Public Partnerships are passionate about how digital solutions can increase choice and control for all.  They work in partnership with health and social care organisations to deliver web-based solutions that make self-directed care & support easier for everyone.  Alongside other tools, Public Partnerships have developed specific solutions for the management of personal budgets, and we have collaborated together to create ISF Wallet.  

ISF Wallet enables ISF provider organisations to manage all the financial elements of a personal budget on behalf of an individual.  It brings together our passion & expertise in relation to ISFs and the Virtual Wallet solution developed by Public Partnerships for the management of personal budgets

In 2017, with support from the European Union's Erasmus+ programme, we created a network for learning about self-directed support called the SKILLS project. The SKILLS project developed a range of resources to help countries develop systems of self-directed support. In 2019 we were awarded a further 3 years of funding to strengthen and extend this network and to advance self-directed support across the whole of Europe.

The project is led by KVPS and is managed in partnership with the Finnish National Agency for Education. However, although the hub is based in Europe, we welcome membership from leaders on self-directed support from around the world.

The network works to advance self-directed support. In particular:

Share information on best practice, research.

Offer training and support to each other.

Map progress on self-directed support around the world.

At the moment the network is made up of the following organisations:

Australia - Western Australia Individualised Services (WAIS)

Canada - Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship (CIIC)

England - Centre for Welfare Reform

England - Self-Directed Futures

Europe - the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities - EASPD

Finland - Suunta

Greece - Puzzle

Italy - Anffas

Lithuania - Samanta Savickaitė, Klaipėda University

New Zealand - Manawanui

Scotland - In Control Scotland

Spain - Fundación Aprocor & Plena Inclusión

USA - In Control Wisconsin

Citizen Network is a global cooperative working for equality and justice around the world.

We started Citizen Network because the world needs to celebrate human diversity and stand up for human equality. We need to work together and behave like citizens, rejecting division and creating more inclusive communities that will welcome people with all their differences.

The idea of Citizen Network first began to be explored by the Centre for Welfare Reform in 2015 in Sheffield, England. At the Claiming Full Citizenship: Self Determination, Personalization and Individualized Funding 2015 International Conference in Vancouver, Canada which was hosted by what is now the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship these conversations turned into a commitment to create an active network to support learning and and cooperative action on equal citizenship.

Planning for Citizen Network continued in partnership with people and organisations in Finland and Australia then on 17th November 2016, Citizen Network was officially launched at the Manawanui International Conference in Auckland, New Zealand.

What we do at Inspired Purpose 

We provide Health, Social care, Wellbeing, Community Development, Leadership and the development of system partnerships.

Through leadership, coaching and a range of personal intervention approaches we develop bespoke offers which includes, reviewing the Purpose and culture, the outcomes and the impact for the people, community and or environment it is intending to reach, in addition to the partners / system and organisations involved. 

What makes Inspired Purpose unique is our ambition to step beyond the delivery of a task and create something greater by having expertise in our field whilst utilising Purpose, Inspiration, Creativity and Positive Collaborative Approaches.  

Inspired Purpose proactively focuses upon the development of Mutual Benefit by reaching a little further and through the development of interconnected networks, weaving our values within all we do. These are, Valuing and Including Everyone, Recognising the inter-connectively of everything.

Demonstrating Compassion and Respect for all living things. Seeking to make an impact in the achievement of, Social, Wellbeing, Equity and Economic Value. 

It doesn’t matter what business you are in, who you are, everyone and everything can create a positive impact for someone or something else big or small, it doesn’t matter, just as long you are willing to adopt the values and promote the ambition of Inspired Purpose.

If you hold such values and wish to join the Inspired Purpose Compassionate Network in the support of the creation of Mutual Benefit please do get in touch, we would love to hear your story and include you on our website and our network sessions.