Vanessa Bennett

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 👞😄

This image depicts a yellow piece of paper with letters cut out of it, reading "join us". The paper is on a green background.

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

Painting called 'Hope' with concentric circles of different colours painted with a knife - colours from outside to centre are: turquoise, bronze metallic, blue, flashes of orange and pale blue, different reds and pinks, fluorescent yellow and bright green in the centre

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

As the youngest peer in the House of Lords, I have a bold plan for this place. Abolish it – me included | Carmen Smith I came here a year ago because Plaid Cymru seeks to protect Welsh interests. But I think Labour should keep its vow and scrap this chamber, writes Baroness Smith of Llanfaes

As the youngest peer in the House of Lords, I have a bold plan for this place. Abolish it – me included | Carmen Smith

Painting: Guide from Beyond - Hope

Mother-daughter co-production❣️
Young people curate SM best - music, words, sentiments!
More to add...

www.instagram.com/mindful.ness...

#soothing #mindfulart #madart #art #collaboration #coproduction #mentalhealthmatters #involveyoungpeople

New paper published today but a long time in the making. A critique of the pseudo-diagnosis of complex emotional needs. We outline a number of concerns and risks of the term which has quickly become widely adopted in the NHS.

#MadSky #AcademicSky

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Advancing mixed methods in mental health research In the mental health research field, there is a need for effective and robust methodological approaches that are able to address complexity. In this article, we reassert the importance of mixed method...

NEW PAPER: How do we advance mixed methods in mental health research?

doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...

Mixed methods are widely recognised as valuable in mental health research, but aren’t as embedded as we’d hope and there are a lot of challenges that individual researchers and teams must navigate… 1/

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