Blogs and web resources — Resources — Scottish Co-production Network

Co-pro example: Co-production as an ethical approach

Thom Stewart from An Áit Eile Cooperative shares a number of principles that are helpful in understanding co-production as an ethical approach to working with other people.

Co-pro example: a health literacy journey

Yesmin Begum shares her insights into the Health Literacy Project that she is involved in as a member of the Katie’s Team, a women’s health advocacy group in London.

Co-pro example: VOX Scotland makes it work!

Michelle McBride, Volunteer Engagement Officer at VOX Scotland reflects on making co-production work and embedding these principles in their work. Voices of Experience (VOX) is Scotland’s mental health collective advocacy charity run by and for its members.

Co-pro example: Health CASCADE's evidence-based approach

In this blog, Niamh Smith from Health CASCADE reflects on her experiences at our August Ideas Clinic and on some of the challenges involved in creating an evidence-based training package which can truly help people to plan, govern, and conduct co-creation projects.

Talking about co-production

In this blog, SCN’s Sheena Fletcher explores the challenges of identifying co-production and how we can capture examples that show it in action.

Blogs and web resourcesSheena FletcherAugust 8, 2023Talking about co-production

Co-pro example: Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector

In this blog, Zsara McEwan from Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS) reflects on the creation of a co-design remuneration and rewards policy which was co-designed as part of a wider project which aimed to change the way family support services are procured and designed.

Co-pro example: Bethany Christian Trust

In this blog, Paul Stevenson from Bethany Christian Trust, reflects on his experiences presenting and sharing ideas at the co-pro ideas clinic in April this year.

With Us, For Us - a set of co-pro resources

Developed with the With Us, For Us Lived Experience Project Group (LPEG), this comprehensive set of resources from the Scottish Recovery Network provided an opportunity for people living with trauma and/or who have been given a diagnosis of personality disorder to share their experiences of services and their ideas for change in a suite of co-produced resources.

Making Co-Production Work: Back to Basics

Voices of Experience (Vox) Scotland launched a co-production resource during Co-production Week Scotland in 2022 which supports mental health professionals and service providers to implement co-productive practice.

People living with dementia as co-researchers in the co-production of care planning

Blog from the Co-Production Collective about a research programme looking at co-producing research into care planning. The blog was co-written by all members of the research programme steering group, including people with living, and learnt experience of dementia.

Co-production – Deciding Together

This web resource describes some useful case studies of co-production undertaken by Mind and provides helpful links to further resources and discussion.

The Ladder of Co-production

The usefully illustrative ladder of co-production was developed by Think Local Act Personal and is used to describe co-production at strategic commissioning level, but it can be adapted to any of the other levels as well.

Blogs: Our Rights Our Communities

In this blog series by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, we hear different voices involved in the co-production of a peer advocacy training project in Glasgow and a peer-led evaluation of that training.

The ‘Our Rights, Our Communities’ project was run in partnership with Unity Sisters, Milk Café and Govanhill Baths Community Trust: Community in Action. It aimed to build a unique model of community-based advocacy replicable with Scottish refugee communities.

Blog: Co-Producing Research With Young People Online: Insights From A Participatory Sexual Health Project

This blog outlines some of the benefits and challenges of doing co-produced peer research online, as well as some practical tips for running online peer engagement workshops.

Inclusivity and Co-production - Blog and report

The “desire” to co-produce to create more tailored, specific services is the first step in a positive journey towards co-production - and a very positive one at that. 😊

How we can help Co-pro practice keep up with principles

Sam Jordan is the Communications Manager at SCDC, which supports the Scottish Co-production Network. Here he shares some reflections on how we can learn from co-production practice.

Blogs and web resourcesAdminNovember 18, 2022Talking about co-production

Resource: Key Messages for Co-production in Scotland

These are the big issues Scottish Co-production Network Members wanted to talk about during #CoProWeekScot.

Blogs and web resourcesAdminNovember 18, 2022Talking about co-production

Language, Power, and Co-production: How can we make it easier?

Blog: “When we get all of this right – ground rules, respect, language and terminology, we can start to move into a space of equality and power sharing. That’s when co-pro can happen.” 💪

Blogs and web resourcesAdminNovember 15, 2022Talking about co-production

SCN Learning Event resources: How do we value lived experience in co-production?

10:30 - 12:30: This participative online learning event will explore the opportunities and challenges of resourcing lived experience in co-production and other decision-making processes.

Blogs and web resources, Videos and infographicsAdminNovember 9, 2022Talking about co-production

Blog: Overcoming Barriers to Co- Production, A Parent Carer Perspective

This blog by Emma Pauley for Edinburgh Psychoeducation Intervention for Children and Young People (EPIC) is a really helpful look at some of the barriers faced by people with lived experience to engaging in meaningful co-production.