Hi everyone,

I have just uploaded a new Centre for Welfare Reform to the resources site - here: http://coproductionnetwork.com/page/adult-social-care

I really recommend reading this report if you are interested coproduction and people with intellectual disabilities. It is in parts theoretical and practical, and always interesting.

Thanks

Joe 

A quote that really applies to the scaling up of coproduction question

“There’s no problem with upscaling if you’re doing something like buying paperclips. But most public services rely on human relationships, so upscaling leads to a huge degradation in the quality of service.”

Peter Holbrook, CEO of Social Enterprise UK

Hello everyone,

Just a quick message to say that I have set up a group on this site for anyone and everyone interested in what coproduction can bring to young people's services 

At nef we have been doing a lot of work over the past 18 months in Lambeth, Cornwall and Islington on how coproduction can be…

Hello everyone,

As part of NESTA's People Powered Health programme there is an opportunity for interested practitioners to visit and learn from the ecdp solutions - this open to all interested, but there are a limited number of spaces.…

Hello everyone,

People might be interested in this new report on Local Area Coordination written by Ralph Broad for the Centre for Welfare Reform

http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/library/type/pdfs/local-area-coordination.html

I would also recomend having a look at their video - spelling out what true welfare reform should be about (making the system better, not…

Hello everyone,

Over the past few weeks we have been busy putting together a catalogue of case studies of coproduction in health and social care for NESTA's People Powered Health programme.

The purpose of the catalogue is to enable practitioners to reflect on their own practice and the extent to which that represents co-production; and to enable them to learn about co-production practice.

It combines a range of case studies, resources and other information on…

Hello everyone,

Just a quick post to say that the notes from the last London Practitioners' meeting are now up on the website

Once again, thanks to Chris, Kronus, George and Mike for speaking!

If people would like notes of other network events added, please just email them to me (joe.penny@neweconomics.org)

many thanks

joe

Dear All,

April looks set to be a busy month for coproduction, with several regional practitioner events taking place in Wales, London, Scotland and Birmingham.

Read on to find out more and sign up to one or all…

Following on from the success at their last In this Together event (the presentations of which…

Hello all,

The next London beased network meeting is going to be taking place at Praxis on the 18th of April.

The agenda is looking really good at the moment, with talks being led by Praxis, nef and Look Ahead. Have a look at the eventbrite page (below) for more information and to sign up for a place

http://londoncoproductionevent.eventbrite.co.uk/

look forward to seeing you there!

joe

Hello everyone,

Ruth Dineen has been kind enough to circulate the presentations from the coproduction event that she coordinated in Cardiff last Thursday. 

I am attaching them here in this blog post, but will also add them to the resources section of this website - which is growing all the time. If you have other resources that you think should be shared amongst practitioners, please do feel free to post them as a blog, or send them to me…

Hello all,

I have a message from Ruth Dineen about her coproduction toolkit;

Dear All

Many thanks to the 71 people who have responded to the Co-production Toolkit Questionnaire. To date, almost 60 of you have offered to contribute, and 21 organisations are willing to run a half-day workshop to begin to map the contents which is fantastic.



It would be great to receive additional responses - I'd like to get to…

Hello every one,

I have a message here from Hugh Dames- do have a look, what he is doing looks great if you are in or around the Kirkdale area!

Hello Co Production Practitioners Network

The Adult Learning Centre in Kirkdale (Sydenham, SE26) closed this year due to funding cuts.  Rather than sit back, The Kirkdale Village Traders Association are working with Hugh Dames of Social Capital Ltd to deliver the Kirkdale…

Hello everyone,

I thought some of you might be interested in this event being hosted by nef on the need for a local banking system

Hello all!

For all of those based in and around London, you may be interested to know that there is an upcoming practitioners meeting planned for November the 30th between 10-12.

George Garrad of Look Ahead Housing has kindly offered to host this event at the Aldgate Hostel. For more information and to sign up for a place click…

Hello everyone,

this is a message posted on behalf of Ruth Dineen

Your help needed to co-produce a Co-production Toolkit!

I recently received a teaching award which I hope to use to co-produce a Co-production Toolkit, based on inspirational cross-sector case-studies.

You might be using co-production approaches already, or you might not; you might be using the term ‘co-production’ or you might not. Either way, I’d really like to know what…

Hello all!

For all of those based in and around London, you may be interested to know that there is an upcoming practitioners meeting planned for November the 30th between 10-12.

George Garrad of Look Ahead Housing has kindly offered to host this event at the Aldgate Hostel (see below address);

7 Dock Street

London…

Co-production describes a different way of working, where professionals and people who receive support work together, pooling their experience and resources in an equal and reciprocal way to get things done. There has been increasing interest and practical experimentation from a number of housing organisations into this approach. In times of increasingly tight budgets co-production can offer a way of generating better outcomes for residents whilst deploying staff in a more…

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