Update on Involvement
Foillowing feedback from the East of England network event, where delegates queried the duplication of Involvement with other projects, the project has written an article clarifying the aims of Involvement, which can be read below.
For further information on Involvement visit www.oneeastmidlands.org.uk/involvementeast.
Not reinventing the wheel
Involvement aims to bridge the gap in the participation agenda by sharing best practice tools and resources and offering a platform for people to interact and share experiences.
Penny Gibbs, East Midlands Navigator, explains: “We know a lot of organisations do excellent engagement, and have useful resources. We also know that some organisations need some help connecting with the right people, or need help finding a more consistent approach when it comes to involving patients or the public. Involvement can help support people do better engagement, by offering advice, information and a chance to connect with colleagues or like-minded people.
“During our networking sometimes people believe similar work is already happening elsewhere. We have no intent on duplicating great work that is already available; however we are keen to highlight this work and share it with colleagues online and face to face. Our vision is for Involvement to be the one-stop shop for people to gather information, resources and contacts to support engagement.”
Here are a few other organisations or groups who intend to involve people and what they do – this will begin Involvement’s organisational directory of useful contacts for everyone to share online:
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Organisation |
Aim |
Funding/ Support |
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National Institute of Clinical Health Research (NHS/DoH) |
It supports active public involvement in the NHS, public health and social care research. |
NHS / Department of Health |
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Mencap |
It is a three-year project about how to creatively involve people with profound and multiple learning disabilities in decision making. |
Renton Foundation & British Institute of Learning Disabilities |
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Involve |
Looks at internal communications and employee engagement. |
Private company |
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IPA |
The IPA is Britain’s leading organisation delivering partnership, consultation and employee engagement in the workplace. It offers a similar to that of a Union |
Non-profit organisation |
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Involve |
Involve is a think tank and charity specialising in public participation. Involve supports organisations, politicians and public officials to transform the way they engage with citizens. |
Charity |
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Involve – Business and Community Engagement |
It designs and delivers bespoke employee volunteering projects that support organisations’ corporate social responsibility agendas. |
Private business |
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NHS Citizen |
It is a project that aims to answer a question: what is the best way for NHS England to take into account the views of all the public when it makes decisions? |
NHS |
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NHS Participation Academy (links to the Transforming participation in health care guidance) |
NHS England |
NHS England is developing a Participation Academy for people who want to explore their roles as patients and community leaders in health care. |
NHS |
You can upload useful contacts, such as above, or good examples of best practice whether it is a case study, tool or guide which you feel is worth sharing and rate others online – log onto Involvement and search the resource library.