Ethnically marginalised communities are disproportionately impacted by health inequalities but under-represented in health research. This collaboration has community voices at its core. We are committed to working together & #MakingResearchInclusive connectedvoice.org.uk/news-and-infor…

Lovely to see that researchers from NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria have used the RDS Community Engagement Toolkit rdsresources.org.uk/ce-toolkit as part of their evaluation of a nature-based social prescribing project! arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/news/rooted-in…

So pleased that E-CLAD UK has been shortlisted for an Engagement & Place award - celebrating the input of the brilliant group of patients who I’m lucky to work with on this trial! Looking forward to learning more about the shortlisted projects today Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit

A few weeks ago I got to spend a lush afternoon celebrating Eid with the Bangladesh Overseas Ladies Org in Fenham, and chatting about health research. Got commissioned to do v important portrait, hope I did Teddy justice.

Beautiful day for #RDF23☀️ Heartened to hear @matt_westmore & Becca speaking on role of patients and public in digital future - “In order to remain human in a digital world we need to involve patients and public in everything we do”. Music to my ears!

📢📢A great opportunity available for anyone looking to get experience in working with multilingual communities in PPI, alongside an NIHR_RDS NorthEast NorthCumbria mentor bitly.ws/JfJw Jo Lally Alex Bevin-Nicholls

Read the latest #RDSblog which reflects on experiences from a recent NIHR_RDS NorthEast NorthCumbria event and shares tips on shifting power dynamics when involving public contributors in research #PPI #research Alex Bevin-Nicholls Jo Lally Helen Close

Our Alex Bevin-Nicholls at the Community Engagement Toolkit Launch event today, working work VSCE organisations to co-produce a local code of practice #coproduction #communityengagement #research

Great event today bringing researchers and community groups together to come up with solutions to make sure NIHR Involvement research is meaningful and meets the needs of our communities and patients. Thanks to VONNE Health and Wellbeing for organising! NIHR Newcastle BRC NIHR Newcastle CRF NIHR_RDS NorthEast NorthCumbria

Get over yourself. Get rid of status and work together as people with our own life experiences to bring to the table. Really refreshing to hear how we can best do #CommunityEngagement and challenge the norms of research involvement from ReCoCo

📢We're delighted to announce that we've been awarded National Institute for Health and Care Research Funding of £8.5m to continue to support health & care research, as one of 8 NIHR Research Support Service hubs, and an accompanying £22m for a Specialist Centre for Public Health Research ncl.ac.uk/press/articles…

Great to be in Carlisle for the Putting Principles into Practice event at @HarrabyT exploring ways to engage with diverse communities in health and wellbeing research. Cumbria CVS

Great presentations and discussions at todays event in Carlisle. How can academic researchers and #VCSE organisations have respectful and mutually beneficial partnerships? Some great case studies and real world examples driving the conversations. Cumbria CVS NIHR Involvement