Read this thread to find out about our #VoicesForImprovement project with @TheQCommunity that’s all about facing up to what collaboration means in practice 🔍

#Respect #Inclusion ⤵️ (1/10)
Look at @DSAInfo's fantastic cards focusing on #inclusion in language: https://buff.ly/38NkTcQ  👀 An example of practical work which inspired our #VoicesForImprovement project led by @RHMreflects with @TheQCommunity

#QEvent2020 (2/10)
We’ve been working with @TheQCommunity over the last year to amplify voices of people with lived experience ➡️ We need to be calling out power dynamics in care, treatment and research. Collaboration is about #ActionsNotWords 🤝 #Inclusion 👂💡

#VoicesForImprovement (3/10)
NV and @TheQCommunity held two co-design workshops with 60 participants to:

🤝Face up to what collaboration means in practice
🗣️Move away from rhetoric toward solutions
🗂️ Learn what works in everyday practice
📢Share and engage with positive examples of co-design

(4/10)
@Jen_jen_mac showed us @ItsGroundswell's Active Participation Toolkit 👀 Practical steps to shift power embedded at every organisational level: https://groundswell.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Newcastle-Voices-Participation-Toolkit-Final.pdf

See @amnesty’s graphic showing different levels of participation⤵️ #CoDesign #VoicesForImprovement (5/10)
Another eg is @BU_PIER/ @BU_SeldomHeard➡️ Service users and carers who’ve created a sustainable infrastructure for public involvement in education and research. PIER put “experts by experience” at their heart of their work #Power #Inclusion 👊

#VoicesForImprovement (6/10)
These fantastic examples fully recognise the rights people have to shape their lives 📢 There is unconditional regard for the insight and value people with lived experience bring 💡 #NoJudgement #Respect @TheQCommunity @BU_PIER @Groundswell

#VoicesForImprovement (7/10)
Putting user experience at the heart of design and delivery requires:
⏰Time
💰Resource
🗣️Influential champions
🤝Sophisticated relational skills
👥Leadership skills nurtured at every level
💡Being prepared to act differently

@TheQCommunity #VoicesForImprovement (8/10)
Making inclusivity the central goal means:

🗣️Asking people about their needs
⚖️Removing not just identifying barriers
🤝Designing in collaborative relationships at all levels
👂Learning with those who have experienced inclusive practice: they know the difference

(9/10)
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What infrastructure is needed? Are funders investing in collaboration/relationship development? How do we make the most of #VoicesForImprovement?🤔Calling @UCL_CoPro @wecoproduce and others to share ideas!

#QEvent2020 10/10
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