Stevan Sutherland describes how trust is essential in the co-productive process, reflecting on the co-production of a stigma toolkit which supports practitioners and families to take a more stigma-free and inclusive approach to delivering services in Scotland.
Read MoreThom 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.
Read MoreYesmin 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.
Read MoreMichelle 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThe “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. 😊
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThis blog by Ailbhe McKinney at Edinburgh Psychoeducation Intervention for Children and Young People (EPIC) sets out some of the findings from a workshop for researchers entitled ‘Overcoming barriers to co-production with children and adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities’.
Read MoreThis post from Get Yourself Active explores how sports activity can be co-produced - and what key steps need be taken to make it happen.
Read MoreThis case study of Coventry City Council, produced by Governance International, shows what can be achieved by a strategic approach to ‘early help’ embedded in co-production with families and partnership working with other agencies.
Read MoreInterviews with local mums in Tayside highlighted that women needed simple, practical help and support and that it was important to make time available to respond to these concerns.
Read MoreUnlocking the value of youth services through co-production.
Read MoreFNP is a programme from the USA which has been identified by NESTA as a clear example of a 'co-produced service'.
Read MoreHome-Start West Lothian (HSWL) are using co-production principles to develop its new three year strategic plan.
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