For anyone interested in the kinds of ideas we have been exploring through CoLab Dudley borough, I’d like to point energetically…
A new approach to use of data and intelligence about needs and ways of working with assets is being shaped by a group of officers led by Neil Griffiths, West Midlands Fire Service Commander for Sandwell & Dudley.
It’s September already!
Now that we’re back and (hopefully) refreshed from holiday season it feels a great time to create an interesting programme of CoLab Dudley happenings over the next few months. So this is a call out to anyone who would like…
I had a brilliant weekend earlier this year taking part in a Global Jam. Masters students Chris Saddler and Daniel Blyden decided to bring a Jam to Birmingham, and have since expertly planned and facilitated a number of successful jams — as…
I’d recommend a read of this great short article Co-production: radical roots, radical results by Alison Cameron shared in the NHS Improving Quality virtual hub The Edge.
Join regeneration specialist and author Julian Dobson on Wednesday 6 May
By far the most engaging book I am reading at the moment is “How to save our town centres: a radical agenda for the future of the High Street”. The book is in two parts. The first…
On 24th February 2014, people came together from a range of statutory and voluntary sector organisations to discuss the findings from our coproduction report. I wanted to share what came out from the…
The question above prompted great conversation and connections at the first CoLab Knowledge Cafe held earlier this month. There were eight of us gathered to share knowledge and learn what we know.
The offices and coffee shops of Dudley were buzzing with talk of co-production last summer as a team of inquisitive interviewers met with people in all sorts of roles to find out where we’re at in Dudley when it comes to co-production.