Gwendolyn Sterk
@gwendolynsterk.bsky.social
Scribbler with some expertise on VAWG, feminisms and social justice - current personal project is writing & walking from St Nons to St Dwynwens on the Welsh coastal path | CEO of @copronetwales.bsky.social | all views my own
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Today our CEO gave evidence at the Senedd Public Accounts Committee on the considerations of the UK Covid Inquiry.
We set out the importance of lived experience being centred in the planning for future crises responses by embedding co-productive approaches.
You can watch it here: buff.ly/Vo1vDbu
We set out the importance of lived experience being centred in the planning for future crises responses by embedding co-productive approaches.
You can watch it here: buff.ly/Vo1vDbu
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Today our CEO gave evidence at the Senedd Public Accounts Committee on the considerations of the UK Covid Inquiry.
We set out the importance of lived experience being centred in the planning for future crises responses by embedding co-productive approaches.
You can watch it here: buff.ly/Vo1vDbu
We set out the importance of lived experience being centred in the planning for future crises responses by embedding co-productive approaches.
You can watch it here: buff.ly/Vo1vDbu
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If you're looking for a course to enhance your co-production knowledge, that also supports you through reflecting on your co-production practice in your own work - look no further. The next cohort starts in January 2026 and we are still taking bookings! Find out more here: buff.ly/0e4ylyI
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
If you're looking for a course to enhance your co-production knowledge, that also supports you through reflecting on your co-production practice in your own work - look no further. The next cohort starts in January 2026 and we are still taking bookings! Find out more here: buff.ly/0e4ylyI
This a great course if you want to embed co-production in your service or project. You’ll not only learn loads, you’ll finish it with an action plan to put it into practice. 👇👇👇👇
Are you looking for a course that will deepen your understanding of co-production but also support you to use that knowledge and take it into your day to day practice? Our 12 week e-learning course, Co-production and You, is led by two co-production consultants and will do just that👉 buff.ly/AdBbFNz
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This a great course if you want to embed co-production in your service or project. You’ll not only learn loads, you’ll finish it with an action plan to put it into practice. 👇👇👇👇
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📢 Exciting announcement 📢
Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA
Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📢 Exciting announcement 📢
Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA
Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA
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VOICES FROM GAZA
10 articles. 21 stories. Parents, children, workers, neighbours, survivors telling the truth about their personal experience.
Citizen journalism at its most powerful. Read it, share it. These voices should be heard.
bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/bylines-ne...
10 articles. 21 stories. Parents, children, workers, neighbours, survivors telling the truth about their personal experience.
Citizen journalism at its most powerful. Read it, share it. These voices should be heard.
bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/bylines-ne...
July 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
VOICES FROM GAZA
10 articles. 21 stories. Parents, children, workers, neighbours, survivors telling the truth about their personal experience.
Citizen journalism at its most powerful. Read it, share it. These voices should be heard.
bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/bylines-ne...
10 articles. 21 stories. Parents, children, workers, neighbours, survivors telling the truth about their personal experience.
Citizen journalism at its most powerful. Read it, share it. These voices should be heard.
bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/bylines-ne...
Great for @copronetwales.bsky.social to be able to share our learning from over 4yrs of working with public service boards to embed involvement of their communities with the @senedd.wales Equalities & Social Justice Committee yesterday
Scrutiny is now underway, Rachel, along with fellow third sector peers Dr Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, Chief Executive at WCVA and Hazel Lloyd Lubran, Chief Officer at Ceredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations (CAVO) are now giving their oral evidence. You can watch along live on Senedd TV.
July 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Great for @copronetwales.bsky.social to be able to share our learning from over 4yrs of working with public service boards to embed involvement of their communities with the @senedd.wales Equalities & Social Justice Committee yesterday
Reposted by Gwendolyn Sterk
Scrutiny is now underway, Rachel, along with fellow third sector peers Dr Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, Chief Executive at WCVA and Hazel Lloyd Lubran, Chief Officer at Ceredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations (CAVO) are now giving their oral evidence. You can watch along live on Senedd TV.
