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

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

It's Invisible Disabilities Week!
Here are four tips for making involvement inclusive.
Image description: Green and teal graphic with photos of people taking part in discussions. Four tips: ask what helps, offer choice and flexibility, share information early and build in breaks.

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Follow us on social media!

Image description: Green and teal Shaping Our Lives graphic showing its LinkedIn, Facebook, X and Instagram accounts, website address and a smiling woman holding a smartphone.

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

We are excited to relaunch our social media channels!

#ShapingOurLives #InclusiveInvolvement #DisabilityInclusion #HaveYourSay

Image description: A Shaping Our Lives graphic in green and teal, featuring the organisation's logo and three people smiling and talking together.

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Thinking of joining our team? Deadline extended!

We have extended the dealdine for the Head of Operations role - send your applications by 23:59 on Tuesday 21st July 2026!

You can find all the details about the role on our website: https://t.co/Q5tIHQO3yS

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Thinking of joining our team? Applications close at midnight!

We are recruiting for two roles – Head of Operations and Communications and Marketing Officer.

More details on our website: https://t.co/uSZc4qg3xK

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Thinking of joining our team? One week left to apply!

We are recruiting for the two roles – Head of Operations and Communications and Marketing Officer. More details on our website: https://t.co/uSZc4qg3xK

[Shaping Our Lives @Solnetwork1]

Are you looking for the flexibility of a home-based role in a dynamic organisation bringing about positive social change?

We are recruiting for the two roles – Head of Operations & Communications and Marketing Officer.
More details on our website: https://t.co/uSZc4qg3xK

[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