Preventative pelvic floor education transforms women’s lives 💙 With PenARC support, APPEAL is helping reduce long-term pelvic floor problems for women in Devon & beyond. Find out how midwives are changing antenatal care: bit.ly/49707T1 W. Health Innovation South West & @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

#ARCadvent day 🔟: A review co-funded by @arc-gm.bsky.social reveals important insights into physical activity interventions for older adults from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, highlighting key factors that could make these interventions more appealing. arc-gm.nihr.ac.uk/news/news/NE...

Join us for the Public Involvement in Maternal Mental Health Research seminar! 💻 • 20 Jan 2026 • 10:30 AM • Online • Free A great opportunity to hear how researchers and public partners are shaping maternal mental health research together. tinyurl.com/y56c9m24 #PublicInvolvement #CoProduction

Great news! PenARC’s Tom Monks is a recipient of the Goodeve Medal 2025 from the Operational Research Society for a paper on tackling NHS hospital overcrowding. Huge congratulations to Tom and his co-authors on this well-deserved recognition! 🎉 🔗https://bit.ly/4aafr3z

New £1 M fund from to help organisations in SW region make health & care data “research-ready”. Eligible bodies can get £25K-£125K to prepare datasets (records, imaging, genomics, social care, etc.) for secure research. Find more info: tinyurl.com/y9ttunwa #NIHR

❄️🗓️🎀 Count down to the holidays with our popular #ARCadvent calendar from all ARCs across the country! ☃️🎁👉 Follow #ARCadvent from 1-25 December for daily posts unboxing the most clicked-on ARC stories of the year 📧 Join our national newsletter tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

As the #16DaysOfActivism begins, we’re sharing reflections from our event Co-Creating Change, focused on designing domestic abuse services with people with lived experience. tinyurl.com/2s4y85z9 @arcnenc.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #DomesticAbuse #CoProduction #TraumaInformed

The UK Trauma Council has launched Shaping Futures Together e-learning to support better, evidence-based mental health decision-making for children in care. Developed with commissioners and care-experienced young people as part of PenARC's ADaPT project. ▶️More here: bit.ly/48cI0uq

🚨New research from PenARC + Exeter NIHR PRP is helping NHSE understand health inequities in #RareDisease care. The new framework was presented at the launch of the HSS Health Inequalities Toolkit. 📖Read a pre–peer review here: bit.ly/4825jqL #HealthInequalities #NIHR

PenARC has played a key role in developing a new FaME Toolkit to help prevent falls in people aged 65+. The toolkit provides practical guidance for delivering effective community exercise programmes. Learn more: arc-swp.nihr.ac.uk/news/penarc-... #FallsPrevention #AgeingWell

🏠 New NIHR funding for PenARC’s HOPE Project: Optimising health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. The 18-month study brings together researchers, clinicians & people with lived experience to improve access to emergency care. 🔗 bit.ly/3WSbyIz #NIHR

PenARC is proud to be part of #RPySoc2025! 🎉 🗓️ Thu 13 Nov: Dr Dan Chalk – “Total Eclipse of the Excel Chart” 🗓️ Fri 14 Nov: Sammi Rosser – “Reusable by Default” ⚡️Plus lightning talks from our brilliant #HSMA programme graduates! 🔗 bit.ly/43ZGpXq #DataScience

Got a spark of an idea about ageing research?🔥 The Ageing Research Café is a space to talk it through with public contributors who bring fresh and lived perspectives. No presentations, just conversation. 🗓 12 Dec 2025 💻 Online Register → tinyurl.com/3cd6sju3

📢 Join the UK Trauma Council next Thurs 13 Nov (5pm) for the launch of Shaping Futures Together - a free ARC-funded e-learning for commissioners + leaders to improve evidence-based mental health support for children in care. Register 👇 🔗 bit.ly/4qKixAT #ADaPTproject

We’re hosting a Pop-Up Research Café in Plymouth on 7 Nov 11am-2pm! A relaxed space for researchers + community members to talk ideas, share projects, and build partnerships. 📍Methodist Central Hall, PL1 1BA Questions? As Susanne at [email protected]

What a day at the Making Sense of Health Research Workshop💡 A big thanks to everyone who joined us at Buckfast Abbey to learn, share, and make sense of the evidence behind good health and social care decisions. #HealthResearch #EvidenceInPractice #NIHR

❓ What has ARC West achieved since it formed 6 years ago? 👉 Follow #6YearsOfARCWest to find out… In the last 6 years, we have: 👨‍⚕️ Carried out 202 projects 📓 Published 596 papers 👉 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of... #ARCimpacts

Exciting news!🎓 The University of Exeter’s CPD course on Systematic Reviews of Mixed Methods Evidence is back 28–29 Jan 2026. Join experts to explore tools & methods for mixed methods reviews. Early Bird rate until 30 Nov 2025. tinyurl.com/ydb9x7aa #EvidenceSynthesis #ResearchTraining #CPD

🎉Still buzzing about this fab news! Leon Farmer, a PenPEG member, told us: “I have direct experience of how effective, important and valuable (PenARC's) research is to so many patients... & (being involved) is one of the best things I've done in my life.” Thank you Leon! 🩷

