This collaborative project between Refugee Sanctuary Scotland (RSS) and merl was led by five peer researchers, who are individuals with lived experience of the UK asylum system. The research explored the question: “What should a mental health and wellbeing programme for Refugee Sanctuary Scotland look like?”.
Read MoreThis short film features the acclaimed and evidence-based Sowing and Growing co-production model, sharing findings from an international study led by McMaster University in Canada.
Read MoreWe recently brought together network members to discuss their ideas, priorities, and feedback on what we should focus on for the year ahead.
Read MoreThe Co-production Network for Wales have gathered a wealth of useful resources about all aspects of co-production on their website.
Read MoreAn aim of the Scottish Government’s Towards Transformation Plan in 2021 was to be better at empowering people with a learning disability and autistic people to shape services and policy development. The Leadership Framework was developed as a way to explore doing things differently at a national government level.
Read MoreThis report explores the experiences of individuals from racialised backgrounds involved in co-production.
Read MoreThis report asks what lessons Scotland can learn from the Welsh Government’s experience of using mindfulness training and collective mindfulness practices to grow co-production and collaborative approaches to policy development.
Read MoreIn this blog for Co-production Week Scotland, Helen Berry discusses her research at the Binks Hub which explores research co-production and in particular, how different people and organisations come to value co-production and co-producing of research.
Read MoreThis Spotlight resource from our Co-production Guide has a step-by-step tips for facilitating a successful session and links to lots of useful resources too.
Read MoreThis Spotlight resource from our Co-production Guide takes you through the main things to consider when thinking about introducing a lived experience/experts by experience panel to your co-production work.
Read MoreIn this blog, Sam Jordan from Scottish Co-production Network explores some of the challenges we're facing around co-production - and the key questions to consider.
Read MoreIn this Co-production Week Scotland blog, the Scottish Government’s Open Government team discusses how the Open Government Partnership can support co-production.
Read MoreIn this blog, Pegs Bailey, National Third Sector Employability Partnership Engagement Manager, shares how taking a co-produced approach to planning employability commissioning strategy and infrastructure in Fife has led to better services.
Read MoreThis short animation from Our Museum introduces other models of participation – such as Arnstein’s Ladder of Participation - and highlights why participation is important.
Read MoreThis short film tells the story of how a local community association worked with their community, the local Council, and other partners to take on the running of their local community hall which was in danger of closure.
Read MoreThe article explores two case studies of co-production in Scotland and Australia and introduces the concept of the ‘5Ws’ of co-production: a framework of Who, When, What, Why ,and Where.
Read MoreStevan Sutherland describes how trust is essential in the co-productive process, reflecting on the co-production of a stigma toolkit which supports practitioners and families to take a more stigma-free and inclusive approach to delivering services in Scotland.
Read MoreThe article explores two case studies of how co-production of health services with those with relevant lived experience is intrinsically important to establishing a robust trauma-informed approach to primary healthcare.
Read MoreThis handbook, published in March 2024, provides a guide to good practice across the spectrum of participation.
Read MorePeople with lived experience can bring unique knowledge, novel ideas and challenging questions to discussions around the issues they’re experts in – but how, and how much, we really value lived experience can raise significant questions. This Scottish Government guidance explores these issues, and sets out the key principles and practical implications.
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