Working Together

Work together in a way that values all contributions, and that builds and sustains mutually respectful and productive relationships.

Public involvement in research is better when people work together towards a common purpose, and different perspectives are respected.

Meeting the standard

The questions below may help you reflect on and decide if you meet the standard: 

What people said about this standard:

“Standards gave us a framework to stand back, think clearly and work with researchers, members of the public and others to develop an action plan to support joint working”

“We worked together with our public contributors to create and develop new resources and activities to improve public involvement”

Image showing shaking hands, representing working together