Community engagement is vital to our understanding of the reasons for under-representation of people from ethnic minority backgrounds in research and developing, with communities, solutions to overcome barriers to participation in research.
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Our engagement activities are being delivered through:
Public Contributors and PPIE groups
Webinars and Conferences - see our Get Involved page for details of forthcoming events.
Reports and case studies for our events are available in our Resources section.
As well as taking part in research as a research participant, members of the public can get involved in research as a Research Champion or a Public Contributor. You can find out more about these below.
Research Champion
Research Champion
A Research Champion:
can be a patient, carer, member of the public or person who may or may not have taken part in a research study
is trusted by the communities they associate with/support/lead
is passionate about getting more people to benefit from research, because they understand it is very important to the development of better care and treatment for everyone
Being a Research Champion entails:
Talking to patients and the public about health and care research. For example, giving talks in schools.
Promoting specific research and tools to support research such as Be Part of Research
No specific time commitment
Research Champions are supported in the following ways:
Registered and inducted as NHS Volunteers
Receive training
Receive recognition and personal expenses payments (if asked to deliver certain projects)
Public Contributor
Public Contributor
A Public Contributor:
is a volunteer who provides the public perspective and or their personal experiences in research planning and delivery
works a a member of research teams/with researchers
can be a patient, carer, member of the public or person who may or may not have taken part in a research study
is passionate about getting excellent quality research done so we can develop better care and treatment for everyone
Being a Public Contributor entails:
Being an advisor on national/regional/local research project groups
Presenting at conferences and staff training events
Participating in the recruitment and selection of research staff
Contributing to the development of research and research resources such as websites and patient leaflets
Public Contributors are supported in various ways including:
receiving an induction from volunteer services in NHS Trusts
receiving support from the Research and Development team with whom the Public Contributor is working
receiving relevant training and recognition payments
Be part of life-changing health and care research
Be Part of Research is a free service which makes it easy to find and take part in vital health and care research across the UK.
Simply choose which health conditions you're interested in. They'll match you to suitable research studies - then you decide if you'd like to take part.
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