Research Partners And Funders

 

Research Partners

We are proud to work with the following partners for some of our most recent projects.

You only leave once? Transitions and outcomes for care leavers with mental health and/or intellectual disabilities

• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast
• Voypic
• Peer Researchers

Supported decision-making: experiences, approaches and preferences

• Mencap NI
• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast
• Co-researchers

Empowering people through physical activity

• Chest, Heart and Stroke
• Mental Health Foundation
• Platinum Training Institute
• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast
• Co-researchers

Identifying the best approaches for people with a learning disability to influence adult safeguarding and associated policy and legislation

• Association for Real Change, NI.
• Compass Advocacy Network
• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast
• Peer Researchers

Getting involved in research

• Mental Health Foundation
• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast
• School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Ulster University
• Co-researchers

Green and blue spaces: how being outdoors can benefit our mental health?

• Mental Health Foundation
• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast
• IMPACT Research Centre, NHSCT
• Co-researchers

Staff Recruitment, Development and Retention

• IMPACT Research Centre, NHSCT
• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast

Peer Support Work

• IMPACT Research Centre, NHSCT
• Maynooth University
• Peer Advocacy in Mental Health
• Praxis Care
• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast
• Co-researchers

Social Care and Technology

• IMPACT Research Centre, NHSCT
• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University of Belfast

‘Social skills groups’ for autistic people, aged 6 – 21

• University of Connecticut
• Evidence Synthesis Ireland

Prioritising research on the mental health and learning disability needs of those with offending histories

• Northern Health and Social Care Trust
• Extern N. Ireland
• School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast
• School of Psychology, Ulster University
• School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast

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Research Funders

We appreciate the support of the following funders for some of our most recent projects.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

“ESRC is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The ESRC funds research on economic and social issues.”
The ESRC supports “independent, high quality research which has an impact on business, the public sector and civil society.”

Source: ESRC UKRI web page https://esrc.ukri.org/about-us/what-we-do/ (Accessed 12th August 2021).

The ERSC funds our project on Green And Blue Spaces: How Being Outdoors Can Benefit Our Mental Health

Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL)

“DRILL (Disability Research in Independent Living and Learning) was a 5 year programme of research and pilot projects run by, for and about disabled people in the UK between 2015 and 2020. The aim of the project was to create a body of work which explored some of issues affecting disabled people and how they might be resolved.”

Source: DRILL web page: https://www.drilluk.org.uk/ (Accessed 12th August 2021)

DRILL funded our research projects on supported decision-making, physical activity and safeguarding.

HSC Research and Development Division, Public Health Agency (HSC R&D)

HSC R&D “work to support research that provides high quality evidence to improve care for patients, clients and the general population, and adds to our understanding of health, disease, treatment and care. This involves supporting researchers based in Northern Ireland as well as those in Health and Social Care Trusts or other bodies who use the outputs from research findings.”

Source: HSCNI web page: https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/directorates/public-health/hsc-research-and-development-wwwresearchhscninet (Accessed 12th August 2021)

The ‘Getting Involved In Research’ course for people with lived experience was part funded by HSC R&D and DRILL.

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

NIHR “funds, enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people’s health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.”

Source: NIHR web page https://www.nihr.ac.uk/ (Accessed 10^th December 2024)

NIHR funds the ‘prioritising research on the mental health and learning disability needs of those with offending histories’

HSE Office of Mental Health Engagement and Recovery

The ‘international scoping review of peer support work’ was funded by the HSE.