Co-Production Collective, UCL

What Co-Production Collective, UCL does

Co-Production Collective at UCL is a non-profit community organization established circa 2020 and housed within University College London's Library, Culture Collections and Open Sciences department. It provides co-production consultancy, training, talks, and research project participation to universities, charities, NHS bodies, funders, local authorities, housing associations, and grassroots groups across the UK. Its underlying "technology" is a co-production methodology and facilitation approach — equal partnership working where policies, practices, and plans are shaped with community members rather than for them — underpinned by a specialist community of individuals with lived, living, and learnt experience.

The organization operates four core service lines (consultancy, training, talks, and research projects) supplemented by programmatic initiatives such as Co-Pro Cuppas (informal virtual sessions) and the Amplifying Voices Programme (2025-2026). Revenue is generated through professional-services fees paid by institutional clients; the organization also receives grant funding (notably from the National Lottery Fund) and pays community contributors for their participation (up to £150 per workshop, £25 per strategy feedback session). No software product, API, or AI capabilities are offered — the value proposition is entirely human-facilitation-driven.

The customer base is horizontal across the UK public and third sectors, with named clients including UCL, University of Southampton / UK Preconception Partnership, NHS England (Ear Checks Programme), Academy of Medical Sciences, NHS Race & Health Observatory, Croydon Council, and the National Suicide Prevention Alliance. Recent strategic emphasis has been on anti-racism in co-production, demonstrated by the February 2025 joint report with People's Voice Media and the commissioning of an anti-racist co-production resource for NHS health and care organizations in partnership with Race Equality Foundation and National Voices.

Name

Co-Production Collective, UCL

Legal name

Co-Production Collective, UCL

Website

https://coproductioncollective.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Co-Production Collective at UCL is a non-profit community that delivers co-production consultancy, training, talks, and research services to universities, NHS bodies, charities, local authorities, and housing associations across the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Engagement and Co-Production Consultancy Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Research Collaboration & Joint Labs (International Partnerships) (EDAIABAC), Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

Keywords

• Co-production consulting
• Community engagement services
• Research participation support
• Anti-racism training
• Public involvement facilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Consultancy Services: Providing co-production consultancy to organisations including universities, charities, funders, NHS bodies, local authorities, housing associations and grassroots groups
2. Training Services: Co-production training delivered to organisations and individuals
3. Talks: Speaking engagements about co-production methodology and practice
4. Research Project Participation: Participation in the design and implementation of research projects with community members involved

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Co-Production Collective at UCL delivers co-production consultancy, training, talks, and research project participation services to organisations including universities, charities, funders, NHS bodies, local authorities, housing associations and grassroots groups. The organisation runs community engagement programmes such as Co-Pro Cuppas and the Amplifying Voices Programme, and produces practical resources including the Anti-Racist Co-Production Resource for Health and Care Organisations. All services embed community members with lived/living/learnt experience as equal partners.

Product overview

Co-Production Collective at UCL is a co-production community offering a portfolio of services including Consultancy, Research Projects, Talks, and Training. The organization operates informal Co-Pro Cuppa sessions and runs programmes such as the Amplifying Voices Programme. It produces resources including Community Commitments and safety guidance, and contributes to research initiatives including anti-racism work. The collective works with universities, charities, funders, NHS bodies, local authorities, housing associations and grassroots groups. Based at University College London, it does not offer a software product or API.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consultancy Services Co-production consultancy delivered to universities, charities, funders, NHS bodies, local authorities, housing associations and grassroots groups to support embedding of equal-partnership working practices.
• Training Training sessions delivered to organisations and individuals covering co-production methodology, anti-racism practices, and creating equitable and inclusive co-production spaces.
• Talks Speaking engagements on co-production methodology, anti-racism in co-production, and related topics delivered to varied audiences including conferences.
• Research Projects Participation in the design and implementation of research projects, with community members involved throughout the research process.
• Amplifying Voices Programme A change-makers programme partnership with People's Voice Media, funded by The National Lottery Fund, designed for individuals from global majority Black, Brown, and racialised communities to develop skills and make impact.
• Anti-Racist Co-Production Resource for Health and Care Organisations A practical, living resource commissioned by the NHS Race & Health Observatory to help health and care organisations do anti-racist co-production properly, developed in partnership with Race Equality Foundation and National Voices.

