Mental health friendly courses, workshops, coproduction, codesign, events – a space dedicated to learning from each other.
What is coproduction?
In the simplest of terms, coproduction means professionals working with people with lived experience to do or change something. Coproduction is recommended in law and has been shown to help organisations and services improve support to individuals and at a system-wide level. Sheffield Flourish believes in the definition of co-production as outlined by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE):
“Co-production is not just a word, it’s not just a concept. It is a meeting of minds coming together to find a shared solution. In practice, it involves people who use services being consulted, included and working together from the start to the end of any project that affects them”
We are in the process of setting up a Coproduction mailing list for people interested in taking part in any co-production work either we are running or our partners are running. We will then circulate any co-production opportunities to people on the list.
If you would like to sign up to this then please contact us on [email protected] If you don’t have an email address but would still like to be informed, then contact us on 0114 2737009.
Learning Opportunities
Our learning opportunities usually fall under either of the following categories:
Learning opportunities for our community
Training, workshops and sessions for people living with or affected by mental health issues. We invite experts and speakers from all walks of life to deliver sessions that suit the needs and interests of the Sheffield Flourish community.
Learning from lived experience
Coproduction, codesign and user testing opportunities that consults and learns from people with lived experience of mental health. We often work with partners from across the health system to get user voices into support services and policies.
Learning from digital
We offer digital inclusion workshops and training to help people build skills and confidence online, as well as access to digital equipment such as laptops and phones (subject to availability), supporting our community to stay connected and make the most of digital tools.
Current Learning Space Opportunities
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Learning From: Renaming an Inpatient Women’s Ward
Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust’s (SHPU) inpatient wards have been going through a series of transformations and change including refurbishment and the establishment of a second female only ward. SHPU would like some help in naming the new female only ward using a codesign process that will involve people with lived experience of mental ill-health, people who have used SHPU services and staff.
Who – Women with lived experience of mental health. We particularly want to engage with those who have been an inpatient on the mental health wards, at any stage of their life.
How – we are running a short in-person codesign session where we will pull together themes that conjure a sense of feeling safe and calm.
The session will be held on 16th December 2pm – 4pm.
Please get in touch with Sheffield Flourish on 0114 2737009 or via [email protected]. to book a place. A user involvement payment of £35 will be available to those attending in a personal capacity.
Learning From: Mental Health Passports
We have consistently heard how frustrating it can be to have to constantly retell your mental health story when accessing new services or support. We have been working with a lived experience advisory group to codesign and review the use of a digital mental health passport.
This work builds on the previous iteration of the mental health passports coproduced by our partners Chilypep and works alongside statutory health partners and the VCS to look at a citywide approach.
Who – Anyone with lived experience of mental health and anyone who works with people within the mental health pathway.
How – this project has a number of stages, with input needed throughout. The current opportunities are:
- Join the lived experience advisory group – a small, working group that is driving all aspects of the passport development.
- Help us with the user testing of the digital mental health passport to feedback on useability.
- Book in a 1:1 meeting, if you work within the mental health pathway and your work would benefit from accessing mental health passports.
Please get in touch with Sheffield Flourish on 0114 2737009 or via [email protected].
Previous Learning Space Project Findings
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Safe2Share Usability Evaluation Report
We supported our partners at Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (SHSC) to test a new tool that had the aim of providing digital feedback on inpatient wards.
This report summarises the findings and makes recommendations for motivating and engaging inpatients to use a digital feedback tool. You can read the report here.
Gleadless and Heeley Neighbourhood Mental Health Centre Coproduction Report
The Gleadless and Heeley Neighbourhood Mental Health Centre, funded by NHS England, is a new model of mental health care with the aim to be more localised, aligns community and clinical support, and is delivered 24/7. On behalf of Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Flourish led a series of events and activities involving people with a personal experience of mental illness and people local to the area, to help design the look, feel and offer of the centre.
This report summarises the findings and makes recommendations for the design and delivery of the mental health centre. You can read the report here.
Sheffield Flourish Impact Report 2024-25’
This Impact reports provides information on the number of people accessing our projects in 2024-25 through coproduction work, creative groups and digital tools. It also pulls together the findings from our annual community survey to provide an overall picture of the outcomes and impact of our work on the mental health community. You can read the report here.
Past Learning Space Opportunities
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Safe2Share
We are supporting our partners at Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (SHSC) to test a new tool to provide digital feedback on the Sheffield mental health inpatient wards.
Who – People in SHSC’s inpatient wards
How – Posters are up around the wards with QR codes or speak to a ward staff member about the days and times we are onsite.
Anything else: we can support you with access to a digital device if needed.
Gleadless and Heeley Mental Health Centre
The Gleadless and Heeley Neighbourhood Mental Health Centre is a pilot project funded by NHS England that tests a model of mental health care that is more localised, aligns community and clinical support, and is delivered 24/7. Sheffield Flourish have been leading a series of events and activities to involve people who have a personal experience of mental illness and people local to the area, to help design the look, feel and offer of the centre.
Who – Anyone with lived experience of mental health
How – There are different ways that you can get involved depending on what works for you. We have in-person workshops, opportunities to join smaller working groups and more hands-off ways through questionnaires.
Please get in touch with Sheffield Flourish on 0114 2737009 or via [email protected].
Who – People in SHSC’s inpatient wards
How – Posters are up around the wards with QR codes or speak to a ward staff member about the days and times we are onsite.
Anything else: we can support you with access to a digital device if needed.