July 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Scrutiny is now underway, Rachel, along with fellow third sector peers Dr Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, Chief Executive at WCVA and Hazel Lloyd Lubran, Chief Officer at Ceredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations (CAVO) are now giving their oral evidence. You can watch along live on Senedd TV.
Kicking off our National Co-production Conference this morning- so exciting to have a room full of different people passionate about valuing the voice and power of people to create change #CoproConfWales2025
Our #CoproConfWales2025 is now in full swing! CEO Gwendolyn Sterk is addressing attendees reminding us why we are here, why were are championing co-production and what today aims to achieve.
May 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Kicking off our National Co-production Conference this morning- so exciting to have a room full of different people passionate about valuing the voice and power of people to create change #CoproConfWales2025
This week is #CoporWeekWales2025 - follow the hashtag as we will be sharing useful resources to help you turn co-production commitments in to actions
The first resource we would like to share with you this #CoproWeekWales2025 is our Co-production Slide Deck. This set of slides aims to improve yours and your colleagues’ understanding of co-production, with examples of tools you can use: buff.ly/W7lHqwH
May 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This week is #CoporWeekWales2025 - follow the hashtag as we will be sharing useful resources to help you turn co-production commitments in to actions
42 and I still can’t resist climbing a tree!
May 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
42 and I still can’t resist climbing a tree!
Strong message for co-production, particularly to build trusting relationships between communities and public services in #futuregen10 report today.
At @copronetwales.bsky.social we are supporting communities & services to realise this through supporting strategic culture change and practical steps
At @copronetwales.bsky.social we are supporting communities & services to realise this through supporting strategic culture change and practical steps
As trust in decision-making declines, we must do more to involve people in shaping policies.
That's what we're all about: with our Dewi project we are supporting public services to listen, and act on, the voices of its communities.
copronet.wales/what-we-do/p...
#futuregen10
That's what we're all about: with our Dewi project we are supporting public services to listen, and act on, the voices of its communities.
copronet.wales/what-we-do/p...
#futuregen10
🆕 Read the Future Generations Report 2025 now, here to support and challenge our leaders to make decisions now for people & planet: futuregenerations.wales/discover/abo...
youtu.be/fI8jaVnLlLw?...
#futuregen10
youtu.be/fI8jaVnLlLw?...
#futuregen10
April 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Strong message for co-production, particularly to build trusting relationships between communities and public services in #futuregen10 report today.
At @copronetwales.bsky.social we are supporting communities & services to realise this through supporting strategic culture change and practical steps
At @copronetwales.bsky.social we are supporting communities & services to realise this through supporting strategic culture change and practical steps
I know I am bias on this one but I want to share this beautiful poem published today open.substack.com/pub/bendingt...
There's a New Constellation in the Sky
Poem by Hilary Watson
open.substack.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I know I am bias on this one but I want to share this beautiful poem published today open.substack.com/pub/bendingt...
This #EarthDay check out this new thrutopian magazine that aims to inspire you through imagination on the way to a greener, fairer future bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com?utm_source=s...
Bending The Arc | Bending The Arc Magazine | Substack
publishing stories, poems and features that bend the arc of the possible towards a thriving future on Earth. Click to read Bending The Arc, a Substack publication.
bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This #EarthDay check out this new thrutopian magazine that aims to inspire you through imagination on the way to a greener, fairer future bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com?utm_source=s...
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Looking for a course to help strengthen your co-production practice? Our Co-production and You course is for people wherever they are on their co-production journey: if you want to spend some time reflecting deeply, with peers, on the place of co-production in your work. More info 👉 buff.ly/G4b1bud
April 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Looking for a course to help strengthen your co-production practice? Our Co-production and You course is for people wherever they are on their co-production journey: if you want to spend some time reflecting deeply, with peers, on the place of co-production in your work. More info 👉 buff.ly/G4b1bud
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📢 Want to learn about co-production but also put it in to practice?
