Northumberland Head Injury Service employs one of the only NHS peer support workers for brain injury in the country. We are developing research to evaluate this role and need a PPIE Co-Lead with lived experience of brain injury (yours, or as a carer) to help shape the study design and interpretation. Paid role, approx. 2.5-3% FTE. Expression of interest by 14/10/2026.

Please see attached summary for more study details. We would like to invite you to a group meeting with the study lead who will present more details of the study and the planned PPI activities. Specifically, people with experiences of an emergency diagnosis. As well as an opportunity to feedback with any thoughts or ideas on the PPI plan, we would be looking to ask one member of the group to act as the PPI lead if the project goes ahead.

We are looking for two members of the public with personal experience of therapy to join our Strategic Research Collaboration and Development Group.
Through this unique opportunity you will draw upon your lived experience of counselling, psychotherapy and/or coaching to critically engage in discussions that will inform the development and delivery of BACP’s research strategy.

For more information and details of how to apply please see the attachment.

The PPIE group will be involved in the development of several research funding applications. These funding applications are being led by researchers from the School of Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast (Dr Lisa Graham-Wisener and Dr Phoebe McKenna-Plumley), alongside their colleagues. The PPIE group will ensure that this research is relevant and designed with consideration of real experiences of palliative and end-of-life care.

The PROFOUND Study aims to understand which aspects of hospital care are most important and help develop greater agreement about how patients with these injuries should be treated.
If you choose to take part, you will be asked to:
• Complete two online questionnaires
• Spend around 10 minutes on each questionnaire
• Complete the questionnaires at two different stages of the study
• Share your views about which aspects of care you think are most important

The NIHR PECD service are looking for up to 8 adult individuals with direct experience of depression to participate in this opportunity, who would be willing to attend an insight session online via Zoom.

We’d love to hear from people who have:

• been invited to join a clinical trial – whether you said yes or no (especially if you decided not to take part); OR
• been a public contributor to a clinical trial.

We’re looking for people from a range of backgrounds. When you get in touch, please tell us about your experience and, if comfortable, your age, gender, ethnic background and occupation/employment status.

There will be 2–3 virtual meetings, 1–1.5 hours each, from September–December 2026.

​Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026

​Time: 10:30 to 3pm

​Location: Prince Philip House, Westminster, London

​The day will begin with a panel discussion, followed in the afternoon by 3 workshops running in parallel.

We want everyone to have all the information that they need when they are deciding whether or not to take part in health and social care research.

We're working on new resources that will make sure that people have a clear understanding of how they can expect to be treated in research and the safeguards in place to ensure this is the case.

We would like to hear about your recent experiences of receiving care for gum disease, including any advice you were given and any changes you made to your daily habits. Your experiences will help us understand what makes it easier or more difficult for people to follow recommended treatments for gum disease in NHS dental practices.
To take part, you must have received treatment for gum disease at an NHS dental practice in North East London within the last two years.