Current projects
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Learning from and Enhancing Disabled People’s Christian Leadership
Find out more about this project: Learning from and Enhancing Disabled People’s Christian LeadershipTraditionally, disabled people have not been seen as leaders in faith communities. In two past research projects with disabled Christians…
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The Complaints Project
Find out more about this project: The Complaints ProjectThe Complaints project is about experiences of local authority adult social care complaints. We know that making a complaint can…
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Minority Interests
Find out more about this project: Minority InterestsThis NIHR funded project came out of the 200 Lives and Small Margins projects, and is being led by Changing…
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Digital Lifeline project
Find out more about this project: Digital Lifeline projectThe Digital Lifeline project explores the experiences of people with learning disabilities who received digital tablets during the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Care Act Assessments and Intimate Lives
Find out more about this project: Care Act Assessments and Intimate LivesSex, intimacy, love and relationships are central to wellbeing, yet they are not always in Care Act needs assessments. The…
Completed projects
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Spinning Plates
Find out more about this project: Spinning PlatesCarers talk about the satisfaction and joy they take in their caring relationships, but they also experience many practical difficulties…
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AEBCD Loneliness
Find out more about this project: AEBCD LonelinessLocal authorities need to find new ways of collecting and using data on social care users’ experiences to improve service…
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SAAIL Supporting Autistic Adults’ Intimate Lives
Find out more about this project: SAAIL Supporting Autistic Adults’ Intimate LivesSupporting Autistic Adults’ Intimate Lives is a participatory study exploring how adult social care in England can better support autistic…
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Medications and My Mental Health
Find out more about this project: Medications and My Mental HealthResearch team: Sue Caton, Jodie Bradley, Dawn Cavanagh, Umesh Chauhan, Vicky Farnsworth, Chris Hatton, Christine Hutchinson, Mark O’Farrell, Alison Owen,…
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Witness to Harm
Find out more about this project: Witness to HarmThere are 13 regulators in the UK which ensure over 1.5m health and social care professionals practise safely and act…
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Coronavirus and People with Learning Disabilities
Find out more about this project: Coronavirus and People with Learning DisabilitiesThis UK-wide project started in the Covid-19 pandemic, and listened to almost 1,000 people with learning disabilities, family members and…
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Exploring Inquests
Find out more about this project: Exploring InquestsThis project was funded by the Three Guineas Trust and was in collaboration with the charity INQUEST. We interviewed 20…
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Flourishing Lives
Find out more about this project: Flourishing LivesThis project, funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research, used a Capability Approach to try to work beyond…
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Growing Older, Planning Ahead
Find out more about this project: Growing Older, Planning AheadThis NIHR funded project explored the experiences of older people with learning disabilities and family carers. The project was led…
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200 Lives
Find out more about this project: 200 LivesThis NIHR funded project asked 107 adults with learning disabilities living in supported living or residential care about their lives…