Are you interested in taking part in one of our workshops but are not sure what these entail? You’ve come to the right place!
We are holding workshops where we (the research team) plan community events together with people aged 55 and over. We have four locations where we aim to hold events and we will hold one planning workshop per area. We expect the workshops to take place in February – May 2022.
Our four locations are: Tewkesbury (remote participation open to people in Birmingham and Newcastle), Cardiff, Glasgow and Belfast.
The workshop will be an informal meeting (online or in person) lasting up to 2 hours where we discuss ideas and draft a plan for a community event together. We will share the results of a short questionnaire we have been using to ask people their preference about community involvement activities with you via email (or post) before the meeting. This is to show what activities people have said they prefer, to give some indication of what we could do in the community events. In the meeting we will discuss:
- Where you would prefer to hold the community event: in person (if safe to do so) or online
- What activities the event should include and how to organise these
- How to invite people to join us
The workshops will be a place for open conversation. You are welcome to pitch ideas or critique our suggestions, it’s completely up to you. We think everyone is an expert based on their own experiences so feel free to share your views with us.
There will be a maximum of 10 people attending the meeting in addition to the research team. We will offer compensation for your time preparing (max 0.5h) and attending (max 2h) the meeting. Compensation will be in the form of high street vouchers for the value of £20 per hour (£10 for 0.5h).
Whether the meeting will take place online or in person is up to you – and also public health advice at the time. We will also try to accommodate mixed meetings if relevant so that some people attend in person and others join virtually through Zoom video calling. You can view a brief Zoom guidance here.
If you have any further questions you can post a comment below or get in touch with us directly. Our contact details can be found here.