This toolkit is published alongside a companion paper: Individual Service Funds for Homecare, which offers advice on moving forward from the traditional model of 'time and task' within the constraints faced by commissioners and providers. The ...

This project was initiated to help people to make progress in one of the most challenging areas of adult social care to truly personalise - homecare. Following discussions about practically helpful approaches, a stakeholder group of representativ...

Building a new relationship with children, young people and families

In this paper we set out a new approach - 'Community Fund Holding' - which puts public money in the hands of a community so they can achieve an agreed set of outcomes.

In June, in partnership with Action for Children, we hosted a Round Table discussion on the personalisation agenda for children and how we can take this work forward. Representatives from children's services and other organisations across the country ...

This paper focuses on our work with families in Newham, with some additional information from work with Middlesbrough children's services. It highlights the positive impact across a range of outcomes for disabled children and includes more detailed di...

This paper shares our learning from our work with more than 30 children's services over the past four years. This work has seen 480 individual budgets agreed and put in place, links built with wider work on commissioning and budget holding, and a gro...

Citizenship in Health: Theory to Practice. This In Control Discussion Paper is a summary of In Control's learning from the first 18 months of our work with Health members.

There's no doubt that our care and support systems are in need of major reform. With significant resource constraints and demographic growth, there are major challenges ahead.

Personal health budgets could help towards the £20 billion NHS savings needed over the next four years* according to a new In Control report.