Co-Production Training
Conversations that Create Change training helps move Co-production from theory into practice — equipping teams to listen deeply, collaborate meaningfully, and make decisions with the people and communities they support.
Rooted in years of experience across sectors, the training is interactive, engaging, and always tailored to your organisation’s needs. Below is just a flavour of what’s on offer — please get in touch for a conversation about how it could work for you.
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Understanding what Co-Production is
An interactive introduction to co-production: what it is, why it matters, and what it takes to do it well. We’ll explore the values, principles, and ‘layers’ of co-production – from initial involvement to shared decision-making. Usually a half-day (3.5hr) training.
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Psychological Safety in Co-Production
For co-production with those with lived experience to be truly effective, it’s not enough to invite people into the process — they need to feel safe, respected, and confident that their voices will be heard and acted upon. Psychological safety within a group is what enables people to share openly, take risks, and use their lived experience to shape decisions in a meaningful way. Establishing psychological safety is utterly essential.
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By the end of this 3.5-hour workshop, you’ll leave with practical strategies you can use — ensuring your co-production work is safer, more inclusive, and more impactful.
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Essential Facilitation Skills for Effective Co-Production Work
Great co-production relies on great facilitation. Whether you're supporting a group in co-designing a service, shaping an evaluation, or sharing their stories, this interactive training will help you create inclusive, collaborative spaces where people feel heard and empowered to contribute. Facilitation is an art and requires practice and consistent reflection!
You’ll explore practical tools and facilitation techniques and approaches that build trust, support equity, and help groups work together with purpose.
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Rights in Action – Co-Production with Young People
This interactive 3.5-hour workshop introduces the Lundy Model of Participation & Co-production — a rights-based framework first outlined in Laura Lundy’s 2007 paper “Voice is Not Enough.” Centred on the four elements of Space, Voice, Audience, and Influence, the model provides a clear and practical way to move beyond tokenism and embed meaningful youth involvement.
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Together we’ll explore how the model works in practice, reflect on what it means for your own context, and experiment with participatory processes that support young people to share their views and shape decisions. You’ll leave with a strong understanding of the framework, fresh ideas for applying it, and practical tools to strengthen your organisation’s approach to co-production with young people.