Help shape the future of care and support in Doncaster
This is your opportunity to get involved and help shape adult social care and support across Doncaster.
There are lots of ways to get involved. We call this way of working together ‘coproduction’.
Whatever you get involved in, we’ll make sure you have the support you need before, during and after the time you spend with us. We’ll also pay you for your time and expertise.
- Listen to Glyn Butcher, co-chair of the Making it Real Board, talk about his experience of being involved in the Board.
Glyn Butcher shares his experience video
If you’re interested, or you’d like to know more, please contact Bryony Shannon by email coproduction@doncaster.gov.uk or telephone 01302 736896.
Paying you for your time and expertise
We have a ‘Coproduction payments policy’ to recognise and reward people with lived experience who get involved in working alongside us, for example through participation in Making it Real Board meetings, working groups, project teams, recruitment and selection, and learning and development.
If you share your time and expertise with us, and you are contributing either in a personal capacity or as the representative of an organisation that does not already pay you or cover your expenses, we will pay you for your time and expertise, as well as travel and any other expenses.
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- Coproduction payments policy [version 1].docx
- Download (274KB - PDF)
Join our Making it Real Board
Our Making it Real Board gives strategic oversight to Adults, Health and Wellbeing, influencing and challenging decisions and agreeing priorities for improvements and developments.
The Board has an equal mix of adults with experience of seeking or drawing on care and support (people with lived experience) and senior leaders from Adults, Health and Wellbeing. It is co-chaired by a Board member with lived experience and the Director of Adults, Health and Wellbeing, and meets at least once a month.
“I really enjoy attending the meetings and having my own voice so thank you for that.” - Wendy, Making it Real Board member
Join our Partnership Boards
There are several Partnership Boards and other networks representing groups of people who draw on care and support in Doncaster. These forums give members the opportunity to get involved in shaping care and support for particular groups of people.
- Learning Disability Partnership Board
- Autism Partnership Board
- Carers Action Group
- Mentally Well Alliance
Sign up to our Making it Real Partners Network
We want to involve people with lived experience at the very earliest stages in work to make our priorities real, and in other areas of work where coproduction can have a genuine impact.
To help with this, we’re setting up a Making it Real Partners Network to establish a pool of people we can listen to, share information with, and work alongside to develop and improve.
The network is open to anyone who is interested in improving care and support in Doncaster, including people with lived experience, council staff and partner organisations.
We’ll send out regular updates to the network by email and on social media, with information about lots of different ways you can get involved if you’re interested, for example by taking part in recruitment and selection to make sure we’re employing the right people, helping to coproduce clear and accessible public information, improving our policy and practice around Direct Payments, or sharing your experience to help develop our workforce.
Give feedback
People we support and serve, and the people close to them, should expect to have plenty of opportunities to share their experience and ideas with us during our involvement, and once it ends.
We welcome honest opinions and suggestions, so please do tell us what you think and feel, and help shape the future of your care and support in Doncaster.
Downloads & Resources
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