Our team is committed to embedding equality, diversity, and inclusion across East of England RRDN's research, systems and culture.
We are working with key experts to further develop our region's strategic vision for equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI), first set out in our 2022/23 Strategic Objectives. By actively listening to those central to the EDI experience, we can equip our team with essential skills and evolve our practice to ensure an adaptable, sustainable and robust approach.
Embedding EDI across NIHR will help us:
foster an inclusive environment
engage the talents and energy of diverse people in all areas of our work
improve the relevance and quality of our research
The aim of this web area is to enable us to share learnings, information and resources with Partner Organisations to ensure we can grow together with EDI at the heart of everything we do.
Take a look at some of the Case Studies we've collected which highlight the type of work happening around the region to make NIHR research more inclusive.
East of England RRDN has developed an EDI Toolkit for Partner Organisations consisting of numerous resources for your Research Portfolio, Research Delivery Teams, Participants and Service Users. The resources come in various forms, from videos and training/e-learnings to journal articles and informational reading. You can access the PROVIDE toolkit on the FutureNHS website.
The aim of the toolkit is to:
Improve EDI in your research portfolios, reach under-served groups, and aid the placement of studies in areas across the region.
Equip delivery teams with the skills and knowledge to better understand diverse groups of participants and service users as well as understand the barriers they face when accessing health and care research.
Help participants and service users to understand health and care research as well as make it more accessible.
If you and/or your organisation have any resources you would like to be considered for the EDI Toolkit, please contact eoe.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk.