Linda Parsonage, Elephants Trail Rochdale Co-Worker, took to the stage at the Not Another Co-Production Festival on Tuesday 5 July in Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry to explain some of the background to co-production. If you are curious about co-production, read on for Linda’s explanation.
The SE15 Community Fund was established in May 2020, as a response to the financial difficulties people were experiencing during the pandemic and a requirement to fund the needs of local mutual aid efforts. The administrators share the principles they hold to, the dilemmas along the way and plans for the future.
Belong dementia care villages prioritise physical fitness for their residents as they have onsite gyms and personal trainers.
Three organisations in Scotland are switched on to providing support for children and young people’s mental health.
Helen Sturman, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire Area Development Manager for Parkinson’s UK, shares her experience of being new in the job when joining Not Another Co-Production Project. She outlines the importance of flexibility when rebuilding community connections with people with long-term health conditions, and how co-production values the range of life experiences, knowledge and skills that people can bring.
Mel Parks shares ideas on using collaborative creative writing in community settings to bring people together, creating a unified experience often with the added benefit of new insights and surprising connections. As well as being lots of fun!
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.
Scottish organisation for young people branches out into mental health support as a result of the growing need due to the pandemic.
We need to see more women speaking confidently about issues that matter. ‘Energy is more important than message’, says Alex Barker.
