Project Milestones 

This page includes key milestones reached during the project. 

Milestone one

We have held our first Speakup Project Working Group and Project Management Meetings. 

Milestone two 

We have recruited 12 members to our Advisory Group. 

Milestone three

We have held our first Advisory Group meeting 

Milestone four 

We have developed initial programme theories for our Realist Review 

Millstone five 

We have received ethical approval to conduct interviews and focus groups with stakeholders 

Milestone six 

We have began interviewing stakeholders about our theories 

Milestone seven 

We presented our Realist Review methods to the Centre for Advancement in Realist Evaluation and Synthesis (CARES) 2023 conference 

Milestone eight 

We had a poster showing our Realist Review findings at the 20th Seattle Club 2023 Conference 

Milestone nine 

We have recruited one Local Authority to participate in our interviews 

Milestone ten  

We have spoken to 42 people about our theories across interviews and focus groups including: commissioners, social workers, support providers, advocacy,  Adults with a learning disability and carers

Milestone eleven

We have received ethical approval to conduct co-production workshops and activities

Milestone twelve

We have recruited three Local Authorities who are using co-production to develop their ISF offer to participate in our co-production work 

Milestone thirteen

We have recruited two self advocacy organisations to hold co-production workshops with 

Milestone fourteen 

We have held our first national co-production workshop 

Milestone fifteen 

We have held our first co-production workshop with two different self advocacy grouos for adults with a learning disability 

Milestone sixteen

We held a Webinar about the research and ISFs with the National Care Forum and ARC England 

Milestone seventeen 

We attended and held a storytelling workshop at ARC England's Creativity in Care unconference