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Over the last year or so, with my colleague Richard Field, I have been working on our Asset Based Commissioning publication which is now available, from Bournemouth University as a free download http://www.ncpqsw.com/publications/asset-based-commissioning/     

 (215pp) and a digested read (11pp ). This has involved getting our heads around the…

Hi all Let me set the scene..

I have written a draft Rewards and Recognitions paper for my local authority. The purpose of this is to try and streamline our procedures in regards to how we recognise and / or reward people for their time, skills and expertise given via co-production, engagement or partnership working.

Whilst such rewards could include monetary payments, my research has shown that many organisations including the NHS actually employ a bank of 'experts by…

Hi all Let me set the scene..

I have written a draft Rewards and Recognitions paper for my local authority. The purpose of this is to try and streamline our procedures in regards to how we recognise and / or reward people for their time, skills and expertise given via co-production, engagement or partnership working.

Whilst such rewards could include monetary payments, my research has shown that many organisations including the NHS actually employ a bank of 'experts by…

Hello all

A lot of posts on here seem old so I thought I'd try and get some networking sparked!

I work in Leicestershire and wondered if any of you work in the East midlands on co-production within Adult Social Care?

The Co-production Network for Wales is launching a membership drive!

And sure as eggs is eggs it can't happen without you. More information and a link to the Membership Form is on the home page of…

Lots happening in Wales - and with your help we'll scale it up to lots more.

Check out our Network site, shriek with glee, and please pass it on!…

Help us kick-start the revolution! Expert Classes covering the what, why and how of co-pro, particularly in relation to the implementation of our (potentially radical) Social Services and Wellbeing Act.

Cardiff, 22 February, 9.30 - 16.00

Cardiff & Vale College, City Centre Campus, Dumballs Road, CF10 5BF.

Llandudno, 8 March, 9.30-16.00

Venue Cymru, Promenade, Llandudno, LL30 1BB.

Carmarthen, 15 March, 9.30 - 16.00

Halliwell Centre, University of Wales…

Sunshine, lollipops and hand-knitted bathers...

Anyone out there remember the profound horrors of the hand-knitted bathing costume? I had one in beige and green stripes. No-one asked me if I wanted one in beige and green stripes - choice wasn’t a big thing in 1950s childhoods as I recall - it simply appeared one year and hung around until…

In case you need a bit of cheering up amidst the gloom and despond here's a link to the latest Co-pro Wales blog...

Updates about our fabulous new Network staff; a proposal for an all-Wales time-bank; Edgar Cahn's next visit; serendipitous guinea-pigs and plenty to look forward to in spite of the collapse of society as we know it.

Happy co-prodding.…

We're on our way! Yesterday we launched our Lottery-funded Co-pro Network for Wales - aiming to create a Wales where everyone is valued as a contributor to the common good... Amazing people, radical ideas, inspiring stories, and the wonderful Edgar Cahn all the way from Washington to Welshpool. See the Storify of our launch event here.

NEF is developing new work on co-produced childcare. Parents do shifts alongside the childcare staff in the classroom, rotating the shifts between themselves. This approach to childcare is well established in Sweden, Canada, the USA and New Zealand and brings benefits to parents, children and childcare staff.

We've written more about it in short-paper here, …

This helpful guide has just been published by Clinks, the organisation that supports voluntary organisations working with offenders and their families. It contains a series of useful practical examples, approaches and tools to use plus a trouble shooting section to help respond to people who may be sceptical to this approach. 

Whilst the focus is on criminal justice the information is relevant to many services and settings. …

SCIE's National Co-production Week is the first event of its kind, celebrating the benefits of co-production, sharing good practice and highlighting the contribution of people who use services and carers in developing better public services.

SCIE will mark the week but holding an Introduction to co-production training session on 30 June in central London, sharing good practice online and through social media and holding a co-production festival with members of its Co-production…

Co-production Network for Wales: for a Wales where everyone is valued as a contributor to the common good.

We are looking for two exceptional members of staff - a Network Director and a Network Co-ordinator - to help us set up our member-led Co-pro Network for Wales. Here are the job adverts. Please share with the world.

NETWORK DIRECTOR / NETWORK CO-ORDINATOR

With three…

een given permission to open up our ResearchNet conference to wider networks and wondered if anyone would like to come. The form below has the booking details. It essentially about how lived experience can be used through co-production methods in patient experience to change services here at Oxleas NHS Trust. We have examples from mental health and learning disability (all ages) and its hosted by our lived experience researchers. Do pass this onto anyone who you think would be interested.…

...and here's the press release to prove it!

Thanks to all of you who helped make this a reality.

Ruth Dineen (Co-pro Wales), Ruth Marks (WCVA), Adrian Roper (Cartrefi Cymru)…

Here it is! 21 cross-sector case studies, an explanation of what co-pro is and isn't and a pile of resources. Please share, read, contribute and help change the world!…

Here it is - an overview of the bid we've just submitted to the Lottery. That's the glorious Cartrefi Cymru along with Co-pro Wales and Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA). We present it to the Committee on 15 December.

Thanks to everyone who have helped to make it happen.…

Local Early Action: How to Make It Happen

Launch of the Southwark and Lambeth Early Action Commission Report

Monday 16^th November, 1-4 pm

Coin Street Conference Centre, 108 Stamford Street, SE1 9NH

Members will be interested in the work of the Southwark and Lambeth Early Action Commission. Citizen participation in political and community life, including through co-production in service design and delivery, features…

Hi all

I may not be the only one of you to have received a message from Stella Kwame this morning (copied below) who joined the network yesterday- have googled her and this is a long standing scam originating from Ghana, apparently if you reply youll get some nonsensical letter etc asking for money!

Perhaps someone admin'y could cleanse her?!?  Cheers

Tom

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