December update: Closing the year with momentum
The latest news from the team and our community plus updates about our ongoing projects and upcoming opportunities.

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Our final cohort of University College London (UCL) Mental Health Science PhD students would love you to get involved with their research
In this blog you will meet the latest cohort of UCL Mental Health Science PhD students Co-Production Collective are supporting, find about the projects they are working on and how you can get involved.
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Understanding Anti-Racism in Co-Production Spaces Report - 9 months on
An update on how we have begun to action recommendations from the ‘Anti-Racism in Co-production Spaces’ report and how you can get involved.
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Help shape research on what it’s like to be pregnant, breastfeeding, or caring for a baby during a big infection outbreak – like COVID
Co-Production Collective is supporting a team at University College London (UCL) on a new project called RECENTRE. This project wants to understand how we can better prepare and respond to future infection outbreaks for people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or making health decisions for their babies. We are looking for members of the public to join our advisory board and share their experiences and ideas.

People, meaning, impact and cake: A few thoughts on co-production
In this blog, Amy Wizard Ponter shares her thoughts on the key ingredients of co-production. Drawing on a huge range of experience across the co-production space. She has seen the good, the very bad and certainly some of the ‘delicious’ when it comes to co-production cake!
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When experience becomes evidence: Co-producing mental health research
In this blog Kelvin Opiepie shares his personal journey from silent struggles to shaping global mental health research through his role as a member of The Global Lived Experiential Advisory Board (GLEAB) for The GALENOS project.
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November Team Update: Strengthening connections and building momentum
The latest news from the team and our community plus updates about our ongoing projects and upcoming opportunities.

Celebrating Black History Month: Honoring the legacy and joy of Black communities
This Black History Month, Co-Production Collective wants to celebrate members of our community and some of the brilliant contributions and achievements they have made to our work.
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Reflections from the Stronger Things Conference 2025
In this blog, Kanika and Rachel share their experience and reflections from the Stronger Things 2025 conference which brought together community leaders, public sector professionals, and changemakers to improve public services.

October Team update: Celebrating 5 years of Co-Production Collective
The latest news from the team and our community plus updates about our ongoing projects and upcoming opportunities.
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From patient involvement to co-production: Reclaiming power in research and reproductive justice
In this blog Neelam Heera-Shergill founder of Cysters shares why she believes there is a need move beyond traditional patient public involvement and engagement into co-production in order to be inclusive, build meaningful relationships, share power and honour the realities of the communities she works with.