2 July 2019 by Jane Salazar

Guest blog – Co-production, our daily bread

In celebration of co-production week, Jane Salazar writes about her experiences and shares practical insights about how to do co-production differently.

Blog, Co-production, Guest Blog, Participation, Storytelling

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27 June 2019 by Azad Sharma

Nationwide’s Oakfield Campus: How the community can revolutionise housing developments

Nationwide's Oakfield Campus is revolutionising how we implement co-design and emphasise community at the heart of housing development projects.

Case Study, Co-design, Co-production, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Housing

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20 June 2019 by Maria Passingham

A safe place to have fun with no judgement: Talibah Rivers tells us what it means to lead a Tuneless Choir

Maria Passingham interviews Talibah Rivers, a professional singer who started tuneless choirs to improve community wellbeing through singing

Arts, Citizen-led Action, Co-production, Community Engagement, Interview, Music

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13 June 2019 by Maria Passingham

RHS Bridgewater, a champion garden for health and collaboration

The Royal Horticultural Society are teaming up with award-winning Landscape Architect Tom Stuart-Smith to create a huge public green space for 2020.

Case Study, Co-design, Health, Place Based, Wellbeing

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6 June 2019 by Azad Sharma

Interview with Kar Man Chung, a pioneering Community Pharmacist

What if we could go to pharmacies to do more than provide medicine? We spoke to Kar Man Chung, a community pharmacist finding new ways of working in the community.

Health, Interview, Loneliness, Older People, Social Care, Uncategorised, Wellbeing

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30 May 2019 by Anna Eaton

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.

Co-production, Event, Participation, Social Movement

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23 May 2019 by Maria Passingham

Making Manchester: Design Studio Involve 1,000 Members of the Public in Making 2,000 Tiles

A great example of people being engaged through free workshops to contribute towards creating artwork and props for the city's international festival.

Arts, Asset Based, Community Engagement, Place Based

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16 May 2019 by Azad Sharma

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.

Arts, Co-production, Event, Learning Disabilities

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9 May 2019 by Maria Passingham

All Together Now: Tuneless Choirs

Maria Passingham takes us into the world of Tuneless Choirs who create inclusive spaces for people to feel good whilst singing out of tune.

Arts, Participation, Uncategorised, Wellbeing

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2 May 2019 by Azad Sharma

Guest blog – The real reasons we still don’t co-produce

Alex Fox OBE shares an article from his personal blog which exposes some of the barriers to building co-production into the public sector.

Co-production, Guest Blog, Leadership, Systems Change

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25 April 2019 by Azad Sharma

Mind the Gap: affecting social change through learning disability theatre

We spoke to Julia Skelton, Executive Director of the visionary theatre company Mind the Gap about inspiration, collaboration and their new production ZARA.

Arts, Case Study, Children and Young People, Co-production, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Interview, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Theatre

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11 April 2019 by Anna Eaton

Amazing animated film about foodbanks co-created by young people wins film awards

The film is a great example of how we can tell important stories together and how these stories are even more powerful when they are told, made and shared by those affected by the issues the stories are about.

Arts, Asset Based, Children and Young People, Co-design, Co-production

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Guest blog – Co-production, our daily bread

Nationwide’s Oakfield Campus: How the community can revolutionise housing developments

A safe place to have fun with no judgement: Talibah Rivers tells us what it means to lead a Tuneless Choir

RHS Bridgewater, a champion garden for health and collaboration

Making Manchester: Design Studio Involve 1,000 Members of the Public in Making 2,000 Tiles

Theatre of Progress: Mind the Gap’s ZARA, an eye opening performance

All Together Now: Tuneless Choirs

Guest blog – The real reasons we still don’t co-produce

Mind the Gap: affecting social change through learning disability theatre

Amazing animated film about foodbanks co-created by young people wins film awards