Anyplace council's mental health commissioners have always understood the importance of quality assessments to check the quality of providers and their services: "We have always had a strong focus...
A new podcast for Co-production Week 2023. Find out about latest thoughts on co-production in the East of England with activity going on at ADASS in the region.
A new podcast for Co-production Week 2023. Find out about latest thoughts on co-production in the West Midlands with activity going on at ADASS in the region.
Three neighbouring councils in an urban area pooled their budgets for day care. Commissioners created the new service specification by combining elements of the previous three local contracts. Information...
Co-commissioners in Asset-Based Areas explicitly seek to promote social value. What this means is that they (commissioners and people with lived experience) look at people’s lives as a whole and don’t focus on individual outcomes.
Social action, also known as community development, is people coming together to help improve their lives and solve shared problems. People volunteer, befriend, advocate, join social movements and organise and develop community assets and services.
Isolation has a toxic effect on people’s physical and mental health. Those with fewest assets fare the worst. At the extreme, social exclusion in the form of harassment and violence can lead to suicide.