Can we innovate co-production?

Listen in to our Co-Production Special of the Carer Catalysts podcast - an episode recorded live with a brilliant panel of guests:

🎙 Mark Dale has worked in Patient and Public Involvement for over 30 years. A person with living experience of mental and physical illness, Mark now leads on co-production at his local NHS trust and works locally and nationally on co-production, co-design, and equality and diversity.

🎙 Natasha Ereira-Guyer, Founder Director of Civil Society Consulting, will share experience and understanding of social impact, community research and the needs of the sector. Committed to sustainable social development, Natasha is passionate about applying understanding of human behaviour and cognition to strengthening civil society.

🎙 Charlotte Newman is CEO of Carefree - the award-winning charity using digital innovation to transform vacant accommodation into vital breaks for unpaid carers. Carefree embeds co-production at every turn, so we’re excited to hear Charlotte share more about their learnings.

🎙Mobilise Co-Founder and Head of Carer Support - Suzanne Bourne. Suzanne brings her own experience caring to the panel, along with insight into experiences from the Mobilise community of tens of thousands of unpaid carers, and learnings on co-production from the 50 local authorities, NHS trusts and organisations we work with at Mobilise.

• (02:10) - Introducing our panellists

Envisioning the 'gloriously ordinary life'

"Think of it about, you know, it could be 15,000 piece jigsaw."

Bringing his experience - as someone who has cared for family, received care, and who has a view of the 'big picture' system - Dr Clenton Farquharson speaks with James in this insightful episode of Carer Catalysts.

Exploring how we can make a shared, positive vision for social care a reality, through to why we need to see co-production as a 'long-term relationship' (not a 'one-night-stand'), Clenton offers a refreshing, passionate perspective of what can be done - right now and in the coming years - to innovate carer support. Expect to hear James and Clenton talking about love, joy, curiosity, creativity and unleashing potential - not just funding entitlements, reform and the systematic language we've become so familiar with. We hope you enjoy listening!
 
During the interview, Clenton mentions a few resources that we think our audience might find of interest, check them out here: 

• The TLAP Making It Real Framework
• TLAP Resources
• Social Care Future

• (00:48) - Introducing Dr Clenton Farquharson

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Are we 'freaked out' by the topic of care?

What's does community have to do with caring for others? And where do we, as individuals, and 'the system' play a role? These are all questions Suzanne tackles with Emily Kenway, esteemed author of 'Who Cares: the hidden crisis of caregiving and how we solve it'. Emily takes us through some of the key themes of her book - which, through unflinching investigation, asks why we have a 'care crisis'. Suzanne asks for Emily's 'rallying cry' to decision makers influencing carer support, and together they speak about their experiences of caring for loved ones.

Be sure to listen to this great episode, and give 'Who Cares' a read too - you can find it online here: https://geni.us/whocares

• (00:00) - Welcome to Carer Catalysts

How can we keep the spark of innovation going for unpaid carers?

Andrew, after 35 years in leadership roles in health and care, including Director of Social Services, chairing a major social enterprise and advising government, now supports innovators in care. Suzanne and Andrew talk about changing the narrative so that we don't have to put up with 'the way things are'.

• (00:00) - Welcome to Carer Catalysts

Are we dreaming of big leaps forward with innovation, or small incremental steps?

This episode is one not to miss - a brilliant chat with Debbie Hustings, a bit of a celebrity in the world of carer support and lead in London for the NHS England's unpaid carers team. Debbie tells us about exciting innovation with Carers Contingency Planning and shares some of her 'secret sauce' on how to get people on board around a common challenge. There's lots to learn and be inspired by - enjoy!

• (00:00) - Welcome to Carer Catalysts

Can we have (and achieve) a bold vision for carer support?

Sarah McClinton, Director of Health and Adult Services at Royal Borough of Greenwich, joins James to chat about everything from her career in social care through to innovation strategies and CQC assurance. Tune in for an episode packed with inspiration for carer support and nuggets of wisdom that you won't find anywhere else!

• (00:00) - Hello and welcome

The views of guests participating in this podcast are their own and may not represent the views of any affiliated organisation. The content is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute financial, medical or legal advice.

We're bringing people together who've got experience of innovating for unpaid carers to tell us their stories, the successes they've had, the challenges they've had and to share their top tips with us as well.

So join us for Carer Catalysts, a podcast by Mobilise that connects innovators for unpaid carers.

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The views of guests participating in this podcast are their own and may not represent the views of any affiliated organisation. The content is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute financial, medical or legal advice.