What is Community Research and how can it be valuable to you?
The Herefordshire and Worcestershire Wellbeing and Recovery College and Community First are delighted to be working with the Worcestershire VCSE Alliance to deliver the next phase of REACH: Research, Engagement, and Community Health
One of the key reasons for us linking into this work is because we are keen to empower more of the people who are often left out of planning and deciding how health and care services are delivered have their views heard.
Community First will work with both organisations and people to help build people’s confidence in working together to make sure that the health and wellbeing needs of everyone are heard, understood and valued.
We are keen to share approaches that are not all about big words, lanyards and clipboards, but also using creative and robust ways to find out what matters to people and communities.
There are 3 levels to join in – just make yourself more aware of health research and why it is important, engage at a level that is comfortable to you; or get more involved and set up your own research project.
People and organisations can join in at a level they feel comfortable with. Being aware of health research and why it is important; getting engaged by joining workshops or training or get involved by setting up a research project of their own.
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This work has been made possible through initial funding received from the ICS Research Engagement Network (REN) development programme and Clinical Research Network West Midlands (CRN WM).
Introductions, workshops and training dates will follow soon. To find out more about how you can benefit from REACH Worcestershire email: amandw@comfirst.org.uk or call: 0300 302 0458
More information about REACH can be found on the Worcestershire VCSE Alliance website here: https://worcsalliance.org/community-health-research/
If you are in Herefordshire you can read a report on the approach taken by Healthwatch Herefordshire here: https://www.healthwatchherefordshire.co.uk/report/2024-07-23/healthwatch-participation-project-ren2