Public Health Grassroots pilot awards

We awarded 3 pilots in January 2025:  

• Pilot 1 – A colleagues from London Borough of Hackney Council's Public Health Team, spent 3 months supporting an NIHR programme of research led by University College London and undertook 3 qualitative research training sessions

• Pilot 2 – Sophie Beckett from Birmingham Museums Trust (part of Birmingham City Council's Public Health Team) at the early stages of her research journey, completed a Master of Public Health module and research training  to support the creation of a toolkit for museums on how to use Implementation Science in creative health activities

• Pilot 3 – A voluntary community social enterprise (VCSE) colleague from Nuvo Wellbeing, completed an academic placement at Newcastle University to assist the analysis of quantitative data, and public involvement training to develop research skills and gain practical experience in managing and analysing complex data sets