Facilitated by City of Sanctuary UK co-chair and Refugee Council’s Head of Refugee Involvement, Yusuf Çiftçi, this workshop is designed to support City of Sanctuary groups and awarded organisations to involve people with lived experience in every aspect of their work.
Co-production means people with lived experience of seeking sanctuary take an equal participatory role within an organisation, group or service. It can be an extremely effective way for people with lived experience to be able to influence change. This workshop will provide practical ways in which groups and awarded organisations can successfully achieve co-production with people seeking sanctuary.
This session will look at:
– The value lived experience and its benefits to groups/organisations
– Practical steps in doing co-production with sanctuary seekers
– Barriers to meaningful engagement and how to challenge them
– Q & A
– Q & A