Shaping Our Lives

We're a user-led non-profit, working to ensure everyone can have a say in the services they use.
#InclusiveInvolvementMatters #LivedExperience

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

No one else can tell your story for you.

Your voice matters – sharing your lived experience can make services better, and research more inclusive.

Watch our video and find out more.

#MyVoiceMatters #Inclusion #Involvement

[Vital Xposure Theatre @VitalXposure]

We proudly present our #VXLabs Consultation report with findings and recommendations following our consultation with #disabled, #Deaf and #Neurodivergent artists and partners across #England!

Read and share: https://t.co/1W8YmAe1cL

#Access #Theatre #Intersectionality #Research

[Care Policy and Evaluation Centre @CPEC_LSE]

NEW BLOG: What’s needed to strengthen research-practice collaboration in social care?🤝

@HannahKendrick6, @AnnetteBoaz + @JulietteMalley outline approaches to research engagement + how these can be strengthened in #SocialCare.

READ NOW:👉https://t.co/KeSMktl67a

@Solnetwork1

[National Survivor User Network @NSUNnews]

NSUN has today published a new report exploring experiences of menstruation within psychiatric inpatient settings by survivor researcher @hatporter.

Scroll for a summary of the report and its findings 🧵

https://t.co/R41yuJaEBL

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Accessibility means more than step-free access.

Find out more in our blog: https://t.co/OF1DI9deiX

#inclusion #involvement #accessibility

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Want to make sure your events are accessible and inclusive?

Check out our blog for tips: https://t.co/4HKWDH4t5k

#accessibility #inclusion

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Timing is everything - when it comes to accessibility.

How? Find out on our blog: https://t.co/tUOioTS42P

#accessibility #involvement #inclusion

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

What are the benefits of sharing your lived experience?

Find them on our blog! https://t.co/hzsl4BRAM9

#involvement #LivedExperience

[Co-Production Collective @UCL_CoPro]

In our latest blog the team behind the “Amar Bari Amar Jibon” (My Home, My Life) research study @AmarBariUK, @OpenUniversity and @manik_gopinath, share insights and reflections on how to do effective #coproduction in a multicultural context.
https://t.co/8hmR9xUf0o

[Sam (Flower Girl) Jennings @flowergirl_lon]

An unstaffed station, is an inaccessible station.

We must not let de-staffing happen, they’re coming back for schedule 17 on the railway which will only end in scenarios like this being commonplace & accessibility will be long gone.

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Your lived experience is valuable - would you like to use it to make services better and research more inclusive?

Find out how: https://t.co/3O0Y9j6t2z

#MyVoiceMatters #LivedExperience #Involvement

[NIHR Involvement @NIHRinvolvement]

“Being involved in this project has given me a purpose beyond my caring responsibilities.”

Read this blog from Jude, Karen & Lindsey about their project to improve experiences of care through diversifying lived experience representation: https://t.co/wl4tuoWXj5

@ARC_NWL

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Lyla is conducting a study on wellbeing and burnout among disability activists. She is interested in your views if you are a disability activist working or volunteering in disability rights or disability justice in England. You can access the survey here: https://t.co/FwSzjTZozp

[National Survivor User Network @NSUNnews]

While much has been gained in the "lived experience movement", there are still people who are neither able or willing to participate, largely due to issues of access and power.

@cbuckler_ explores the complexities of claiming community in their new report:https://t.co/f5rgYmm49F

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Looking for a new job working with people with lived experience? Check out these #involvement + co-production #jobs inc roles with:

@TurningPointUK
@RoyalFreeNHS
@unibirmingham
@BritishRedCross
@IslingtonBC
@CBFnd
and more!

Find your new job today: https://t.co/Vu8GkhOhIz

[Peter Beresford @BeresfordPeter]

for a different way of thinking about our mental wellbeing check this out

[Chloe Apter (she/her) @ChloeSApter]

@ButWhoEls @Solnetwork1 has an involvement opportunities board & an involvement jobs board for roles in this kind of area - both are great!

https://t.co/wtXkPpXpfc

https://t.co/9LmOvkXwwa

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

@ChloeSApter @ButWhoEls Thank you!

[NIHR Involvement @NIHRinvolvement]

Are you looking to involve patients and the public in your research but aren’t sure how to start?

Take a look at the resources that could help you get started: https://t.co/AprXGZt7qf

[Dr Andrew Grundy PhD (acgrundy.bsky.social) @acgrundy]

Really excited that our new Lived Experience Research Fellow roles @MentalHealthPRU are now open for applications.

More details here:
https://t.co/qEpNbBSPvw

Please help spread the word!

[Social Work England @SocialWorkEng]

This next session at #SocialWorkWeek2024 will be led by the international network PowerUs and discuss how we can meet the global aims for social work.

With @OpenUniversity @lunduniversity @uniofeastanglia @TISSpeak and @Solnetwork1

https://t.co/lrx86hjgET