You're invited to join two exciting community celebration events hosted by the research and innovation team of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.
Join us to learn about how your feedback and involvement can benefit a whole range of research projects and ensure health-related research is tailored to get the best, accurate results from local communities which may not always feel heard.
To help explain how everyone has a role to play in contributing to research, two celebration events are being hosted in March to which all are invited. It marks the culmination of an 18-month research project looking at how under-served communities can be included more systematically in research affecting health services and health provision.
These events offer an excellent opportunity to meet new people, enjoy refreshments and discover how research can make a meaningful difference in all our communities.
The Haven Community Centre
8 Station Road, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, S43 2NL
Thursday 13 March 2025 | 3:30pm – 6:30pm.
The Hub @ Lower Pavement
61 Low Pavement, Chesterfield, S40 1PB
Friday 14 March 2025 | 4pm – 6pm.
Who should attend?
This event welcomes:
- Local residents, families, and friends.
- Health and social care colleagues.
- Anyone interested in research and community engagement.
What to expect?
- Learn about local research opportunities.
- Enjoy complimentary refreshments, including hot & cold drinks, sandwiches, cakes and fruit.
- Watch a short video presentation about the ‘Join in with Research’ project.
- Connect with fellow attendees and build new relationships.
- Participate in our raffle for a chance to win exciting prizes!
Accessibility and support:
- We are committed to making our event accessible to everyone:
- Both venues are wheelchair accessible and designed to be inclusive and safe spaces for all.
If you have specific accessibility needs or require assistance getting to the venue, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.
These events mark the conclusion of an extended research project to look specifically at how to increase research participation in under-served communities. The research and innovation team of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust was awarded a £25,480 grant in September 2024 from the Clinical Research Network/Research Delivery Network enabling them to extend their health inequalities project looking at increasing diversity in research until March 2025. It follows the success of the first phase of their project, for which the team was awarded over £32,000.
Vicky Davison and Tracey Elder originally applied for funding from January 2024 to September 2024 for completion of a public and patient involvement and engagement project. During the first phase of the work, they interviewed 108 people, asking about their experience of research and what the barriers and solutions are to help them to take part.
Since October 2024 the team has been refining their findings into a set of principles or guidelines to begin to support under-served communities to be included in research that can then be tested in Derbyshire. These guidelines will be shared at the celebration events in Chesterfield in March.
Tracey Elder, on behalf of the research and innovation team, said:
“This extra funding has given us the opportunity to continue working with the amazing people we’ve met as part of this project. We hope that many of the same people will join us at the celebration events in March where we can show how their involvement has helped to inform the guidelines we’ve developed to help researchers in the future. The guidelines are designed to ensure researchers are reaching traditionally under-served communities in future research projects, which in turn will lead to service developments which serve people well.”