Ruth Dineen's Blog (82)

You are invited to join WCVA and Co-production Wales in creating an asset map of co-production in Wales on…

a) the Wales Group now has 150 members (hello Rosa!);

b) it looks very (very) (VERY) likely that Cahnist co-production principles will be written in to the regulations and code of practice of our new Social Services and Well-being Act AND embedded in commissioning requirements;

c) nef's Commissioning for Co-production Masterclasses are coming to Wales with 11 LA commissioners signed up, a clutch of senior Welsh Government radicals, leading lights from third-sector organisations…

Here's the second article in Co-production Wales' series - We need to talk about love - a heartfelt call from Nick Andrews of Swansea University to "restore warm humanity as the driving force for public services', to 'open our ears, our eyes and our hearts to the people we work with...genuinely 'meeting' with them in truly…

Latest post from Co-production Wales, and an inspirational contribution from David Robinson of the Early Action Task Force and Community Links. We need to talk about love...

21st May, 13.00 - 16.30, Chepstow

The lovely Monmouth Council are hosting the next south Wales Network event showcasing sustainability projects in Monmouthshire and Torfaen plus opportunities to contribute to the Future Generations legislation in Wales. Not to be missed!

Let joy be unbounded! The lovely folk at nef, along with the wonderful Helen Sharp from Lambeth Council, have offered to run their Co-pro Commissioning Masterclasses in Wales. The intention is to build a peer-support group of experts - the Jedi warriors of co-pro commissioning - who will help kick-start this outcomes-based way of working.

Contact us at Co-production Wales for more information (we are…

Co-production & Education: Co-pro Network meeting (south Wales)

20 March, 1.00-4.00, Ferndale Community School, Maerdy.

Booking via Eventbrite.

An opportunity to hear about and discuss co-production in education.All…

Just wanted to draw your attention to the following free one day workshop - sponsored by the HEA - happening at Sheffield Hallam University on Thursday 08 May 2014. I would be grateful if you could make the following details known to any colleagues for whom you think this will appeal and also through any of your appropriate networks.

Going beyond 'You Said, We Did': exploring notions of effective student engagement in health and…

An overview of this excellent meeting is on the Co-production Wales (All in this Together) blog.

Chris Riley (DHSS) outlined the next steps in relation to WG in general, the DHSS Department in particular, and re the need to link up with the rest of us to continue the conversation.

They can only do that with your help...please make your…

I'll produce a full write-up of today's superb Co-production Implementation Group meeting asap but just had to pass on the introductory remarks of our remarkable CMO Ruth Hussey on co-production: "People say 'it's partnership working - we're doing it already'. We're not doing it already. This is about power."

With people like that on our side we might just succeed in transforming our public services. Time for a celebratory glass of something!

The Wales Co-production Implementation Group, chaired by CMO Ruth Hussey, has its first meeting in Cardiff on 29th January. This will be to begin to establish the what, how and who of implementation. Invitees (all 53 of them) are from all sectors with a focus on co-production practitioners and activists. One of the main tasks will be to find a way to ensure that all voices are heard so that the…

New report on community engagement & health inequalities report: an interesting summary...…

11 November, 12.30-4.30, Cardiff. Full details via Eventbrite.

(note to colleagues from England - worth crossing the border for this one!)

A stellar line-up and what might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear from Australian…

Here's an unexpectedly delightful combination: the Wales Audit Office, endless austerity, and a co-pro solution (see page 14). Joined up thinking with people and values at the heart of it all. Epic.

Here's a link to the whole report.…

another opportunity to get into the co-pro groove... AitT 6: Co-producing NHS Wales

Tuesday 12 November, venue tbc

We're making the most of Eddie while he's here! He's meeting up with Health Minister Mark Drakeford (our homegrown co-pro champion and exceptionally good egg) and CMO Ruth Hussey (another fan of relationship-centred, asset-based…

AitT 5: Co-producing Resilient Communities: building confidence and capacity

Monday 11 November, Cardiff

Yet another inspirational event with a stellar line-up and what might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear from Australian co-pro innovator Eddie…

Commissioning: finding a new way forward

21 October, Llandrindod Wells

With significant financial pressures on local authorities, now is the ideal time to explore innovative approaches to commissioning support and care services. This one-day event from the lovely folk at Cymorth Cymru will explore a variety of good practice…