In 2016, the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) reported that BAME people felt less empowered when it comes to obtaining legal advice (Hilborne, 2021). While Selita (2019) noted many people are unlikely to view existing legal salaries and fees as appropriate. Such a gap between client and lawyer can lead to discontent and miscommunication as… Continue reading Supporting Community-Based Organisations to Navigate the Legal Domain
Historically, health research has not considered the experiences of black people and people from other minority ethnic groups, leading to inequitable health insights. At the start of the pandemic, Shaun Danquah and Paul Addae resolved to address this issue. Their aim, in partnership with Impact On Urban Health, was to describe how community research could… Continue reading History and Methods of Community Research – A Literature Review
Centric comprises people with lived experience and upholds a collaborative research ethos for working in partnership with marginalised communities to co-design interventions and services which can minimise risks and offer tangible and innovative solutions in healthcare. Marginalised patient groups are particularly vulnerable to experiencing a variety of patient safety issues which indicate the gaps… Continue reading Marginalisation, Healthcare and Distrust – New Approaches for Supporting Local Authorities
Matty Amartey – Centric Community Researcher I wanted to join Centric as I have a natural interest in the work I heard they are involved in. Their work resonates with my personal life and I feel I have skills that will add value to the team and the work being done. Being a part… Continue reading Matty Amartey – Community Researcher
“If we own our innovation that comes from our cultural nuance, then we could empower ourselves” – Brixton Resident. Researchers going into marginalised communities to research and feedback to institutions, with little or no input or follow-up with those communities, is what Gaudry (2011) coined as the ‘extraction model of research’. Herein, local insights… Continue reading Extraction Models of Research
In many ways, e-scooters, in light of COVID-19 and people’s wish to avoid crowded public transport and be outside in the open air, have been heralded as a commodity providing a number of solutions in the current context. With Transport for London (TfL) aware of this shift in 2021, and the need to adapt… Continue reading E-Scooters, Discrimination and the Urban Metropolis
My experience and engagement with community research (CR) methods began between 2003 to 2010 while working on the Clapham Park Project. The programme was ineffective until the community were placed at the forefront of the work, consistently, from top to bottom. I realised that you can’t really help the community effectively without including them meaningfully.… Continue reading Bringing the power of upskilling to our people
After some initial meetings, we then decided to formulate a piece of research which combined academic rigour with community-based nuances related to health within parts of the urban locale which possess health narratives and activities often regarded as being under-the-radar. The particular locale which we wanted to focus on was Brixton, South London, due… Continue reading Health Activism in Brixton
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