We’re looking for two people with lived experience of occupational therapy, or who have cared for someone who accessed occupational therapy, to join our Panel. Every year, our Research & Innovation Fund awards grants for occupational therapy research, with recipients decided by the Panel. As part of the group, you’d need to be able to:

• attend one virtual meeting a year for three years
• do some reading beforehand.

We will support you in the role.

As part of their course, students here at UCL undertake projects to design engineering solutions. To improve this aspect of their work and help them garner a better understanding of the real-world challenges people face, we are seeking to reinvigorate this course by involving people who use these technologies.
This will involve in person meeting to help them understand your needs and feedback on their designs and ideas. Please express interest through this form https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/21TdmXuDGN

Our funded study is exploring how charities can better support their paid staff. For example, people employed as wellbeing coaches, mental health workers and social prescribers. This is because if staff are well-supported, this ensures better quality services for people accessing help. We have a service user Experts by Experience group. The group meets online every 6 months with occasional tasks between meetings. We are looking for about 4 additional people to join the group. We are especially looking for young people (under 24s), older people and men. This is to fill gaps we currently have on our group. People ideally need to have experience of receiving help from charities. If you are interested, please contact the research lead (Alexis Foster- alexis.foster@sheffield.ac.uk) and we will send a short expression of Interest form that needs completing to apply to join the group.

This online stakeholder event will bring together ICU clinicians, ICU survivors, and family members to share and discuss a supportive care model developed from family interviews following withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in adult ICUs. Feedback from participants will be used to refine the model and co-produce practical recommendations to improve family support and end-of-life decision-making in ICU.

We are inviting parents/carers of children with eczema to join two online workshops. You will talk about your experiences of supporting your child’s eczema and mental health and what has or hasn’t helped. Through group discussions and simple activities, you will help guide future research and create clearer information for families and services.

The MRC-NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme is looking for a public reviewer to comment on an application currently under consideration. The ideal person will have lived experience of severe pregnancy sickness.

Up to 8 adult individuals with lived experience, as a patient or carer, of asthma who would be willing to read through draft documents that have been prepared for people interested in taking part in the study and giving feedback on how clearly the information has been written and presented.

The UNITE study aims to understand and improve how blood tests are discussed in primary care (GP).

We are looking for people to join a PPIE panel. The panel will meet 3 times a year over the project duration (3-4 years) to advise on the research design and sharing the research findings.

Panel members will be involved in designing resources for primary care staff and patients to help improve communication about blood tests.

The 3rd year of the project involves in-person workshops in London.

If you are interested, please complete the form linked above.