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Explore our resources to learn about how to personalise care and support.

Asset-based areas require all of their activities and services to contribute to building people’s resilience and social connections.

Investing in prevention, early intervention and community capacity building is a central feature of Asset-based Areas rather than a ’nice to have’ one.

Asset-Based Areas actively relocate power to their citizens. They see their role as working with, not for, people; and bring individuals and groups together.

Building an Asset-Based Area starts with the development and maintenance of a living map of its assets.

This briefing document is a summary of the lessons learned to date on the implementation of Individual Service Funds in the West Midlands.

This guidance has been developed to make the case for new approaches to support people should a direct payment not be the preferred option.

When it comes to developing an Asset-Based Area no one is ever starting from scratch. Read How-to create an asset-based area part three.

Commissioners play a vital role in helping to shift mind-sets and relationships, and must themselves adapt to be more asset-based in their approach

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.

A series of guides that support asset-based commissioning and practice. Written by the academic & consultant Clive Miller, they complement Alex Fox's paper.

A group of innovators in social care have produced a summary of six innovations.

This report challenges national assumptions around what and how social care can deliver.
No results found.
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Asset-based areas require all of their activities and services to contribute to building people’s resilience and social connections.

Investing in prevention, early intervention and community capacity building is a central feature of Asset-based Areas rather than a ’nice to have’ one.

Asset-Based Areas actively relocate power to their citizens. They see their role as working with, not for, people; and bring individuals and groups together.

Building an Asset-Based Area starts with the development and maintenance of a living map of its assets.

This briefing document is a summary of the lessons learned to date on the implementation of Individual Service Funds in the West Midlands.

This guidance has been developed to make the case for new approaches to support people should a direct payment not be the preferred option.

When it comes to developing an Asset-Based Area no one is ever starting from scratch. Read How-to create an asset-based area part three.

Commissioners play a vital role in helping to shift mind-sets and relationships, and must themselves adapt to be more asset-based in their approach

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.

A series of guides that support asset-based commissioning and practice. Written by the academic & consultant Clive Miller, they complement Alex Fox's paper.

A group of innovators in social care have produced a summary of six innovations.

This report challenges national assumptions around what and how social care can deliver.
No results found.