Jennifer Pearl, a member of the National Co-production Advisory Group, talks about her experiences in replacing the essential equipment that supports her to live her life.
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) uses its evidence and experience to create a fair and equal society, where care maximises people’s choices and removes social inequality.
Earlier this year, SCIE commissioned new ...
Relational co‑production starts in everyday conversations. We often associate coproduction with large-scale service design and strategy. But most changes are shaped much closer to home and are likely to happen on sofas, in kitchens and living rooms.
Winning the Adult’s Lived Experience and Dual Aspect Gold Award at the Public Sector Transformation Awards meant a great deal to me. Growing up, like many people who draw on care and support, I was often told what I would not achieve rather than what might be possible.
Fiona Flowers talks about our new community of practice, bringing together four local areas to explore how we can build meaningful co-production infrastructure and use Making It Real to move from theory into genuine, lived reality.
When I arrived in Bournemouth for the National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) this year, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. I’d made it. Behind that arrival sat weeks of planning, problem-solving and sheer determination to get the care and support I need in place.
This year’s ‘Commissioning for the Future’ conference felt different to me. I have spent years turning up in co-production spaces sometimes feeling like I was trying to convince people why lived experience even needed to be in the room.
Isaac Samuels share's their thoughts and feelings on the journey to being awarded an OBE.
Isaac Samuels OBE and Paula Sardinha from the National Co-production Advisory Group just took part in the Care Innovation Challenge, a creative, high-energy weekend where people come together to rethink what’s possible in social care. The event brought people together to generate ideas, build prototypes, and test out new approaches to real-life challenges in health and social care.
We worked to embed co-production through this year's National Children and Adult Services Conference. Here's how.
I attended a recent roundtable with Stephen Kinnock, Minister of State for Care, on his 69th day in office. Alongside Isaac Samuels and representing TLAP’s National Co-production Advisory Group, we were part of a lived experience delegation to his first meeting with a stakeholder group since taking up his new position.
As someone who has navigated the complexities of disability and identifies as part of the queer and LGBT+ community, my journey through adult social care has been anything but straightforward. For years, managing these systems has ...
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