Early Summer, 2021. I was penning down my proposal for my Master’s Thesis in a clouded state of mind. I could not help but be anxious and worried for the well-being and safety of friends and family, back home in India, who were in the midst of a deadly second wave of COVID-19; possibly one… Continue reading INTERIM Project – Helping Patients Awaiting Surgery
Our medical scepticism project revealed that many individuals in deprived communities have serious reservations about established mainstream healthcare services and professionals. This has raised the issue of how communities can play more of an active role in their own healthcare, whether via becoming more responsible for their health and wellbeing, patient-led initiatives, co-designed treatment plans… Continue reading Urban Innovation and the Future of Healthcare
The 2020s are here in the most unexpected fashion; a global pandemic arrived, bringing a subsequent reliance on technology making the world increasingly remote. Human connection is at a premium and the importance of technology has reached a new level. Our recent ‘Race & Reflectivity’ sessions focussed on this topic, addressing corporate social responsibility and… Continue reading Race and Reflectivity Sessions
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
In May 2020, St Thomas Charity commissioned Centric to understand the impact of Covid-19 on the communities of Lambeth and Southwark in South London. The need was generated because of the emerging ‘medical scepticism’ and apathy of diverse Black and minority groups encountered by the hands of the NHS and its health care system. Centric… Continue reading Medical Scepticism – Case Study
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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