What we do
Co-production brings people with lived experience into the heart of policy, research and decisions about the services they use.
This way of working can be fun, challenging and deliver surprising results. And when done right, it’s more cost-effective, and leads to better services, stronger outcomes and happier communities.
Through communities of practice, strategy development, training and evaluations we support organisations shift their culture and systems to embrace co-production.
We’re working to make this approach common practice across the public sector.
How we do it
- Communities of practice – join other people interested in co-production and collaboration to share learning, ideas and challenges.
- Strategy development – we’ll work with you to create a comprehensive roadmap to embed co-production across your organisation.
- Training – we can introduce the essential principles, outline effective ways of working and help you build your skills.
- Evaluations – we’ll review the work you’re doing, and offer advice on how to build on your strengths and address any gaps.
For an informal chat about how we could help your organisation, get in touch.
Related Projects
Building collaboration into Family Hub services in Halton
Co-production Framework for Lambeth Together
Co-production training for public health professionals in Leeds
Co-production training for the Westway Trust
Latest News
“Go where people are”: Local Motion on the power of lived experience co-production
Oldham Positive Action Network had been doing a great job at co-production through trial and error. They had built a group of fifteen local lived experience advisers, and had been running community conversations and testing a range of workshop formats. They just needed some help with the structure.
Ideas Alliance’s Kerry Bertram worked with them through a series of online and in-person coaching sessions. Here’s how it went.
“The best mistake I ever made at work…”
We’ve been asking our Associates to share their best work mistakes. It’s been wonderful to see so many insightful stories coming from initial moments of “oops”!
This wonderful reflection from Amelia Wakeford is a great example of how a small, human mistake can open up something much bigger – shifting relationships and reshaping how people work together.
“The culture of community action is different from the culture of local government”: Collaborating for the future of our places across ontological divides
This piece was written by Dr Jody Aked, an associate of Ideas Alliance, drawing on her work alongside communities and local government across the UK. She reflects on the often unspoken cultural divides between community and local government that shape how collaboration does and does not happen.