Regional Commitments to Coproduction 2025 – 2026: from Ripples to Waves
The ADASS Eastern Region Putting People at the Heart Forum and Over A Brew Crew have renewed the regional commitments to coproduction, outlined in this video. These commitments will form part of the ongoing work of the forum and ongoing development of Over A Brew!
Commitments 2024-2025
The two following videos show progress against the 24/25 commitments made at face to face meetings in March 24 and September 24 involving members of the “Over a Brew” and the “Putting People at the Heart of Care and Support” Working Group.
The videos show how local authorities are learning from regional feedback and how local councils are working collaboratively with people who access care and support, families and carers to improve support.
Mental Health Services – What quality of care means to Lee
“For me it’s important to have purpose, connection, meaning, sense of belonging, worth, being seen and heard rather than traditional services”
Poem: the importance of co-production co-produced September 2024
No sitting on the fence, together we are immense. Getting rid of the nonsense!
Video from March 2024 meeting
Video from September 2024 meeting
Context for “Over a Brews”
We want time to get alongside each other over a brew, to share and test out ideas that will improve people’s experiences of requesting and accessing adult social care. Therefore, over the last few years the region alongside Curators of Change (people who access care and support) have set up virtual “Over a Brew” coffee sessions to provide an open, honest space for people who draw on care and support, commissioners and providers to come together to talk about what’s working well and not so well. We are now running season 4.
The key findings from each session, will feed back into the “Putting People at the Heart of Care and Support” working group which consists of Assistant Director Leads and Network Leads from local areas.
The feedback from each of the sessions run in 2024/25 can be found here: https://adasseast.org.uk/download/3658/?tmstv=1746691745
Who can come to an “Over a Brew”?
Anyone with an interest in the delivery and improvement of adult social care across the East. This could be a person accessing care and support, a person looking for adult social care and support, a family member, a carer, a provider or a member of staff including commissioner of adult social care.
What themes are we going to look at together?
To be confirmed very soon
How do I find out more and book?
For exact dates and booking details, please click: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/curators-of-change/over-a-brew-coproducing-care-and-support-adass-east-season-4/e-mopxga
If your organisation doesn’t support or access Ticketsource, please email Hello@curatorsofchange.com to book onto the sessions.
For resources in relation to the outcomes of the “Over a Brew” sessions please click: Resources – Association of Directors of Adult Social Services Eastern Region (adasseast.org.uk)
These are our commitments to improve co-production when we met together as two groups in September 2023. 10 regional commitments to improve co-production locally We will meet again in September 2025 and March/April 2025 to discuss progress.
More Over a Brew recordings
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Kate and Eleanor describe the challenges a carer may have when professional support is not as good as it should be