December 2022

In November 2022 Shaping Our Lives held the UK’s first user-led inclusive involvement conference. With attendees both online and in-person we listened to a variety of speakers talking about service user experiences and aspects of intersectionality. Afternoon discussions focused on various aspects on inclusive involvement including:

• Building trust and meaningful involvement
• Intersectionality
• We are not heard to reach

Here you can download the speaker notes and discussion notes. We will upload more when they are ready.

You can also read our top tips for organising inclusive and accessible events on our blog.

We are not hard to reach article (Word)Download the speaker notes from the conference (Word)Building trust, making it meaningful discussion notes (Word)Download notes from Zebra Access (PDF)Download Slides from Zebra Access (Powerpoint)Download poetry from the conference (Word)Intersectionality and Involvement article (Word)