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A strong and clear approach to community engagement was written into the HDRC’s delivery plan to ensure that residents and community organisations felt they were meaningfully involved in research rather that it being done ‘to them’.
In November 2024, the HDRC held a ‘takeover event’ to enable young people to feed directly into the setting of research priorities for Bradford Council. At the event, 40 young people from 8 youth voice groups attended and were asked to share their priorities.
Working with and for the communities and citizens of Bradford is a central objective of the HDRC. As part of this, they have co-funded a Youth Ambassadors programme, alongside the Policy and Safer Bradford Teams.
To reduce health inequalities, we need to make research more inclusive. Working with community co-researchers can be a powerful way to approach this and is a great way for members of the public with relevant experience to affect positive change in their own communities.
Meet Irum Durrani, Public Engagement Officer at NIHR HDRC Liverpool. The Public Engagement Officer role was created to bring meaningful community involvement into all research activity at Liverpool City Council, and to mobilise community intelligence into decision making across the council.
Over the last 6 months, the HDRC have developed an approach to work alongside residents, universities, local voluntary organisations and council staff to identify research priorities that respond directly to local needs.
HDRC Medway Public Advisory Group (PAG) was launched in June 2023. Through a targeted and inclusive recruitment process, the group brought together 6 individuals with lived experience and a shared commitment to improving public health and reducing health inequality. From the outset, it was a priority to bring together a diverse group of public advisors to ensure that diverse public perspectives are considered when shaping HDRC Medway’s work.
Public involvement is a cornerstone of ethical, inclusive, and impactful research. At NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Medway, this commitment is embodied in the Public Advisory Group (PAG). The PAG is a diverse group of local public contributors who play a central role in shaping the HDRC’s work. Established in alignment with NIHR’s principles of involving the public, the PAG was designed to ensure that health data research reflects the lived experiences, priorities, and insights of the Medway community.
Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Cornwall have worked with representatives from local voluntary and community sector organisations (VCS) over the last 2 years to identify the best way to involve communities and the VCS organisations in research.
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