Health Research isn’t just about new drugs and treatments. It’s also about how people live their lives every day. It starts in the communities and places in which they live. Research can make a real difference, but to do the best work we can, we need to all work together to understand what research needs to focus on, and how it can be developed, done and applied in local places.

In this innovative workshop, faciliated by the Community Research and Engagement Network (COREN) come and share your ideas about how we can develop what the priorities should be in health and care research together. We will be using creative approaches to strengthen power and give voice to communities so they can truly influence health research moving forwards.

Join award-winning arts and health organisation (Royal Society of Public Health, 2022) Made By Mortals for an interactive workshop. Using sound design, original music and guided by the voices of people with lived experience you will meet Joanna. Joanna is a fictional character. She likes to wear colourful clothes when she can. Joanna has psychosis. She spent much of her time in hospital struggling to get better. Joanna also has type two diabetes.

“Her health provision moved online. Life moved online. And Joanna was left behind”.

Discuss the barriers that Joanna and people like her face in setting the priorities for health research. Joanna has plenty to say. She has a voice. She knows what’s important for her and people like her. She knows what questions need asking. Help her overcome the things that stand in the way of being heard. Help her lead on research that matters.

Please note that this session will be recorded.

For more information, please contact Claire Selby - Stakeholder and Engagement Manager c.selby@lancaster.ac.uk

Hidden: Communities setting priorities for research