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There you are! 😎

#SummerReading sorted 😎📚

On my way home from a great #ICIC26. And an extremely Brummie sight on my way back to the station: Iron Man in the rain 🤘☔

Six people sitting on a conference stage in front of a screen showing the title 'How can lived experience challenge policy and shape strategy?'

"Feedback is not the same as #CoProduction" @jacoblant.bsky.social @nationalvoices.bsky.social at #ICIC26 plenary on how #LivedExp can challenge #IntegratedCare can challenge & shape strategy & policy.

"I mean who talks in the language of 'pathways'?". Love the idea of person-shaped rather than person-centered care.
@clentonf.bsky.social #ICIC26

If you're at #ICIC26 and interested in #YouthInvolvement #ParticipatoryResearch #CoProduction and/or #PublicInvolvement do say hello or connect on the conference app.

@annetteboaz.bsky.social

@herts.ac.uk @hertsresearch.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social @kathevans2.bsky.social @dtrivedi.bsky.social @helenabnett.bsky.social @lucybray9.bsky.social @joshharsant.bsky.social

A conference stage with three drummers and a screen with logos and the words "ICIC official opening ceremony"

Louca-Mai in front of a screen showing a digital poster

A conference poster in the PANELS project

Looking forward to a busy few days at #ICIC26 - a packed and exciting programme on all things #IntegratedCare. Also great to see our #PANELS poster on display.

one of the things i've written about participation i am most proud of and its FREE to read
@GdnPolitics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Youth sociologist @juliuselster.bsky.social & participatory research specialist Ama Agyeman have created a toolkit for practitioners, researchers and organisations interested in working WITH young people when developing projects and research.
repository.londonmet.ac.uk/11305/
#ParticipatoryResearch

1/3 The Interim Report of the Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism, reinforces what we have long known that common mental health conditions and psychological distress have increased amongst young people. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69cbdb...

Ryan is our young peron lead on our SPROCKET hub to improve services for children and young people with complex health needs

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Greater Manchester school library censorship: who is accountable? - Index on Censorship Now that Lowry Academy has been publicly named, Index has written a follow-up to last week's book banning story

In case you missed it, we published an update on the Manchester school library story @indexoncensorship.org

Including plenty of completely outrageous details.

www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/grea...

I'm really glad I was able to get at least one of my teenagers along and show him that there are still good people in the world and things we can do to improve it. Not easy to remember this sometimes

It really was so peaceful and friendly wasn't it? A bit of much-needed sunshiny Spring solidarity 🌞🌼✊

A large, dense crowd of protesters fills the frame, many carrying placards and banners. In the upper center, a banner reads "St Albans TOGETHER Against Racism & the Far Right." The foreground and middle ground are dominated by large, bold white text overlaid on the image that reads "HALF A MILLION STRONG," with a smaller "TOGETHER" logo above it. Various smaller signs are visible throughout the crowd, including some with "Refugees Welcome" and others supporting different unions and causes. The overall scene conveys a large-scale political demonstration or march.

Today, we’re showing up.

For our neighbours.
Our friends.
Our family.

And anyone who has been scapegoated by the far-right.

Half a million strong. Together.

This is just the beginning.

#Together

#Together

View of crowds of people with placards at a large demo

A procession of Extinction Rebellion Protestors dressed in red robes and headdresses

View of people with placards at a large demo, one including saying 'Love thy neighbour'

So many people and such a great atmosphere at the @togetheralliance.bsky.social anti-racism demo.

Just a shame it was impossible to get into Trafalgar Square for the rally at the end.

Spring has sprung 🌼🌱
#MyddletonHouse #Enfield

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

📣 #CallForPapers: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry special issue: Children & #YoungPeople's Involvement in #MentalHealth Services & Research 📰

Deadline for submissions 09/26.
More info (scroll down for call info): journals.sagepub.com/home/ccp

#MentalHealthResearch #PPI #Participation

📣 Children and young people as a priority focus for neighbourhood teams is an important step forward! See our statement on the publication of the Neighbourhood Health Framework by Department of Health and Social Care, as part of their goal to bring health and care close to home: buff.ly/N1incIG

@coprocollective.bsky.social @ayph.bsky.social @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social @vanessapinfold.bsky.social @emma-sparrow.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @annafreudcharity.bsky.social @lucybray9.bsky.social @dtrivedi.bsky.social @joshharsant.bsky.social pls share 🙏

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

📣 #CallForPapers: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry special issue: Children & #YoungPeople's Involvement in #MentalHealth Services & Research 📰

Deadline for submissions 09/26.
More info (scroll down for call info): journals.sagepub.com/home/ccp

#MentalHealthResearch #PPI #Participation

Hey folks! Just moving over here from that other place and looking to re/build connections in
#AdolescentHealth
#SexualHealth
#Evaluation
#ParticipatoryApproaches
#PublicInvolvement
#SystemsThinking

Very much so and I hope we can do so more/again soon 😊

After a hectic few months at work & home this break from normal routine has also been a really necessary chance to refresh and reset. As a researcher it's so important, but so rare, to have time for unstructured discussions - but it's so important for starting the seeds of future collaborations 💡 😊

Photo collage with 3 pictures: a shot through an archway to the main quad at Edinburgh university on a rainy day, a selfie of the poster and a young person smiling and a gallery installation of rainbow-coloured threads woven in a spiral winding down several storeys in a stairwell

Making connections & finding threads 🌈🧵
On the train home from a brilliant study visit to @edinburghuni.bsky.social with a a notebook full of exciting ideas & lots of people & things to follow up. Great to meet people incl @fifimorrison.bsky.social @drruthlewis.bsky.social @thebinkshub.bsky.social

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