What is Coproduction?
Coproduction is when people work together on an equal basis to create something. An idea is formed between a group, and they collaborate to make something happen.
At Gaddum we understand the importance of bringing people together to innovate and inspire others. Working with people with a range of lived experience makes our projects unique and relevant to people in the communities we serve.
Our Projects
We work in partnership with Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board to involve those who are experts by their personal experiences to help shape and develop services, and ensure that people’s voices are heard at all levels.
We work with Manchester and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Living Well services to provide a forum for people who live in their communities to consult, inform, and co-produce ideas for the service; they even help recruit staff for Living Well.
We offer support to those who run Peer Support Groups across Greater Manchester in the form of forums, training and coproducing sessions and workshops.
We facilitate Carers Focus Groups in Salford which inform the Carers Salford Service on things that are important to carers’ needs. The forum meets regularly and decides on topics and themes that support carers, in addition to coproducing factsheets that are relevant to carers in their community.
Gaddum and Coproduction
In house we also have a coordination group who informs and oversees Gaddum services and projects to ensure the voice of lived experience is involved in everything we do.
This group has created a structure and guide for lived experience participation to ensure that when people join Gaddum they have the support that they need to feel empowered and take part in our work.
For more information and to get involved, email diane.bracken@gaddum.org.uk.
Peer support
Year review
To celebrate a year of supporting peer support workers in Greater Manchester, we’ve put together a review highlighting what we’ve been up to and how you can get involved.
Peer support directory
We’ve created a directory of peer support groups across Greater Manchester. Click here to download the spreadsheet.
To navigate the sheet, you can use CTRL-F and type in a search term, e.g. ‘parent support’. You could also search by location.
If you notice an outdated listing, please contact fauzia.ahmed@gaddum.org.uk.
Help us decide what to do over the next year!
Based on feedback we continually collect from GM peer workers, we are focusing the start of our next year on Q&As on working with trauma/ substance misuse/ neurodivergence in peer support.
Please help us understand how best to set up these sessions, and any other support you might need, via this survey:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/7GLCFXH
Stay connected
To join our Peer Support mailing list, please contact fauzia.ahmed@gaddum.org.uk. For our upcoming Peer Support events, visit our event page or Eventbrite.