In Control was founded in 2003 by a small group of
people who wanted to make life better for local families with
disabled members in Wigan, Lancashire. We pioneered the concept of
self-directed support and developed individual budgets (which are
now called personal budgets) as a way for people to take charge of
their support.
Inspired by the Independent Living Movement (which helps people
with disabilities to live, learn and work in their own mainstream
communities), we piloted the self-directed support model across six
areas of England - bringing real, sustainable benefits with no
increase in costs.
Between 2005 and 2007, this work strongly influenced government
policy and resulted in 'Putting People First', a national policy
which introduced personal budgets and is helping to transform adult
social care for the better. Since then, we've gone on to
become an independent social enterprise with charitable status.
See our fact sheet on the
history of the social care system.
See our
activity reports for detailed evaluation on the work of In
Control.
Last Updated : 21 January 2011. Page Author: Laura Bimpson.
