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Not Another Co-Pro Project Reflective Interview
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So tell me about your experience of not another co-production project.
So my experience of not enough co-production project was
That is,
um typically, when I am involved in coproduction, you
have a a
desired outcome and you bring people together, and you kind of say,
I wanna copro produce something. Uh, so I'll give an example,
maybe a
kind of project or a
piece of work. And you've got, like, really clear
milestones that you want to get to
and you wanna leave at the end of
the
co-production activity workspace, whatever you call it,
with something really tangible
and not enough.
Co-production project really speaks to creating those work
conditions and the value of bringing people together.
We have a blank sheet of paper
with that shared,
um, hope
around knowledge exchange.
So everyone that's coming has got different knowledge
and experiences that they can bring to share,
to help other people in their on their journeys of co
production
without being without it being really formulaic and process driven.
And it's about relationships. It's about going on a journey together,
and through that I think you
develop more authentic,
meaningful,
strong
co-production.
I think you spend a lot of time developing some group values
and from those values I think that you can really copro produce in a
way that is more meaningful because you've
spent the time on creating those conditions
and you've got to know people.
And
it's fair to say that not everybody's coming with the same experiences,
knowledge or same kind of
local national context,
and particularly this this piece of work.
It's been about bringing people from a particular area,
and
it's really important to remember not everybody has the
same experience and knowledge or opportunities to copro produce.
But actually, together you can share each other share experiences and knowledge
to support Co-production.
Um, and
the personalities and the
everyday living experiences can really come out in those spaces.
Do you have, um, maybe a specific example,
um, from the project that sticks in your mind.
So for me, one of the really
powerful examples is
one of the organisations that came along and
were a bit more quieter and
possibly didn't contribute as much.
But then, outside of the space, they really asked for that
individual support
and we have done some listening spaces,
and they've got some of their employees to come along.
Most lifting spaces have been really spaces where people talk about
co-production,
but not in the way that when you're involved in health and social care,
you talk about coproduction
in the way that actually, it's just a human thing. It's about human relationships.
It's about working collaboratively.
It's about sharing our strengths, hopes, aspirations,
dreams to make things better for people.
Um,
and through that, I think I've learned
that
even in those spaces, those quiet voices are
as important.
And we need to do and work in a way that embraces difference. And
the way that people turn up and contribute may feel a lot differently.
It doesn't mean that that,
um,
value is less or their hopes or their desire to run the snack production is any
more relevant or
less important. I don't know if that's making sense. Is that making sense?
Yeah,
it
is.
Um,
any anything,
Um,
that you think could have been done differently.
Um, for me, I think
that
on a personal level, I would have liked a lot more
structure at the beginning,
but just going with the process. Now I realise that actually, you have to go with
just being really present. Um,
and ultimately it is what it is. And it's got to where it
has got because of
the process.
And I think
giving people permission from the beginning to really
step into that space of actually it's not going to be structured. It's gonna be very
experiential. Felt living,
organic process. And that's OK.
And it will get to where it needs to be or not, depending on
whatever that the shared and collective
input is. And it's fine.
Yeah,
And
my mind's gone blank now. I can't think of any other questions.
Cool.
OK, we can start,
Yeah.
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