We’ve spent the last four years generating and sharing learning about co-production as a community, but there’s always more to explore. Come and learn with us!
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Co-Production Collective and People's Voice Media
Co-Pro Stories: Exploring Lived Experiences of Co-production brings together 15 storytellers from our community to provide insights into co-production – what it is, what it feels like, and the challenges and the benefits it can bring.
Co-Production Collective
We funded two phases of co-production pilot projects between 2018 and 2020 to explore co-production in practice. Meet the teams and find out more about their projects in this report.
Co-production Network for Wales
A wealth of useful resources about all aspects of co-production from Co-production Network Wales, an inclusive, member-led network of change makers who inspire, empower and support one another.
Oli Williams, Sophie Sarre, Stan Constantina Papoulias, Sarah Knowles, Glenn Robert, Peter Beresford, Diana Rose, Sarah Carr, Meerat Kaur & Victoria J. Palmer (2020)
A journal article that explores the structural barriers to co-production. The content is summarised in the comic strip that is included as a PDF.
MAC-UK
The what, why, benefits and challenges of co-production brought to you by MAC-UK whose work focuses on transforming mental health services for excluded young people.
Think Local Act Personal (TLAP)
Various co-production resources, tools, blogs and podcasts from Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) who are a national partnership of more than 50 organisations committed to transforming health and care through personalisation and community-based support.
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Co-production training and resources for health and social care managers, commissioners, frontline practitioners, people who use services, and carers. They work to improve participation and co-production with people who use services and carers, to develop and deliver better social care and health provision.
National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service (RDS) South East
A podcast series about co-production brought to you by RDS South East in partnership with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Centre for Engagement and Dissemination. The aim of these podcasts is to increase the accessibility of discussion, debate and issues related to co-production. Look out for an episode that includes our very own Nicc!
No More Throw-Away People
A short animation introducing the importance of co-production.
National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration West and People in Health West of England
This document provides a map of practical resources for co-producing research in health and social care. It was produced as part of a project thinking about the challenges of doing co-production in health and social care research.
National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)
This guidance outlines some key principles and features involved in co-producing a research project. It aims to move toward clarity about what is meant by co-producing research, rather than a ‘how to’ guide. Also included is a publication focusing on co-producing health and social care and public health research, showcasing key principles and features in action.
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration West and People in Health West of England
A collection of reflective questions intended for use at any point during the co-production process. An especially useful starting point for those new to co-produced research, it can stimulate personal reflection or in a discussion within a project team.
Ageing Better
Whether you’re just starting out with co-production or looking to refine your methods to meet a specific challenge, this toolkit will show you how to use co-production to involve people in the design of services that impact them and their communities.
Co-creating Welfare
A toolkit designed to help you co-produce and co-create welfare projects and policies.
The National Lottery Community Fund
'A Meeting of Minds' explores learning and ideas about co-production drawn from the experiences of 58 partnerships who co-produced services to support people facing challenges and transitions at different points in their lives.
Co:Create
This report is an evaluation of the work of the Co:Create team. They were funded for three years by the Department of Health’s Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development Fund to experiment with different approaches to incorporating and embedding co-production into the commissioning cycle.
Ageing Better in Sheffield
Find out more about Ageing Better in Sheffield's 'test and learn' approach, and the ways they're using research and evidence to help influence future policy, practice and outcomes.
Pippa Coutts, Carnegie UK Trust
The purpose of the paper is to tease out the challenges and opportunities of co-producing evidence appropriate to participatory social policy and practice, and increasing people’s control within communities and services. This is a contribution to discussions Carnegie UK Trust are involved in with co-production networks, academics and the social sector.