Our 12 week e-learning course, Co-production and You, is for you 👈
Learn the theory then apply it to your work, project or anything you choose while being guided by expert trainers.
Take a look at the overview 👉 buff.ly/S1oQCNy
Our 12 week e-learning course, Co-production and You, is for you 👈
Learn the theory then apply it to your work, project or anything you choose while being guided by expert trainers.
Take a look at the overview 👉 buff.ly/S1oQCNy
April 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 Want to learn about co-production but also put it in to practice?
Our 12 week e-learning course, Co-production and You, is for you 👈
Learn the theory then apply it to your work, project or anything you choose while being guided by expert trainers.
Take a look at the overview 👉 buff.ly/S1oQCNy
Our 12 week e-learning course, Co-production and You, is for you 👈
Learn the theory then apply it to your work, project or anything you choose while being guided by expert trainers.
Take a look at the overview 👉 buff.ly/S1oQCNy
Put the Spring 🌸 into your Co-production practice this May and join our next group of Co-production and You learners. Details below ⬇️
📢 Our 12 week e-learning course, Co-production and You, is back 📢
Our renowned co-production course is running again this May and booking is now open! Take a look at the overview of the course below, or visit our website for more detailed information and booking links 👉 buff.ly/S1oQCNy
Our renowned co-production course is running again this May and booking is now open! Take a look at the overview of the course below, or visit our website for more detailed information and booking links 👉 buff.ly/S1oQCNy
April 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Put the Spring 🌸 into your Co-production practice this May and join our next group of Co-production and You learners. Details below ⬇️
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Check out the new report below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Definitely learning in it for us to consider in Wales.
We agree with the quote:
"You can't do co-production without talking about racism."
Definitely learning in it for us to consider in Wales.
We agree with the quote:
"You can't do co-production without talking about racism."
Today we are proud to launch our joint report with People's Voice Media on 'Understanding Racism in Co-Production Spaces' Read our blog from Isaac Samuels for a link to the report and to find out more. #anti-racism #coproduction
www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/underst...
www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/underst...
February 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Check out the new report below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Definitely learning in it for us to consider in Wales.
We agree with the quote:
"You can't do co-production without talking about racism."
Definitely learning in it for us to consider in Wales.
We agree with the quote:
"You can't do co-production without talking about racism."
Want to help us put on a fantastic co-production conference in May?
Check out below and get in touch.
Check out below and get in touch.
Want to be a part of our National Co-production Conference on 21 May 2025?
We have a range of opportunities to engage and support the co-production movement in Wales and highlight what you are doing to put co-production into practice.
Check out our conference stand and sponsorship options here:
We have a range of opportunities to engage and support the co-production movement in Wales and highlight what you are doing to put co-production into practice.
Check out our conference stand and sponsorship options here:
February 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Want to help us put on a fantastic co-production conference in May?
Check out below and get in touch.
Check out below and get in touch.
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Exciting news!
Join us on 21 May 2025 for our national co-production conference.
From strategic leadership to grassroots delivery, our national conference will explore how we have the power to make
co-production happen together.
Save the Date - Booking is coming soon!
Join us on 21 May 2025 for our national co-production conference.
From strategic leadership to grassroots delivery, our national conference will explore how we have the power to make
co-production happen together.
Save the Date - Booking is coming soon!
February 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Exciting news!
Join us on 21 May 2025 for our national co-production conference.
From strategic leadership to grassroots delivery, our national conference will explore how we have the power to make
co-production happen together.
Save the Date - Booking is coming soon!
Join us on 21 May 2025 for our national co-production conference.
From strategic leadership to grassroots delivery, our national conference will explore how we have the power to make
co-production happen together.
Save the Date - Booking is coming soon!