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Celebrating Black History Month: Honoring the legacy and joy of Black communities

This Black History Month, Co-Production Collective wants to celebrate members of our community and some of the brilliant contributions and achievements they have made to our work.

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Working towards a more inclusive Co-Production Collective

Niccola takes a look back to June 2020 and the blog she and Cristina wrote highlighting the lack of diversity in academia and concerns about our co-production community becoming less diverse.

February 17, 2021
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My journey to becoming a Peer Leader

Amy Herring, part of the Personalised Care Group at NHS England and Improvement talks about the Peer Leadership Development Programme and her journey to becoming a peer leader.

February 17, 2021
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Co-Pro Stories: Exploring Lived Experiences of Co-production

Our brand new report explores what the experiences of 15 co-producers from the Co-Production Collective community can tell us about co-production. Coming from different backgrounds and perspectives, their individual stories come together to provide insights about the value of co-production in practice.

February 12, 2021
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Have your say on the Co-Production Collective website

We've been working on co-producing the Co-Production Collective website for a few months now and so have developed some draft web pages. Have a read of this blog to find out how to have your say on what our website should look like!

February 12, 2021
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Looking to the future: power, privilege and co-production training

Meet Humma, she is a PhD student on the UCL Wellcome PhD in Mental Health Science, here she shares her experience of taking part in Co-Production Collective training sessions as part of the programme.

February 12, 2021
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Co-production in Regulation

Guest authors Tiegan, Isaac and Jack share their experience of co-producing in a new regulatory organisation in the hopes of contributing to the wider conversation around co-production, where it happens, and the positive effect it can have.

February 12, 2021
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Prison: a place for co-production

How can co-production happen in prisons and why does it matter that it does? We have two great guest authors with us to share their reflections - Paula who works in prisoner engagement for the Prison Reform Trust and has lived experience of imprisonment. And Chantal who is a research fellow at UCL specialising in justice and public health.

February 12, 2021
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Nothing wrong with being Gobby

If you’re sick of ticking boxes, get ready for Gobby, a more collaborative, more person-centred, more human approach to questionnaires! We’re excited to hear from Gary about how he developed an online survey tool that actually gives people a voice.

February 12, 2021
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How can technologies help us live happy, healthy lives as we age?

Georgie from the UCL Institute of Health Engineering shares with us her co-production journey to date, listening and learning. Find out how you can take part in shaping our future and finding the right technology to make ageing healthier and happier for all of us.

February 12, 2021
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Co-production and involvement in health research: why aren’t we showing our working?

Centre co-producers, Jordan and Lynn, reflect on personal co-production, involvement experiences, and pose (many) difficult questions about how the Collective’s core values of Challenging, Transparent, Inclusive and being Human can be put into practice.

February 12, 2021