October 2012 Blog Posts (10)

It's a pleasure to announce that the next London Coproduction Network meeting will be held on Monday 21st January 2013, 10am-12.30pm. Nef will be hosting the event at 3 Jonathan Street (SE11 5NH, 5 minutes' walk from Vauxhall tube station). The agenda has been organised by Daniel Barrett, from South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. Excitingly, we'll be taking a particular interest in coproduction in mental health. We've three great speakers, and there…

Dear All

I am curious to know how people are assessing and demonstrating the values of co-production research outputs and outcomes. I come from an action-research in developing countries background and have recently come across the co-production network and ways of working. There are many parallels between the co-production principles and ways of working with what people aspire to achieve through action-research.

I have been looking through the co-production literature for a…

A great evaluation has recently been published about the impact of a user led mental health support group. ''Peer Power'', by Simon Duffy evaluates the econonmic value of the peer support group as:

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Local government has changed.  Quite simply, public services can no longer be provided unilaterally – delivering effective policy outcomes is a collaborative process.  Collaboration brings challenges but delivers tangible advantages and cash savings.  As the so-called 'graph of doom' hangs over our future, successful councils will be those that can lead through the power of…

• Public Meeting: October 25th, 7:30pm, Big Sleep Hotel, Cardiff

  organised by Compass…

Colette & David Neal are running a Co-production and Community Development event in Rhos on Sea on 13 November. All welcome - full details on Wales Network page.

About 30 of us attended the Wales Network meeting in Swansea yesterday with lots of new faces and plenty of delectable old ones (in the experiential sense). Nick Andrews provided the venue, cups and water/juice; Rick Wilson from Community Lives Consortium gave us a provocative presentation on developing social as opposed to anti-social services (taken from his PhD in progress - it's going to be a great read!) and…

For your viewing pleasure, I present to you...

Graphic recordings by Laura Sorvala of auralab.co.uk, done at the All in this Together 3 - Resilient Communities event.…