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.
'Hard-to-reach' - the ghost of co-production past
Inspired by the challenges women faced while campaigning for their right to vote over a hundred years ago, Mandy writes from the perspective of a co-producer about the pressures of speaking up in public settings and how it could be helped by a more welcoming atmosphere.
The trees, the forest & the ecosystem... time to talk about our payment policy
This is a blog from Co-Production Collective co-producer Susan, who shares a little about the work she has been doing in pulling together info so that we can start on co-producing our very own payment policy! Over to you Susan...
Co-creating change together: our direction for 2020 - 2022
As our first month as Co-Production Collective draws to a close, the giddy excitement of the launch is a happy memory, and we’re no longer tripping over our new name quite so much, our thoughts are turning to a big question – what next? Good job we’ve got a brand new strategy to point us in the right direction…
Ambitiously co-producing mental health support
This blog was co-written by Sarah, Emily N and Juli who work at Ambitious about Autism with contributions from Saffron, Vera, Emily M and members of the Ambitious Youth Network. Find out how they have been adapting to the challenges of the pandemic and continue to co-produce the changes that autistic young people wish to see.
Mental health inequalities are widening and increasing! Co-production can help.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our mental health have widened the existing inequalities while adding new ones to address. In this blog, Rory explores how co-production might be able to help address mental health inequalities, many of which have been created and or exacerbated by lockdown.
Pioneering co-production in mental health settings
Guest author and Co-production Collective co-producer Mark looks back at many years of co-production experience. He reflects on how his own mental health journey influenced service change and better collaboration within teams.
Learning from ‘Our Voices’: how collaboration and radical optimism got us here
Our guest author Shuranjeet provides some reflections on why he thought a zine like ‘Our Voices’ was needed, how it helped him understand the complexities around collaboration, and how we can build on these lessons in the future when co-producing.
And our new name is... Co-Production Collective!
Have you noticed anything different with the UCL Centre for Co-production? I'll give you a clue.... we have a new name!! Exciting times!
Co-Production Collective has launched! Catch-up with everything you missed and more...
A summary of everything you could possibly need to catch up with Co-Production Collective's official Launch! Formerly known as UCL Centre for Co-Production in Health Research, Co-Production Collective is our brand new co-produced name and identity.
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#CoProLive: getting creative with co-production
Leading up to the Launch Event of our Centre (now known as Co-Production Collective) on 22 October, we hosted #CoProLive – a festival of great co-production from 19 - 21 October with sessions hosted by WhoseShoes and Be More Pirate, as well as our own CoProCuppa. Mandy and Mark from the launch organising team give us the low down!