Below are some links to websites that are relevant for participatory research in social care:
Information and resources about co-production
Community Engagement: An Exploration - Overview | Rise 360 (articulate.com)
Dementia Enquirers
Disability Rights UK
Improving Engagement | Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (bvsc.org)
Inclusive Involvement - Shaping Our Lives
National Survivor User Network (NSUN)
Powys Mental Health Blog: Shared Power - an introduction. This includes a film about sharing power.
Resources to support involvement in research | ARC South London (nihr.ac.uk)
The Co-Production Collective
The Co-Production Collective Resource Library
The Social Care Institute for Excellence webpages on co-production (Co-production | SCIE)
Think Local Act Personal
UK Standards for Public Involvement (INVOLVE)
National Institute for Health and Care Research webpages (including information about payment)
Involving and engaging carers in research
NIHR public contributor payment policy
NIHR payment guide for organisations
NIHR Payment guide for researchers looking to include public involvement
NIHR Learning for Involvement
Public Involvement in Social Care Research
Research Design Service Public Involvement West Midlands also include lots of helpful links and information about public involvement in research such as how to apply for funding to include public contributors in your research bid.
Research in Wider Care and Communities
Social care resources
Examples of participatory research networks
Community Research and Engagement Network (COREN - NIHR)
University of Sheffield Participatory Research Network
University of Glasgow Public Engagement Network
Working with the voluntary sector to improve public involvement (learningforinvolvement.org.uk) Wessex Public Involvement Network
Public involvement and lay accountability in research and innovation West Midlands (PILAR)
University of Birmingham Adult Social Care Cluster & Lived Experience Panel