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.
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.
On 30th June, we officially launched the Community Change Lab! Read the full recap to hear how a passionate group of people with lived-experience, practitioners, and academic partners came together to shape the future of inclusive co-research. Click the below to read the launch story or you can read though the launch event report and resources.
