Tap into the power of 'if'
The Ideas Fund is a grants programme run by the British Science Association and funded by Wellcome, which supports more equitable community-researcher collaboration with a focus on mental wellbeing
Sharing the value of community-led research partnerships
Since we funded our first mental wellbeing projects in 2021, we’ve learned a lot about the impact that community-led collaboration with researchers can have. We’re now working closely with some of these projects to really build the evidence around the types of impact these partnerships are having.
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Our story so far
We’ve tested ways of funding projects flexibly, using a place based approach that prioritised supporting ideas with potential from groups embedded in their communities. We’re now focused on working alongside our group of funded projects to understand how our approach, and their community-researcher partnerships, create change at individual, organisation and systems levels.
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Reflecting on Phase 1 of the Community-led Research Collaboration
As they move into the second phase, the group share their reflections on what they’ve learned together, where they are now and what they’re paying attention to as they begin testing a community-led funding model in Phase 2.
What if...everything changed?
Our Grants and Learning Manager, Jill, shares some reflections from our recent gathering of the Evidence Building Grant partners in Manchester.
Introducing the Community-Led Research Collaboration Core Group
The CLRC brings together nine people from across the UK to reflect on the realities of community-led research and create solutions to actively strengthen the field. In this blog, we introduce the people involved.
