9 July: Individual Service Funds Work

9th June 2025

We can all create and use Individual Service Funds, join the EQUALD project team to learn how.

Individual Service Funds, done well, have the potential to solve many of the current problems in Social Care.

Join us for our accessible webinar presented by researchers, care providers and people with learning disabilities, who have all been part of a research project called EQUALD at The University of Sheffield.

The project team are excited to share their research, and the free resources they have produced to help us all create and use Individual Service Funds!

Date: Wednesday 9th July
Time: 11am - 12.15pm
Online: Microsoft Teams

Register your place by filling in the form below.

You will learn about:

  • Individual Service Funds: what's so good about them?
  • How the EQUALD team involved people in researching ISFs
  • Things we have learned about ISFs: what needs to be in place for ISFs to work well
  • Where to get our free, accessible resources about making ISFs work well for you

This webinar is for everybody with an interest in creative, flexible, person-centred care, including: families, people who need support, commissioners, care providers and social workers.

Expert panel:

Dr Liz Croot - Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor
Dr Alice Dunning - Research Fellow
Jodie Bradley - member of Speakup in Rotherham
Clare Tarling - freelance accessibility consultant
Chris Watson - SDS Network and Self Directed Futures
Alex Goff - Darwin Care
Rebecca Mills - Social worker
Ian Jarman - ISF Commissioner
Simon Duffy - Citizen Network and SDS Network

Register now — fill in the form below.