Join Our Lived Experience Group
Do you have life experiences and perspectives that may be different to what organisations currently receive?
Are you are interested in occasionally being involved in paid consumer research?
Being involved in research studies can be a great source of personal growth as it offers an opportunity to use and reframe their, often traumatic, lived experience in a positive way.
Read about how our Neurodivergent Lived Experience Group is helping to shape how digital content is made Usable for Neurodiverse People with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities by encouraging the use of the Cognitive Accessibility Guidance (COGA) in conjunction with WCAG.
Who can become a member?
We’re looking for members who have experience of:
- Recent repeated contact with the criminal justice system, including police, courts, prisons or probation
- Children and young people’s services, including looked-after and child protection services
- Being dyslexic, dyspraxic or have dyscalculia (difficulty with words, spatial concepts or numbers)
- Being in the Armed Forces
- Sexual assault services
- Being neurodivergent or neurovariant (including dyslexia, ADHD, and autism)
- Experiencing problems such as mental ill health, substance abuse, domestic violence/abuse or homelessness
Why get involved?
- Members enjoy meeting and collaborating with others, and this creates a strong sense of community.
- It’s an opportunity to use your knowledge and experience of the criminal justice system to directly influence decisions that are made about the system.
- It also provides the chance to learn new skills, build your confidence, and move onto new opportunities.
- Have your opinion heard during research
- Receive payment for certain research projects
