Co-production Week: people who use services and carers coming together as equals and they know what works well

By Cecilia Mercier, Admin Support Assistant on Co-production team

I have got a learning difficulty and I am on the SCIE co-production team. I learn a lot from my team and they learn a lot from me.

Things are busy for the Co-production team with the big Co-production week and the festival coming up. The festival, on the 7th July, is going to be an exciting, fun-filled day and it is going to be different from what we have done before.

Co-production is about everyone coming together and taking part as equals. It is about talking to different people, sharing life stories, looking at the problems they might have and working out what works well. It means that everyone has a voice and it shows that no one is better than anyone else.  

At the festival we are going to be celebrating co-production and how important it is. People should be proud when co-production is done well. Without everyone coming together services will not work well.  

Service users and carers know what works well and if co-production is done in the right way, things will work better and people are happier.