Inspire Women Oldham (Inspiring Futures Partnership CIC)
Advocating for change within research practice to embrace community research methods
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Location
Oldham
Inspiring Futures Partnership CIC is the foundation of Inspire Women Oldham and StrongHer Together. They are passionate about empowering women with mental health challenges. Their mission is to amplify voices, open doors to previously inaccessible spaces, and support women in leading fulfilling lives. In doing so, they inspire others to do the same.
For several years, they have collaborated with researchers from the University of Manchester and the University of Huddersfield to develop, test, and share innovative research methodologies. These efforts focus on empowering women to take active roles in co-creating, leading and shaping research, often through creative activities that explore new ways to pose and answer questions about the world.
We see this as a more empowering and collaborative approach than simply bringing the women into a project as participants; the women are intrinsic in shaping how the research takes place and from the very beginning
In their Evidence Building Grant, they want to spend more time sharing the methods they have been trying out with a wider audience, alongside growing communities of like-minded people. The ambition is for a transformative shift in research practice – for them, this is as much about changing the system as sharing their work. They aim for community-driven research to become the norm, and for people to value a much broader spectrum of voices, methods and approaches in the way research is carried out.
Find out more about the work of Inspiring Futures Partnership