Resources on involvement - Shaping Our Lives

About Resources

Shaping Our Lives produces research and reports into involving diverse communities in policy, planning and delivery of services. You can access our catalogue of reports, dating back to 1996, below. You can sort or search them by name, date of publication or type of report.

If you’d like to read our latest news or our regular blogs, visit our latest announcements page.

Latest Reports

The Future of Social Care – book launch and webinar

A free webinar and book launch for The Future of Social Care: From Problem to Rights-based sustainable solution

Download the captions for the meeting

My Voice Matters – a guide for people who want to share their lived experience

September 2023

The My Voice Matters guide is designed to help you understand the power and benefits of sharing your lived experience.

Download the guide (PDF)Download the guide (Word)

Who we are and how we can help you

June 2023

If you'd like to know more about Shaping Our Lives, please download our leaflets about what we do and how we can help you.

Download Who we are leaflet (PDF)Download Who we are leaflet (Word)Download How we can help you leaflet (PDF)Download How we can help you leaflet (Word)

Match making in research: Practical reflections on partnerships between user-led organisations and universities

February 2023

Download Matchmaking in Research (Word doc)Download A quiet revolution - exploring user-led research (Word doc)

Reaching out to Deaf and Disabled People in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

February 2023

This short guide provides some headline tips for Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs) who provide services for Deaf and Disabled people from all communities.

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Venue accessibility checklist

December 2022

Download our handy checklist for ensuring venue accessibility when organising inclusive events and conferences.

Download checklist for venues (Word doc)Download visual reminder sheet (PNG image)

Shaping Our Lives Statement on Involvement payments

January 2023

Shaping Our Lives supports making involvement payments to people who share their experiences of using health and social care services. This is our statement detailing our position on this.

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Thinking Outside the (Tick)box November 2022 – Conference outputs

December 2022

In November 2022 Shaping Our Lives held the UK's first user-led inclusive involvement conference. Here you can download the speaker notes and discussion notes.

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)

Dr Colin Cameron

The Disabled People’s Movement in Britain: A Short History

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An interview with Peter Beresford to mark 20 years of Shaping Our Lives

May 2022

In this interview, our current Co Chair Peter Beresford talks about the history of Shaping Our Lives, our achievements, our challenges, and what we hope for in the future.

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