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Co-production is not and should not be something that tokenistic but actually enables people to contribute and equitably create/ design/ produce.

Co production should not be actions, policies or gestures that are symbolic, create an illusion of inclusion/diversity or a check box on a funding application

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Research needs to be meaningful; half baked social media surveys are poor fare.

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Could be seen as validating how a community wants to be heard and collaborated with BUT can also be off putting jargon or a holy grail that no one ever quite achieves.

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Co-production could mean simply fulfilling each others needs as best we can, making sure the 'hinterland'of lived experience is seen and valued in itself outcomes shared and agreed

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Researchers need to be trained properly to perform the work they're doing, to engage properly and sympathetically. Also should know how to analyse.

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Stakeholders have equal responsibility for the creation and realisation of any research project

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Need to be confident that engagement has been meaningful and is genuine, that community have been informed about the nature of the plans, what might be at stake, how realistic ideas are. Need to be sure that work done has been thorough, well thought-out and executed and realistic, also that the results have been effectively analysed and are factual.

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A route into a way of working that has been around for a long time within community sector

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Members of commuity need to understand what is at stake, what is possible, what could go wrong. Engagement should be good quality and sympathetic to the people involved.

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It's a shorthand word that encapsulates the involvement of community members in each stage of the project being produced.

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Evidence that people who use services have been consulted

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Community needs to undertstand what is at stake, the expenses involved, what might be achieved. Also tghe means of engagement have to be well thought out and realistic.

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That it's jargon and doesn't mean anything in the real world

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ideally it's about working equitably, but often it's not.