Shaping change together: co-producing innovation in social care

This SCIE report shows that co-production is vital to making new ideas work in practice. It shares findings from SCIE’s 2025 Co-producing Innovation in Social Care Survey, which explored how co-production supports innovation, what barriers people face, what makes it work, and whether it is leading to change.

While not housing specific, the report does refer to technology. It also makes 10 overarching recommendations which have been developed in partnership with people with lived experience. They include:

• Embed co-production early in the innovation process
• Design co-production that is adaptable and tailored to different needs
• Invest in time, leadership and resources
• Develop accessible, role specific and co-produced training
• Support non-managers and frontline workers to lead co-production
• Use inclusive communication and accessible formats
• Diversify participation and representation
• Demonstrate and communicate the impact of co-production
• Demonstrate commitment and accountability
• Encourage further research and evaluation