Partnership research: researchers with and without learning difficulties working together
2006 Conference
In 2005 a group of 20 researchers with and without learning difficulties came together for three residential workshops to learn — from each other — about how to plan research together. At the workshops we worked together designing, planning and piloting research projects ‘in partnership’. We held a small conference in June to tell people about the work we had been doing together.
The project, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, was extended so we could hold a final residential workshop looking at funding for research. We invited ten extra people (with experience of obtaining funding) to this workshop, to help us turn our ideas into research proposals.
The presenters of this paper attended all of the workshops and conference. Our paper will talk about our experiences of working together.
Authors
Boxall ~ Kathy
Kathy Boxall is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociological Studies at Sheffield University where she is responsible for service user involvement in the Social Work programmes. Kathy has a particular interest in the social model of disability and its relevance to research with people with learning difficulties.
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Melanie Chapman is the North West People in Research Forum facilitator. She also works as Research Associate for Manchester Learning Disability Partnership, part of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Her PhD (by publication) was on involving people with learning disabilities and health and social care practitioners in research.
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