Training
Do you want to better engage and involve under-served communities with research?
The RViR partnership is offering half-day online workshops for researchers based in the UK.
This training will introduce you to the RViR approach, an evidence and community-based model for community engagement that will empower you to design and develop inclusive research, moving from research-led to community-led.
Using a mix of group work and interactive exercises, we will focus on how to identify and address barriers for meaningful participation. We will also explore how to use creative and inclusive approaches in your research, and how to evidence the impact and benefit of involvement across the research life cycle.
RViR Training is entirely co-produced with the public. It draws on insights from communities that reflect diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, gender identity, LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, those seeking sanctuary and those with mental health and other long-term conditions.
While our focus to date has been on engagement in health and social care research, our model can also be applied to research in a range of other areas.
RViR training runs a few times a year with capacity for around 15-20 people. Please see below for details regarding our next session. We can also offer more bespoke in-person training for organisations. If this is of interest to you, please contact [email protected] to discuss arrangements and costs.
Upcoming training session
Developing Community Led Research
Date & Time To Be Confirmed, online
Join this half-day online training session. Our courses are perfect for researchers, whether you work in a university, public sector or voluntary, charity and social enterprise sectors.
What you will learn:
Delivered by the Raising Voices in Research (RViR) partnership, this interactive workshop introduces a proven, community-led model for engagement that will empower you to design and develop inclusive research: moving from research-led to community-led. You’ll gain practical tools and insights to:
- Identify and address barriers for meaningful participation
- Apply creative and inclusive methods in your research
- Evidence the impact of community involvement across the research lifecycle
- Your role in creating inclusive research environments, learning from each other and our experiences.
RViR is entirely co-produced with diverse communities, including those with lived experience of mental health challenges, neurodiversity, sanctuary seeking, and more. This means that our training is grounded in real-world perspectives and designed to be applicable across sectors
To register your interest, please contact [email protected]
RViR Training for Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise Organisations
We have adapted the RViR Researcher Training for VCSEs. Building upon our RViR work of demystifying research, the training aims to develop VCSEs capacity to work with researchers to co-design research projects, supporting their ability to participate in involvement opportunities.
The training has core elements that are adapted to the needs of participants, therefore we run a foundation and advanced edition. Our next foundation training will run in October 2026. If you are a VCSE, please contact [email protected] for more information or to book your place.