Meet Sandy

Your friendly guide to better co-production

Sandy helps teams think about, plan and deliver co-production in a simple, practical way. Using a line dancing idea, Sandy helps you line up the purpose, listen to the beat, learn the steps together and move in sync.

Ask Sandy for help with planning a session, involving people with lived experience, removing barriers, asking better questions, or showing what changed because of people’s feedback.

Sandy, the co-production coach, sharing line dancing tips for co-production

Talk to Sandy

Use the voice coach below to get quick, practical guidance on co-production. You can ask where to start, who to involve, what questions to ask, or how to turn feedback into action.

Sandy is here to support good thinking and planning. She does not replace professional, safeguarding, legal, medical or organisational advice.

Good co-production is like line dancing

Everyone needs to understand the steps, hear the same rhythm and know when the next move is coming. Co-production works best when people are involved early, listened to properly, and shown what changed.

1. Line up Agree the purpose, who needs to be involved, and what can genuinely change.

2. Listen to the beat Hear lived experience, frontline insight and community voices before jumping to solutions.

3. Move together Shape ideas jointly, test them with people, and keep checking the rhythm as you go.

4. Make space Remove barriers around language, confidence, timing, access, culture and caring responsibilities.

5. Call the next step Be clear about what happens next, who is deciding, and when people will hear back.

6. Finish with a recap Share “you said, we did, we could not do, and why” so people can see their impact.

What feeds Sandy’s brain?

Sandy is designed around trusted UK guidance on co-production, social care, health, lived experience, inclusion and community involvement.

The aim is to give simple, practical support that reflects what good co-production looks like in real services.

Trusted UK co-production guidance feeding into Sandy's brain

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