Barriers and solutions to coproduction

Barriers and solutions to coproduction

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    Co-pro: what, why,how workshop outcomes Thank you for all your creative input to the workshop sessions – and apologies for the lack of time in the morning workshop. Here are your responses to the ‘Barriers and solutions’ session. If you want to get more involved: Wales Co-production Network (events, meetings, networking, resources) All in this Together (campaigning network, events, updates & resources) Co-production Training UK (training & consultancy, resources, updates) Happy co-producing! Ruth & Noreen BARRIERS & POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS 1. LACK OF TRUST & GENUINE PARTNERSHIPS Being on board re: new approach, engagement - eg LSB, third sector Money "locked up" Sharing information (professionals), celebrate success Enablement focus Copro relationship between LAs, third sector and community SOLUTIONS 1. Honesty, openness, transparency 2. Understanding: listen and hear; build relationships; improved understanding; equal information / knowledge; in other person's shoes - for real! 3. Action: give line managers a day in the life of a group member; copro board; go to the marketplace; forum; events for consultation; talking shop and honest conversations; have a land raffle: people pay £1 per ticket; involve group member in work for 1 weeks; work together; quick wins.  
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    2. ATTITUDES/TOKENISM/NEED FORBEHAVIOUR CHANGE throughout the system Staff / service users / trust Communication Partnership working Professional role, volunteers being valued SOLUTIONS Training, coaching, mentoring, celebrating success, circulating info, strategic push Making connections, valuing participants, building on strengths, peer support, facilitation Be patient Frank conversations, agreed values for engaging, time. What's in it for them: visualisation - what if that was me; ‘don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness’ Allow people to be open and respect their views If that was me what would I like to happen Open consultation, instigate trust by leading by example. Be open, honest. Upskilling: giving confidence, stronger voice, being seen as experts Giving something back eg skills, creative writing, film making etc Listen and respond to what you hear, throughout development, delivery & review Get people involved early - to understand what you are trying to achieve 3. LACK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES Neighbourhood management / communities first / families / changing faces SOLUTIONS Start here: design programme delivery with target group of participants Move to marketing: flyer the local area advertise via local paper, newsletter multiple means of advertising PR Methods to engage: have fun days, events, novelty, free stuff! approach local primary school to get parents involved, work closely with head teacher taster sessions, brainstorming exercises? go with the willing find the influential person(s) approach community groups contact youth organisations MEIC funky dragon outreach - local group, facebook, consultation work closely with other partnering agencies (health visitor, preventative services team) In the interim: target group of participants to recruit new members  
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    4. PROBLEM OFHARD TO REACH GROUPS / DISENGAGED Not just the usual suspects who turn up - getting the people you really need to reach SOLUTIONS 1. Process commit over a mid-term period to the area / target group don't be driven overly by a timetable - if it's not right yet, don't do it... + taking time 2. Interesting promotion using small scale micro-grants to find people we really need to coproduce with reach out through radio attend schools, reach people through children, early birds swimming class charity shops, care homes, voluntary buisnesses/retail; put adverts on roundabouts, bus stops - involve the local council, especially if they have something to gain; 3. Directly talking to people ask the people themselves what they want tea urns develop funky ideas establish peer to peer ask target group for their ideas 4. Sharing info share databases with each other 5. VALUE FOR MONEY / FUNDING Investment: time / buy-in / range / staff Language -> evidence Barriers: still need public funds, time, expectations SOLUTIONS co-op money, decentralised budgets value for money: Social Value Act (2012) credit union services for mutual funding training to third sector in lean service provision the economy is really a time banking scheme! 6. RESTRICTIONS FROM FUNDERS (target driven delivery) + 'red tape'/policies which tie our hands (h&s, risk) SOLUTIONS New funding mechanisms fund on basis of results - so leads is loans taper funding Influence practice & legislation review H&S legislation?  
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    Renegotiate talk to as many people as possible to persuade them (+ KISS) negotiate with funders - offer them something in return! Pragmatism & risk just do it and take the risk allow emergent change to happen Bring funders in funders come out on regular visits to coproduce with the project take the funders to meet the clients directly include commissioners in the copro process - make them part of the group Change the way we think about targets lie about the targets replace targets with visions 7. LACK OF COMMUNICATION / SHARING INFO / CELEBRATING SUCCESS SOLUTIONS Promote benefits of coproduction to governments and local authoritieGet around a table together! Reward the community Agree common outcomes / vision = people more willing to share Share info: on forums, network group for chat area see whether service users will share so professionals don't have to be involved? unified database system Celebrate success: try to get a local figure to attend a group meeting engage the community in celebrating Ruth Dineen / Noreen Blanluet All in this Together Co-production Training UK