Podcasts

Podcast 1:

Introducing Changing Futures Northumbria

Tori Johansen, Mark Joyce and Francis Donnelly speak about the coming year for Changing Futures Northumbria; our beliefs and ambitions for the programme:

Podcast 2:

Roles & Confirmation Practices

Tori Johansen shares her experience of relational working with staff and how Changing Futures have worked with staff to create the right environment for good work to thrive:

Podcast 3:

All Things Data

Ron Charlton discusses the Changing Futures Northumbria approach to data, why is important and how it can support meaningful relational work in practice:

Podcast 4:

Thinking About Different Relationships in Commissioning

How could a liberated method work in ‘the real world’? Mark shares CFN’s thinking on commissioning innovations that could enable existing good work to grow and thrive across services:

Podcast 5:

Lived Experience? Are You for Real?

When we say co-production, what do we mean? When we talk about the value of lived experience, where do we think the value lies and what are we prepared to do about it? Francis reflects on CFN’s experience of trying to be true to our own values and to challenge our own experiences of what good looks like:

Podcast 8:

Changing Futures Webinar “The Power of Connection: Building the Relationships we Need to Thrive”

Part 1:  Lived Experience and Relational Working - lovely ideas, but how do you make sure they are for real and not for show?

Changing Futures Northumbria are hosting a series of webinars sharing their learning about relational working and discussing with the wider public sector community through 25-26. This podcast captures highlights of the recent webinar on lived experience and coproduction.

It’s widely recognised that involving people with lived experience can be transformative. But what do we mean by “lived experience”? Does it include those facing complex challenges now, colleagues with their own recovery journeys, and caseworkers with years of practice wisdom? How does Coproduction fit into all of this? And what exactly is “relational working” - something we all do naturally, or something distinct?