based on the DRILL-funded AWPF research.
We are delighted to say our paper with Jan Walmsley, based on the DRILL-funded AWPF research, has just gone live.
The link to the overview of the paper can be found here.
Read MoreBlog: The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project
I’m on my way to Belfast to present the findings of our research to the DRILL team. For someone who works from bed and hasn’t got out and about much for the past 30 years, this feels momentous.
The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project has collected masses of valuable knowledge and data on the lived experience of chronic illness. Four months of online focus groups and a survey of over 2,000 people. This will be the first time we share any of it, in the lead up to our report and manifesto at the end of 2019.
Read MoreBlog: ‘Match Me – what works for effective allocations of adapted/ accessible social housing in Scotland’.
Match Me was a 21 month research project looking into the allocation of adapted and accessibly designed social housing for disabled house seekers/tenants. The project examined what works and what does not. The project partners included Horizon Housing, Housing Options Scotland and the University of Stirling.
Read MoreNews: University of Worcester Guardian Article
The University of Worcester has launched groundbreaking research into the nationwide shortfall of disabled foster carers. It aims to discover what barriers stop disabled people from applying to become foster carers, and how these can be overcome.
Read MoreNews: Barod Interim Report
The Bridge is a two-year research project looking at how people with learning disabilities can have real work for real pay.
Read MoreCARP Collaborations: From existing to living
Today young people with learning disabilities are delivering powerful messages to Welsh politicians about the social isolation and social segregation of their peers. Young people with disabilities feel they face many prejudices which harms their life chances and well-being. They feel they are too often ‘just existing’ rather than living a good life. […]
Read MorePeer-led research reveals how to make peer support a highly effective addition to mental health services.
On Thursday 8th Febuary, peer-led charity Inclusion Barnet launch new research which reveals how to make peer support an effective addition to mental health services. The report finds that in order to be effective, the implementation of peer support must be accompanied by an understanding of how the values of peer support can be embedded […]
Read MoreMore than £1 million for 10 new research projects led by disabled people
Ten new projects across the UK have received between £40,000 and £150,000 of National Lottery funding each, to explore how disabled people can live as full citizens in our society and what changes and support will make that happen in practice. Over £1.15 million worth of funding has been granted as part of […]
Read MoreBlog Post: DRILL – The Next Steps
Being involved in a project like DRILL is both exhilarating and frustrating in almost equal measure. Recently the exhilaration has been at the forefront, partly because this month we move another step down the road by announcing over £1 million for another ten research and pilot projects across the UK which will help support […]
Read MoreBlog Post: Humare Avaaz – Our Voice (Part 2)
Read Blog Post: Humare Avaaz – Our Voice (Part 1) ‘So, why do you want to research into the barriers to independence faced by disabled Asian women, surely everyone knows what the barriers are?’ Well, on an anecdotal basis and having lived the issue for some 25 years we can understand why the question might […]
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