Welcome to the Shared Learning Group on Involvement and Charities Research Involvement Group

We aim to enable shared learning about the involvement of people with lived experience between charities working in the UK. Our main Shared Learning Group looks at involvement across all areas. We also have a Charities Research Involvement Group.

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Latest Meeting Summaries

Shared Learning Group on Involvement

Meeting Held 4 June, 2025

Our main discussion topic for this meeting was induction and training for people with lived experience. Thanks to colleagues at Milestones Trust for sharing their experience about this. We also explored the use of AI in an involvement context.

Charities Research Involvement Group

Meeting Held 10 June, 2025

Our main focus for this meeting was promoting diversity in research involvement. In addition to sharing experience of what members are doing, we heard from Bhuvan Majmudar from Egality about what’s happening beyond the CRIG.

We also heard from James Downs, who talked about his involvement in a mental health trial that was supported by Mind.