This Community of Practice (CoP) meets quarterly, usually on Wednesday mornings from 10am to 12 noon. All our sessions are online and are facilitated via Zoom.
This session takes place on Wednesday 16 July 2025.
The theme for this session is "Engagement".
The focus of this session will be on how co-production can best be achieved, ensuring opportunities are available for people to get involved and continue to be involved. How can it be sustained? We will look at several different aspects to do this, such as, how to get people to come to coproduction spaces/events initially. How do we ensure that these spaces and opportunities are known about; how do we engage people who may not be aware of these forums; how do we keep people motivated to continue with co-production; and how do we ensure that the people with lived experience who are influencing these groups recognise their value.
Who can attend?
This CoP is open to anyone with an interest in, or passion for, meaningful service user involvement and ensuring that the voice of lived experience has an influence on the way that services are designed and delivered.
Our group is for people who have a baseline understanding of co-production and want to learn more. It would be of most interest to people who wish to better understand and develop co-production approaches involving people who experience severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD).
We welcome people with lived experience of SMD to be involved in our group, as well as professionals and volunteers from across sectors.
Ongoing attendance:
To promote continuity and to gain maximum learning we encourage participants to attend all sessions of this CoP, or to nominate a colleague to attend on your behalf.
Register now to confirm your place.