Olly Taylor, Mental Health Trainee from the Institute of Global Health Innovation, chairing the panel discussion with Lindsay and Nathan about Torchlight.

Waiting months – or even years – for #MentalHealth support is the reality for many young people.

Torchlight aims to bridge that gap. 🫂

Learn how this digital app is supporting young people through mental health waiting times 💬

Read more: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-med...

Acrylic painting of a sunset (with blue, cream and red sky), light glistening on the water and rocks in shadow

Life feeling better with the sun out today.
Widemouth Beach…

#painting #art
@mindful.nessart

Whoa😲 "DHSC is standing down the NIHR Maximising Impact and Public Partnership contract. Teams across the NIHR Coordinating Centre and wider NIHR community will continue to embed Impact and Inclusion into everything they do":
www.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/wha...

#PPI #PublicInvolvement

A Co‐production Evaluation Tool Informed by Co‐production Workshops for Use in Evidence Synthesis Contexts Aim We aimed to co-produce a tool for evaluating co-production within evidence syntheses. Background Participatory approaches are recommended to enhance the salience and quality of evidence synthe...

Great to see our first paper from this study out now!
Hopefully more coming on this…

“A Co‐production Evaluation Tool Informed by Co‐production Workshops for Use in Evidence Synthesis Contexts”

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

MHP PPIE Steering Group: from the ground up | Mental health platform Susannah Strong is PPIE coordinator for the MHP. Picking up where Vanessa Pinfold’s blog Lived experience at the heart closes, Susannah tells us about the work which the MHP Steering Group has…

📢 New blog alert!

MHP PPIE Coordinator Susannah Strong shares how the MHP PPIE Steering Group grew from the ground up and what it’s achieved in its first year.

Read here: www.mentalhealthplatform.ac.uk/blog/mhp-ppi...

#PPIE #MentalHealthResearch #LivedExperience

Do take a look at this opportunity if you have:
*Lived/living experience of suicidal distress or self-harm/self-injury
*Some experience in research e.g. in public involvement or as a lived experience/peer researcher

Expression of interest form on website

www.vocalcollective.org.uk/new-project

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Latest abstract painting… Ambivalence

#art #bskyart #abstract #painting #compassion

Great experience trying out Ripple Effect mapping to explore the impacts of our work and connections made!
Such a fantastic opportunity in person to build our relationships and make evaluation fun! Thanks to all 🙂

Painting of a beach and sea in Cornwall

Thought I’d pop a painting here that feels a little more at peace than the world around… few more on insta at @mindful.nessart

Holy shit the FDA panel on antidpressants seems wild to me. I am not an expert, but apparently depression is a useless term and that is preventing us from feeling emotional distress. We should experience everything as a signal and learn to pay attention to it.

Here is my live posting on the FDA panel on SSRIs in pregnancy

In our latest blog, Tracy Hyman reflects on her involvement in co-producing a workshop aimed at exploring evaluation methods for various projects.

Read the full blog to learn more: www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/co-prod...

#coproduction #livedexperience #engagement

This resource pools learnings and reflections, and offers probing questions, from 8 teams around what they reported the conditions for good co-production are - we captured negative as well as positive experiences!
#coproduction #involvement #evaluation #reflective

One of the most important principles needed in co-production 👇

Measuring Compassion Healthcare in Action- The CHIA Study. Measuring Compassion Healthcare in Action- The CHIA Study.

Just popping up to share this again - do you have 15 mins free to complete some online questionnaires and help us to finally validate this new measure of compassionate healthcare in action? Shopping vouchers to win and also our eternal gratitude 🙏🏻 uniofbath.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...

Thanks so much Lucy!

So much good work on Co-production to digest here - what an amazing collection of learning and resources @coprocollective.bsky.social @nessbennett.bsky.social

Brilliant to see this finally out.

Exploring conditions for co-production in all its complexity and evaluation in the context of co-production!
Lots of amazing partners and 8 project teams involved!

Interesting article: ‘digital storytelling presents an opportunity for researchers to engage in a different kind of knowledge exchange’

Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.

The most cited papers of the 21st century, including @vicclarke.bsky.social and @ginnybraun.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
As they told us in this 2021 interview, 'thematic analysis has travelled to places we've never heard of'!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Nominate people and organisations for inclusion in this new starter pack go.bsky.app/MqQhENQ #philsky #edusky

There is still time to apply for our Co-Production Partnership Manager position.

Read our blog below to find out more: www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/job-opp...

Very kind thanks Louca-Mai - tough - great teams to leave!

Great #CoProduction Partnerships Manager role with the fab @coprocollective.bsky.social - though replacing @nessbennett.bsky.social will be some big shoes to fill 👞😄

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Co-Production Collective is looking for someone to manage our projects with partners. If you are interested in co-production in research, policy and service development, we would like to hear from you!

Find out more about the role and how to apply in our blog: shorturl.at/AAPln

#coproduction

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Drop me a message to arrange a chat or for copy of CV and keep me in mind when planning 😊

Flexible and open to exploring new opportunities:
Public Involvement, co-production, researcher & evaluation specialist: Associate, Consultant, Coach, Partner, Facilitator
...Freelance, contract, permanent

…and what you need to get the job done with integrity, quality, creativity and compassion!

Excited to put all my learnings, skills and experience from working across different sectors – research, third sector and healthcare communications – into good practice!

📣After almost 3 years with wonderful colleagues at @coprocollective.bsky.social, I’m looking for opportunities for a different challenge – ‘change-making’ in a new role – from May 1st.
(few things to finish off first!)
More about me🧵👇
#coproduction #involvement #youngpeople #research #facilitation