Every year we are asked by our funders to report and let them know how we are impacting the community and the people we work with.  The National Lottery Community Fund that supports the Mental Health Manifesto - Action For Our Future project, has asked us to report on our third year and below is a summary of the report.

“My favourite thing about being a C4C is all the people that can support you”. The Main Themes from our Mental Health Manifesto Project from April - June 2025

“All of the young people were really engaged and seemed too really enjoy themselves.” The Main Themes from our Mental Health Manifesto Project from Jan-March 2025

Coproduction is a way of working where power is shared, people are heard, and decisions are made together, not handed down.

In this blog we explore what meaningful coproduction really looks like. Here are some insights that go beyond buzzwords to address the reality of working with communities.

“I’m going to ask my mum if I can come every week.”6 Main Themes from our Mental Health Manifesto Project from Oct- Dec 2024

Over the past eight months Talia, the Volunteer Manager of the Youth Action Academy (YAA) has been coproducing a ‘Reverse Mentoring’ session.  This involves the young people of the Academy talking to the staff working on the Mental Health Manifesto (MHM) project about their experience of certain topics.  All of the Youth Action Academy members are from single parent households and so have a unique perspective to share with us.  

An exploration of existing literature and research into into the co-production considerations when working with children and young people in mental health and wellbeing services.

At the heart of everything that SPW does is coproduction and a peer led approach. Most of our team are single parents, we get all of our ideas from our members and we recognise how much wealth of knowledge and experience that there is the group. Therefore, if you come on board as a volunteer then we wanted you to get on board with what a peer led approach is.