Alliancing in Health and Social Care Symposium

Key takeaways from the first UK Alliancing in Health and Social Care Symposium we hosted in Birmingham earlier this month where we discussed how have conversations about how far alliancing has come in the past ten years, how to bring others to the table, and what we need to do next.
Not Another Co-Production Project Launched in the West Midlands

Year 2 of Not Another Co-Production Project has begun in the West Midlands. This is a three-year lottery funded project run by the Ideas Alliance in partnership with People’s Voice Media. The 12 organisations we are partnering with to embed collaboration and co-production into their work, had an introductory meeting, where Sophie Ewan-Roberts took visual notes.
Not Another Co-Production Festival Manchester: Coming Soon

Ideas Alliance host the first ever Not Another Co-Production Festival at The Science Museum in Manchester. For people who draw on care or support, service providers and community partners.
Meetings and events – turning coproduction rhetoric into reality

Linda Hutchinson shares her experiences and a list of tips to help ensure that meetings and events positively contribute to your co-production practice.
Event: Research co-production – what it is and how to do it?

Our thoughts on the common themes, ideas and tips from the British Medical Journal and Royal Society of Medicine’s event on co-producing a research project.
Theatre of Progress: Mind the Gap’s ZARA, an eye opening performance

An incredible large scale production with a cast of over 100, a giant mechanical baby, tanks and cherry pickers shines a spotlight on the experiences of parents with learning disabilities.
Event: Unleashing Healthy Communities

We spent a warm summer’s evening celebrating and learning about Bromley by Bow’s latest report on the centre’s community based approach to health and wellbeing.
The Soul Relics Museum

The Soul Relics Museum bridges the museum and mental health sectors, using object-based story-telling to bring us closer to the struggle of mental ill-health.
Think Local Act Personal Meeting on Evidence

We went along to a meeting to discuss evidence for community based approaches in health and came away optimistic.