Countless attempts to get social care reform over the line over the past quarter century have failed. All of them have missed a vital agreement: a new social settlement. Can this time be different?

Community Catalysts

New Local is delighted to partner with two leading thinkers and practitioners, Cormac Russell and Lisa McNally, to host their provocation paper, which we hope will spark much-needed debate on […]

Joanna Charlton, communications lead at PlaceShapers, blogs about our Learning Programme focus on designing services with and for residents.

Community Catalysts supports the ambitions of the 10-Year Health Plan to increase the uptake of Personal Health Budgets.

For decades, the debate about integration has focused on structures, systems and services. Former ADASS President, Jess McGregor, argues that we need to turn the question around – starting with the li...

While family group conferencing originated in children's services, a project is seeking to extend its reach with adults

Explore how Personal Assistant employment status works in the context of care and support, whether self-funded or through the use of Direct Payments.

Drawing on insights from his President’s Day and discussions with parliamentarians and partners, ADASS President Phil Holmes argues that tackling loneliness is one of the defining challenges of our ti...

Gary Bourlet, Membership and Engagement Lead at Learning Disability England, has been speaking with members Unanima. Unanima is an arts development organisation based in Mansfield. They work to remove...