Quantifiable outcome

• 78% of training recipients rated it 'good' or 'very good'
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• People's Voice MediacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner for anti-racism in co-production work. Together published the 'Understanding Anti-Racism in Co-Production Spaces' report and launched the Amplifying Voices Programme (2025-2026) funded by The National Lottery Fund.
• GobbyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation with shared values on co-production and public engagement
• Urban RoomminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation in Croydon focused on urban co-production
• Croydon CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner for community engagement initiatives
• UK Preconception PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership focused on preconception health research, with Co-Production Collective helping identify priority research questions
• Academy of Medical SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partner for Measuring Success project, working together to understand how funders can create best conditions for co-production
• Evidence for Policy And Practice Centre (EPPI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCL-based partner for co-producing summaries of research evidence and policy work
• Ideas AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organisation sharing similar approaches to public engagement and co-production
• UCLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organisation; Co-Production Collective is part of the UCL Co-production and Public Engagement team within the Library, Culture Collections and Open Sciences department
• Race Equality FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership of three organisations (with Co-Production Collective and National Voices) commissioned by NHS Race & Health Observatory to create an anti-racist co-production resource for health and care organisations
• National VoicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership of three organisations (with Co-Production Collective and Race Equality Foundation) commissioned by NHS Race & Health Observatory for anti-racist co-production resource
• NHS Race & Health Observatory (RHO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioning body for the anti-racist co-production resource project delivered by partnership of Race Equality Foundation, Co-Production Collective, and National Voices
• National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on suicide prevention including co-facilitation of co-creation events and work on shared principles for lived experience work
• Groundwork LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Green Horizons project developing a scalable model of disability-inclusive climate action
• Anti-Racist CumbriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelivered anti-racism training to Co-Production Collective team members
• Local TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAttended Universities as Catalysts for Local Change conference focused on university-community relationships
• NHS EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Ear Checks Programme for children and young people who are autistic and/or have a learning disability in residential special schools

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Locality: UK membership network for community-led organisations with a strong regional/community engagement focus; comparable to Co-Production Collective as a national intermediary supporting community organisations on participation practice, but rooted in a community-organisations network.

Direct peers

• National Voices: UK coalition of health and care charities that champions the voices of people with lived experience in health systems; named Co-Production Collective partner on the NHS Race & Health Observatory anti-racist co-production resource, making them a direct peer in the lived-experience/health engagement space.
• McPin Foundation: UK mental health research charity focused on lived-experience involvement in research design and delivery; directly comparable in operating model — a small specialist intermediary offering consultancy, training and lived-experience research services to academic and clinical clients.
• Race Equality Foundation: UK charity focused on race equality in health, housing and social policy; co-partner with Co-Production Collective and National Voices on the NHS RHO anti-racist resource, making it a directly comparable peer in community-led health equity work.
• People's Voice Media: UK organisation using storytelling and community-led media to amplify marginalised voices; jointly publishes the anti-racism in co-production report with Co-Production Collective and is its core partner on the Amplifying Voices Programme, making it a directly comparable peer.
• Involve (UK): UK public participation charity that supports democratic engagement and deliberation across policy areas; comparable to Co-Production Collective as a method-led organisation that builds participation practice for governments and public bodies.

Broad incumbents

• NPC (New Philanthropy Capital): UK think tank and consultancy focused on charities and social impact; comparable to Co-Production Collective as a methodology-led intermediary that advises funders and charities on participation, measurement and impact practice.
• Healthwatch England: Statutory body that gathers public and patient voices in health and social care; an incumbent operating at scale in the same patient-and-public-engagement category that Co-Production Collective serves via consultancy and training.
• NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination: The National Institute for Health and Care Research's national centre for public involvement in research; a broader, publicly funded incumbent that sets the policy and standards environment in which Co-Production Collective operates as a specialist delivery partner.

Others

• Nesta: UK innovation foundation running participatory research, social innovation and public engagement programmes; thematically adjacent as a funder and practitioner of co-design and lived-experience methods, though broader in scope and focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CoProductionCollective
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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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