Shaping Co-production Together
Join us and help shape the future of co-production in Greater Manchester
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Last spring and summer, NHS Greater Manchester and partners from the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) held a series of workshops to explore building a shared culture of co-production. These sessions kick-started important conversations about what co-production means and how to achieve consistency across our partnership.
However, we know that truly defining co-production requires more than internal discussions—it needs the voices and experiences of everyone involved.
We’re inviting you to join us for a collaborative workshop to co-create a shared understanding of co-production that reflects the incredible work and diverse viewpoints from all sectors across Greater Manchester. Together we can define some of the action we can collectively take to embed coproduction across the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership.
Details
10am-1pm, Thursday 10th April 2025, at the King's House Conference Centre
What to Expect
- Inspiring Presentations: Hear about innovative examples of co-production from across Greater Manchester.
- Interactive Discussions: Participate in dynamic, world café-style conversations designed to spark ideas and explore shared definitions of co-production.
- Networking Opportunities: Connect with colleagues, share best practices, and build new partnerships.
This workshop is your chance to play a key role in shaping a shared approach to co-production that will guide the work of the wider ICP and beyond.
We look forward to working together to develop a collective vision for co-production in Greater Manchester.
Who is the workshop for?
This workshop is for anyone who is involved in engagement and co-production - whether as a participating member of the community or community group, or an organisation. Everyone interested in improving the way we work together with peopel and communities across Greater Manchester is welcome.
Get involved now
Why wait to get involved and start sharing your ideas and thoughts? Check out the opportunities below.
Share a clip for the workshop
If you have something you would like to share at the workshop, there is the opportunity to showcase your co-production practice through recorded mini-clips. If you are interested in submitting a brief video submission please submit an expression of interest to Andy Wright, who is providing support to the event who will provide you with a brief. Email andy@asv-online.co.uk
Share your thoughts and ideas
Scroll down to join in the conversation right now.
There is a forum space for you to share your thoughts and ideas about co-production in the space below - what work's well, and how we can get better. You can also share suggestions for content for the workshop.
Do you need support?
Everyone is welcome at this event. If you need support to be involved, from translation to large print documents, and any other need, please let us know when you register so we can make it happen for you. Or get in touch with us by email, text, whatsapp or call to talk it through if you would prefer.
gmhscp.engagement@nhs.net / 07786 673762
Phases
Work so far...
Read the information below to find out more about the work we have done so far to shape co-production.
Work we have done so far
The idea
Through conversations between a small number of individuals across Greater Manchester we spotted a trend that everyone was talking about co-production as the best way to engage, but everyone was doing it differently or doing something different.
We had an idea that if we could all work together, we could create a consistent, shared culture and language of co-production, meaning that everyone would know what they were getting involved in, no matter the organisation or lead team.
This led to a series of 3 workshops, and now this bigger, wider event.
The workshops
We have held a series of three shared learning workshops over the spring and summer 2024 to build some agreement and commitment. People joined us from all over the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership from health, local authorities and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
In the workshops, together we considered 4 themes.
Theme 1: Defining Co-Production
- Co-production encompasses dialogue, power-sharing, inclusivity, and valuing lived experiences.
- Challenges include varying definitions and lack of representation in discussions.
Theme 2: Systemic Challenges and Approaches
- Differences in perspectives between statutory bodies and the voluntary/community sectors (VCFSE).
- Importance of mutual understanding, language alignment, and breaking hierarchical barriers.
- Difference between rhetoric / strategies and action
Theme 3: Case Studies and Practical Examples
- Examples from Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Dementia United were shared.
- Highlighted the application of co-design principles and systemic challenges like remuneration and policy alignment.
Theme 4: Building Capacity and Networks
- Calls for a systemic change to value contributions beyond token involvement.
- Focus on creating co-production networks and aligning them with strategic priorities.
The agreed actions
From the workshops, we agreed a series of actions and goals...
- We want to develop an overarching co-production approach for adoption by senior GM ICP leaders.
- We want to explore and address remuneration disparities to support equitable participation.
- We want to advocate for inclusive policies that leverage local talents and data for better outcomes.
- We want more voices involved, and wanted to plan a broader co-creation session post-summer, engaging diverse stakeholders.
- We want to align with what was already out there, including existing GM Combined Authority co-production efforts and networks.
- We want to support practitioners with the resources, freedom to clarify co-production goals and principles and address logistical challenges and identify missing voices.
- We want to develop actionable takeaways for system-wide adoption.
Come along to our Shaping Co-production Together workshop and get involved in taking these actions forward.
Upcoming and ongoing events
Past events
Event date: April 10th, 2025 from 09:00 to 12:00.
King's House Conference Centre
123 registrants