North Kent Minds’Co-production Team
Want to shape the future of North Kent Mind?Join Co-Production
The most important voice in the mental health sector is your voice.
Our mission is to answer the community’s needs, and we can only achieve this by having an open dialogue with our community on all levels of decision making.
You will be helping build services from the ground up, defining our goals and objectives, and ensure that your local Mind is supporting community in the best way possible.
Ways to Get Involved
You can choose how much you would like to take part.
- Fill in feedback forms.
- Complete surveys.
- Answer exit questionnaires.
- Take part in consultations.
- Join community events
- Attend Service User Forums.
- Come to our Annual Service User Conference.
You can do this whenever you want.
- Focus groups.
- Task and Finish Groups.
- Staff recruitment panels.
- Service development workshops.
- Stakeholder meetings.
You will work with staff to improve our services.
- Attend a meeting every two months.
- Share their ideas and experiences.
- Help make decisions.
- Receive support and training.
You will receive a £25 shopping voucher for every panel meeting you attend.
You can also join our Valuing Lived Experience Training. This is a 9 week course.
What is co-production?
Co-production means working together.
People with lived experience work alongside North Kent Mind staff to improve our services. Your ideas, experiences and opinions help us make better decisions.
Everyone has something valuable to share.
Questions
No. Your own experiences are what matter.
That is okay. Join when you can.
Yes. You can do more or less whenever you want.
Your ideas help us improve our services.
We will tell you about changes we have made because of your feedback.
Together we can make North Kent Mind better for everyone.
- Planning events.
- Recruiting staff.
- Creating new services.
- Improving existing services.
- Developing new ideas.
- Attend a meeting every 2 months
- Work with North Kent Mind staff
- Share your ideas
- Receive training
- Receive support
- Help make important decisions
You can:
- Give feedback once.
- Become a panel member.
You can do more or less at any time.
- Treat you with kindness and respect.
- Listen to what you say.
- Explain how your ideas are used.
- Be honest.
- Give you support if you need it.
- Respect other people.
- Listen to different opinions.
- Be honest.
- Work together.
- Tell us if you need support.
- A willingness to undertake a DBS check
- Everyone’s voice is important.
- Everyone should have a chance to speak.
- We should listen without interrupting.
- We should respect each other.
- We should keep information private when needed.
We will try to make decisions together.
If we cannot do this, we will explain why.