The Community Change lab is an inclusive space where people with learning disabilities plan and conduct research alongside people without learning disabilities. This type of work is sometimes called 'co-design', 'co-research' or 'participatory research'. The research is designed to make change happen, to create innovations to improve people's lives.
The way we will work together is grounded in the People First values:
We will start our research from Cumbria as this is the place where people First is based and we will start our co-research with people with learning disabilities as this builds on existing strengths.
Our team of co-researchers includes:
Our core team six problems that people with learning disabilities experience:
Each problem is unique, but the problems can also add together making a bigger problem. The diagram below shows how they overlap with one another.
