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A training programme for organisations working with people with lived experience. This inclusive training builds practical research and evaluation skills to help people with lived experience shape projects, influence change, and amplify voices in health, care, and community services.

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Small Supports: The need for a bespoke solution

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A range of research, webinar recordings and articles on person-centred support solutions for people in secure, forensic, and mental health in-patient units.
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A review of advocacy

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In depth research about advocacy for people with a learning disability and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health, learning disability or autism specialist hospitals.
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Bringing People Together - Learning Partner

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Research that explores and seeks to understand what works and what doesn't for different communities and different contexts.
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200 Lives

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Research into residential and supported living for adults with learning disabilities, focusing on inclusion, support, and wellbeing.

Talking Inclusion podcasts

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Talking about what matters, inclusion, community, change and rights.

It's not rocket science

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A report informed by autistic experience and by what autism ‘feels like from the inside’ from children and young people in a CAMHS inpatient environment.
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Rewriting the narrative

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Lessons about inclusion from autistic adolescent girls who stop attending school.
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Use the Inclusion Web

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Understand the Inclusion Web

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More than 1,000 conversations reveal early insights from Qrios

September 8, 2026
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Discover early insights that evidence wellbeing pressures, the value of prevention and how local areas can invest where it matters most.
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Launching our new strategy at a defining moment for social care

August 6, 2026
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As social care reform takes centre stage, discover how our new strategy is driving inclusion, voice and system change.
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Approaching mental health differently

February 17, 2026
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Lauren Blood and George Evans share insights from their Barnwood Trust research, exploring social approaches to mental health and lived‑experience leadership.

Research about community hubs

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Learn about community hubs and how they make wellbeing accessible and local. Independent research, published February 2026.
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Celebrating impact

December 16, 2025
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Discover a few of our highlights from 2025, which demonstrate impact on inclusion, rights, and positive change.

How to make a case for supported internships

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Discover how to build a strong business case for supported internships in this recorded webinar. Includes expert insights, local authority examples, and practical tools to support planning and advocacy.

The effect of strengths-based care

October 27, 2025
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Discover more about strengths-based care and Community Led Support through this research article published in October 2025 in the European Journal of Ageing.

Evaluation of the Shared Lives Mental Health Project

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Evaluation of the Shared Lives Mental Health Project on behalf of Shared Lives Plus.

Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities in England - Policy Brief

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Reasearch about coronavirus and people with learning disabilities.

Small steps on a long journey to health equality – NHS 111 and LeDeR

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Research on the impact on how people with learning disabilities and autistic people use NHS111.

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