Virtual meetings versus physical workshops
Video calls and virtual meetings are providing vital connections during the coronavirus crisis. Yet I believe we should not be afraid to say that virtual work meetings, are not that easy.
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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.
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Your language is revealing
If we are genuine about wanting to coproduce and work with people and patients at the centre of our thinking, then we must show this by choosing our words carefully.
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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.
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Rathlin Island
This is the story of one community who moved from from being one caricatured by complaints, to one which is thriving, collaborative and positive.
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Glasgow Homelessness Involvement & Feedback Team
We discover Glasgow Homelessness Involvement & Feedback Team, a great resource enabling co-production and the involvement of those with lived experience.
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Report review: Powerful Communities, Strong Economies
We summarise Locality's report on six areas working together to Keep it Local and find much to like.
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Learning from Excellence Conference
Our summary of Learning from Excellence's dynamic and engaging conference which taught us about the amazing power of people and positivity.
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Idea of the Month: You today, me tomorrow
November's Idea of the Month is a reminder that any of us can be the listeners as well as be the ones who need to be listened to.
Read articleMy Best Mistake by Linda Hutchinson
One of our directors, Linda Hutchinson writes about her best mistake, when she learnt about the importance and value of properly involving people.
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Report review: Social Care a Local Economic Solution for the West Midlands
We summarise the New Economic Foundation's report which makes a forceful case for localised money flows; money spent with locally rooted companies is more likely to go to local suppliers and thus the local economy.
Asset Based, Children and Young People, Older People, Place Based, Social Action, Social Care, Wellbeing
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Learning from Excellence
We learn about a reporting system using appreciative inquiry to boost quality and safety in healthcare.
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