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EP-301Advanced · Engagement practice

Advanced co-production.

Move co-production from principle to practice, sharing real power with communities and service users in the design of services and decisions.

1 day

Duration

£295+VAT

Public · per delegate

POA

In-house

40 CPD

Credits

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01Overview

Co-production means sharing power, not just consulting harder.

Co-production is widely praised and rarely done well. Real co-production hands genuine influence to the people affected, which challenges established ways of working and requires skill, honesty and trust to sustain.

This advanced course is for practitioners ready to go deeper: designing co-productive processes, sharing power meaningfully, navigating the tensions it creates within organisations, and sustaining it beyond a single project.

02Learning outcomes

What you'll take away

Delegates leave able to lead genuine co-production, not its imitation.

01Distinguish real co-production from consultation in disguise

02Design processes that share power meaningfully

03Build the trust co-production depends on

04Navigate organisational resistance and tension

05Support communities and service users as equal partners

06Sustain co-production beyond one project

03The day

Four sessions

A full day for experienced practitioners.

09:30What co-production really isBeyond the buzzword.

11:00Sharing powerDesigning genuine influence in.

13:30Managing tensionResistance inside the organisation.

15:00Sustaining itMaking it last beyond a project.

04Who it's for

For experienced practitioners.

For those who already engage communities and want to share real power.

Senior engagement practitioners

Service designers

Commissioners

Voluntary-sector leaders

Anyone leading co-production

06Before you book

Common questions

Anything not covered here, ask us. We answer the same day.

01How many CPD points do I earn?Forty tCI CPD points. Every advanced course carries 40, and points are logged against your record when you attend. Members can download a CPD statement from the membership portal at any time, and this course counts towards the taught element of a tCI qualification.

02Is it virtual or face-to-face?Open places run as a live virtual workshop, delivered in real time by a tCI trainer, never a recording. Groups stay small enough that everyone can speak, and you work in breakouts as well as listening. The same course runs face-to-face at your own offices as an in-house session.

03How long is the course?One full day, 09:30 to 16:30, in four sessions with breaks between each, opening with ‘What co-production really is’ and closing with ‘Sustaining it’. The day is built around practical exercises rather than presentation, so you leave having worked on advanced co-production rather than only having heard about it.

04Can you run this in-house for our team?Yes, and it is the usual choice for teams of six or more. In-house delivery works from your sector and the consultations you have in front of you, so the advanced co-production exercises use your own material. We can run it in person or virtually, and split it across two half-days where a full day is hard to protect. Ask us about bespoke for a quote.

05Do I need prior experience or other courses first?Yes. This one assumes the groundwork. Take Co-production first, or come with equivalent practical experience. It is pitched at advanced level for people already working at this in their day job.

06Who delivers the course?A tCI trainer who specialises in co-production and engagement practice and works in it, not only teaches it. The named trainer for each date is shown on the course calendar and confirmed in your joining instructions the week before. You can put live problems to them on the day and expect a straight answer.

Bring this workshop in-house for your whole team

The same course, reworked around the consultations your team is running.

Book this course → Enquire about bespoke