Outside In Researchers

Are you interested in undertaking participatory research?

Two members of Outside In – the lived experience/service user and carer focus group at Wrexham University, have recently developed research capacity in planning, facilitating and analysing focus group discussions within a participatory, qualitative research project. 

Their backgrounds and interests include: 

Tim’s background is in physiotherapy – he is particularly interested and knowledgeable in this field both from a professional and lived experience perspective. Tim has a wealth of lived experience and knowledge as a service recipient from multiple agencies and professionals within the health and social care sectors including medical consultants, surgical teams, radiologists, speech and language therapists, nurses, occupational therapists and social workers. Tim is disabled; he uses a wheelchair and lives with enduring illness and pain. Tim is also interested in research exploring environmental issues and/or adopting poetry. 

Sandra has an extensive background running a variety of community projects, play schemes and youth clubs within her local community. This has included a role as chair of the Communities First Programme and director of Community House – a community café. Sandra is particularly interested in exploring the connections between children’s mental health and play. Sandra has extensive lived experience of caring for family members and challenging institutional abuse and poor social work practice. As a result, she has well-formed knowledge around what makes a competent social worker and more broadly, what constitutes professional skills. Sandra has experiential knowledge of living with diabetes, being an older person and navigating mobility issues. 

Please feel free to contact Tim and Sandra to discuss whether they could be involved in your research on:

Tim: timwynn23@gmail.com
Sandra: smwbryn@hotmail.co.uk 

If you would like to discuss your ideas with me first you can contact me on: louise.bosanquet@wrexham.ac.uk

Louise Bosanquet, PhD Researcher in Social Work