Why Do People Get Involved?

We believe that everyone has something worthwhile to contribute and we are all working together to ensure that the voices of local people are at the heart of all we do.

Here are some reasons our public members gave for getting involved:

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 Who Can Get Involved?​

Anyone with knowledge and, or experience of Health or Social Care services in our Wessex region, which covers Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset and South Wiltshire.  Your experiences and views to help us shape our research to improve the Health and Social Care services offered.

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How Can You Get Involved?

We have a number of opportunities for public members to be involved in the work of the ARC, these are:

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Public Contributor:

Being a Public Contributor you will become part of our research family and can be involved in some of our locally based research projects.  We will let you know when opportunities to be involved become available via email.  There is no minimum or maximum commitment, you can pick and choose the involvement opportunities as they are offered, depending on your interests and availability.

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Signing up is a simple process which allows us to get to know you a little better.  For more information or an informal discussion please click here to email the Team. (ADD email address)  Alternatively, you can write to the Team at: ARC Wessex, Public Involvement, Southampton Science Park, Innovation Centre, 2 Venture Road, Chilworth, Southampton SO16 7NP

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Public Advisor:

We have a team of public members who have taken on additional roles as Public Advisors.  As well as being involved in the same way as the Public Contributors, Public Advisors work with our research theme teams and support the organisational work (governance) of ARC Wessex, helping to ensure the research we support is relevant to our local communities and meets our objectives (aims/ goals). 

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​ARC Public Involvement Forum

The ARC Public Involvement Forum - or APIF for short, links researchers with public contributors for each other of our research time areas. The areas are: ageing & dementia, healthy communities, long-term, conditions, health systems and workforce, as well as our mental health and social care research hubs.

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Each public contributor or Public Research Champion is part of research theme meetings and is supported by a Staff Link who is normally a member of the research team for that theme.​​​​​​