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Participants or recipients - disabled people's involvement in a European programme

Participants or recipients - disabled people's involvement in a European programme
Participants or recipients - disabled people's involvement in a European programme
Drawing on an evaluative study of UK participation in a European disability programme (HELlOS I), this paper explores the extent to which and the ways in which disabled people were-or were not-involved in the programme as active participants rather than passive recipients, at local, national and European levels. The findings presented here draw attention to the different perspectives of the programme's various stakeholders and are discussed in relation to two broader themes. The first of these themes is the involvement of disabled people themselves in any programme aiming to promote the full participation of disabled people in society. The second is the role and value of formalized networks as a means of promoting information exchange and learning, as a prerequisite for promoting change in individuals (that is in day-to-day practice) and change in organizations (that is service developments). These two themes are pertinent to current developments in social work, with its explicit attention to anti-discriminatory practice and its strong tradition of valuing the learning gained from experience.
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565-583
Powell, Jackie
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Lovelock, Robin
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Powell, Jackie
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Lovelock, Robin
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Powell, Jackie and Lovelock, Robin (1997) Participants or recipients - disabled people's involvement in a European programme. British Journal of Social Work, 27 (4), 565-583.

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Drawing on an evaluative study of UK participation in a European disability programme (HELlOS I), this paper explores the extent to which and the ways in which disabled people were-or were not-involved in the programme as active participants rather than passive recipients, at local, national and European levels. The findings presented here draw attention to the different perspectives of the programme's various stakeholders and are discussed in relation to two broader themes. The first of these themes is the involvement of disabled people themselves in any programme aiming to promote the full participation of disabled people in society. The second is the role and value of formalized networks as a means of promoting information exchange and learning, as a prerequisite for promoting change in individuals (that is in day-to-day practice) and change in organizations (that is service developments). These two themes are pertinent to current developments in social work, with its explicit attention to anti-discriminatory practice and its strong tradition of valuing the learning gained from experience.

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Published date: August 1997

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Local EPrints ID: 33794
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/33794
ISSN: 0045-3102
PURE UUID: 5d1d4a54-7339-46b0-8eb7-1f256f320863

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Date deposited: 17 Dec 2007
Last modified: 07 Jan 2022 22:23

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Author: Jackie Powell
Author: Robin Lovelock

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