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Making it Real – Co Production Showcase 2026

Sorry, you missed this one!

10.30am - 3pm : The Atrium

Free Learning
  • Parking
  • Disabled parking
  • Wheelchair access
  • Toilets
  • Disabled toilets
  • Changing places

The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF

01603 727 950

A free and welcoming public event celebrating how people and communities are shaping adult social care across Norfolk.

This lively showcase brings together disabled people, carers, community groups and Norfolk County Council teams to share real examples of co‑production in action — where people work together with equal power to design better services.

Come along to explore interactive stands, meet local organisations, hear about new ideas, and see how people’s voices are helping to create positive change.

The event opens at 10.30am with a welcome from Vice Co-Chair, Rachael, followed by a full day of showcases from groups working with people across Norfolk.

The event is rooted in Human Learning Systems — moving away from “doing to” people and towards learning with people, focusing on what really matters in everyday lives.

Groups already confirmed include:

  • Making it Real Norfolk,

  • Carers Voice, SO… (Supporting younger people with dementia and their carer partners),

  • Independence Matters, Deaf Connexions,

  • See Me Hear ACTION Norfolk (a Deaf led group),

  • Forward Day Centre,

  • Curators of Change,

  • Norfolk Learning Disability and Autism Partnership Board,

  • Family Voice,

  • Norfolk Older People’s Strategic Partnership,

  • Opening Doors,

  • Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust,

  • Together for Mental Health,

  • Multiple Norfolk County Council teams including Engagement and Co Production, Direct Payments, The Real Care Deal, Commissioning, All Age Working, and Early Help and Prevention.