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Our Co-Production Ethos

Co-Production has been at the heart of our ethos from the very beginning, with our founders, Mary and Frances, establishing the Trust as a Clubhouse-inspired model where members and staff worked side by side. It has since evolved into a core part of our strategic approach to delivering our charitable objectives.

What is Co-Production?

There are many ways to describe co-production but ultimately it can be described as way of working that involves those impacted by a decision throughout the process, from start to end.

At Mary Frances Trust, we make choices together. We believe there is no single ‘perfect’ definition of co-production. We work with shared power, equity, lived experience, and respect.

 

What does Co-Production look like at MFT?

We have three sections to our Co-Production work at MFT alongside our strategic projects and developments:

Co-Production Structure at MFT

 

Megan

Delivery and Strategy Lead: Co-Production and Community Engagement (Leatherhead)

Portrait of Megan, Co-Production Lead, MFT

Megan joined MFT in January 2025 and looks after the development of our strategic priority for MFT to live and breathe co-production. She also facilitates our Advisory Group, and champions those with lived experience of mental health challenges to improve the way mental health support is developed, reviewed, and delivered.

Megan first learnt about co-production as a Lived Experience Advisor with the Independent Mental Health Network based at Surrey Coalition of Disabled People, contributing her own lived experience to mental health projects in Surrey and North East Hampshire after graduating university.

She has since worked on a range of development projects for Surrey’s mental health and wellbeing support, immersing community engagement and lived experience into research and decision-making. Additionally, she is an alumna for The King’s Fund after completing their Advanced Organisational Development Practitioner programme.

To maintain her wellbeing, Megan is an avid reader, journals, and practices Yoga.