Coproduction and participation

Our work

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Time to Talk Next Steps

Programme

Free, personalised support helping 16–25 year-olds with additional support needs build confidence, explore goals, and plan for the future. No diagnosis or labels required.

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Bespoke, local, and person-centred

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Whether you are looking at the ICB area programme of work or one focused on your local authority area, we can support you in taking up the challenge of market shaping and setting out to develop support that can and will ensure people are moved home, and the numbers being sent out of the area are continually reduced.

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Learning together: Inclusive research and evaluation training

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A training programme for organisations working with people with lived experience. This inclusive training builds practical research and evaluation skills to help people with lived experience shape projects, influence change, and amplify voices in health, care, and community services.

Tools and resources

Democracy resources for educators

Collection

Lesson plans and training to help build professional confidence in teaching about democracy and voting.

Learning about voting (for young people)

Collection

Easy Read guides coproduced with young people for young people to help with learning about voting.

Information sharing training

Collection

This training equips teams with the practical skills to share information openly, listen with intent, and foster genuine dialogue.

Making coproduction part of your how

Collection

This exciting programme of support is for organisations ready to use coproduction to drive transformation.

Making coproduction part of who you are

Collection

This immersive experience helps teams understand the foundations of coproduction and build practical plans for embedding it in their work.

Coproduction case studies

Collection

Case studies illustrating ways in which Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) or Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have worked together with local people with lived experience and the voluntary sector.

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Rural Wisdom

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These resources are from a 2021 lottery funded project to share learning across rural communities in Scotland and Wales.

Talking Inclusion podcasts

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Talking about what matters, inclusion, community, change and rights.

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Launching our new strategy at a defining moment for social care

August 6, 2026

Resource

News

As social care reform takes centre stage, discover how our new strategy is driving inclusion, voice and system change.

Topic 7: Making your own decisions

Resource

Toolkit

Download a lesson plan and related resources to help teach how to make a decision on who to vote for.

Supporting Commissioners to help people thrive in their communities

Resource

Advocacy outcomes framework and toolkit

Resource

GuidanceToolkit

A coproduced framework and toolkit to ensure the voices of disabled and older people are heard.

Topic 6: Voting in person social story

Resource

Toolkit

Download a lesson plan and related resources to help teach about how to vote in person at a polling station.

Topic 6: Voting in person social story

Resource

Easy readGuidance

Easy Read guide for young people on voting in person.

Topic 5: Photo ID

Resource

Toolkit

Download a lesson plan and related resources to help teach about Photo ID for voting.

Topic 5: Photo ID

Resource

Easy readGuidance

Easy Read guide for young people about photo ID and voting.

Topic 4: Different ways to vote

Resource

Toolkit

Download a lesson plan and related resources to help teach about the different ways to vote.

Topic 4: Different ways to vote

Resource

Easy readGuidance

Easy Read guide for young people on the different ways you can vote.

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Coproduction and participation

Our work

Time to Talk Next Steps

Learn with us

Bespoke, local, and person-centred

Learning together: Inclusive research and evaluation training

Tools and resources

Democracy resources for educators

Learning about voting (for young people)

Information sharing training

Making coproduction part of your how

Making coproduction part of who you are

Coproduction case studies

Rural Wisdom

Talking Inclusion podcasts

Individual resources

Launching our new strategy at a defining moment for social care

Topic 7: Making your own decisions

Supporting Commissioners to help people thrive in their communities

Advocacy outcomes framework and toolkit

Topic 6: Voting in person social story

Topic 6: Voting in person social story

Topic 5: Photo ID

Topic 5: Photo ID

Topic 4: Different ways to vote

Topic 4: Different ways to vote

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