📰Exciting news! PenARC has secured £15.5 million from @NIHRresearch to continue vital health research across the SW, improving care for patients and communities. This funding will help us deliver innovations that matter - locally & nationally. 🔗 Link: bit.ly/4nQrcQn

Had a great time at the NIHR Exeter CRF Open Evening! We really enjoyed chatting with the public and sharing our work in clinical research. Big thanks to the Exeter CRF team for organising. Events like this really show the value of community engagement. #ExeterCRF #ClinicalResearch #PenARC #NIHR

📢 We’re live at today’s PenARC, @arcnenc.bsky.social & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social workshop on putting lived experience at the heart of domestic abuse service design. A day of 🛠️ tools, 🎓 training & powerful 💬 voices. #LivedExperienceInAction #DomesticAbuse

📣Webinar Alert! 🗓15 Oct 2025 | 12:00–13:30 l Online 🧩What does impact in PPIE mean? Join us as they explore how impact in Patient & Public Involvement is defined, measured, and experienced. 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/2tcxfjbx #PPIE #NIHR #InclusiveResearch

📢 Free workshop: Making Sense of Evidence 📅 Wed 22nd Oct | 📍 Buckfast Abbey Conf Centre Learn to: ✨ Ask focused questions ✨ Find & appraise health evidence ✨ Apply it in practice 🍴 Lunch & refreshments included Book now: bit.ly/3VJqS9P

🎨Excited to share our reflections from the 2025 Qualitative Research Symposium, held in partnership with Exeter’s QRRG. We explore how creativity, through storytelling, arts, & more, not only enriches qualitative inquiry, but also amplifies real-world impact. Dive in here → bit.ly/4nwCrxs

We've published our blog: 'Inclusive Involvement in Dementia Research Celebrating Collaboration and Launching New Resources', on PenARC’s site. “We were there to learn as well as participate.” Read more and explore: tinyurl.com/5cn28trs #InclusiveInvolvement #DementiaResearch #PatientVoice #PPIE

🚨 Exciting news! PenARC Evidence Synthesis experts are part of #METIUS, a £11.5m @UKRI_News funded project harnessing AI to transform how evidence reaches global policymakers. 🌍📊 Read more 👉 bit.ly/46FMrgs

ARC South London's Leadership Academy is gearing up for 2026! We will open for applications on 6 Oct. You can also attend an online briefing event to find out more about the academy on 8 Oct. 👇 arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/events-train... @cillaharries.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

Register now to join our Introduction to Implementation Science Online Module this October arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/imp-sci-module @nihrarcs.bsky.social

Powerful conversations today at the Inclusive Involvement in Dementia Research Collaboration Event in London, celebrating how #PPIE strengthens inclusivity and impact in dementia research. @nihr.bsky.social #PPIEInAction #InclusiveDementiaResearch

We’re in London today for PenARC’s Inclusive Involvement in Dementia Research Celebration event! A day to celebrate #PPIE, share experiences, and explore how involvement strengthens dementia research. @nihr.bsky.social #PPIEInAction #InclusiveDementiaResearch #NIHR

🚀 Today’s the day! The #WorldAlzheimerReport2025 is live, spotlighting dementia rehabilitation worldwide. Proud to see PenARC’s Prof Linda Clare as co-author of this landmark report. 🔗 www.alzint.org/resource/wor... #DementiaRehabilitation

🎥 Behind the scenes! We’ve been filming today with Bull & Wolf & @swasft.bsky.social about the impact of PenARC's TXA in Trauma project. Stay tuned for the full video 👀 🔗 arc-swp.nihr.ac.uk/research/pro...

📕Great to see PenARC's NOAH project featured in the Infant Journal for neonatal and paediatric healthcare professionals! Read more here: tinyurl.com/mvcwvbk6

🎨Join our webinar 'Building ideas: Using creative and inclusive techniques in research' on 6 Nov 🖍️Discover how creative methods, from LEGO to drawing, can transform research. 🤓Researchers will share practical examples, insights and ethical reflections www.eventbrite.com/e/1691048394...

🫶PenARC are so proud to have supported the amazing NOAH project & to see it win the Best Local Project award at the @bapmofficial.bsky.social Gopi Menon Awards! Well done team! 👶 Read more about the impact of this incredible trial here: bit.ly/41M6zfo

Reminder! A great opportunity coming up from PenARC & @arcnenc.bsky.social! Join the Putting Lived Experience at the Heart of Domestic Abuse Service Design workshop. 📅 3 Oct 2025 | Online ✅ Tools, training & expert panel 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/eXtUVrr7

Great conversations happening at today’s #CommunityRehabResearch showcase in Exeter! Proud to support this event, bringing together AHPs to share knowledge and careers in research. Blog coming soon! #NIHR #RehabilitationResearch @nihr.bsky.social

We’re attending the #RCNresearch2025 today in Exeter, representing PenARC on the @nihr.bsky.social stand. We are excited to showcase our work & show support for nursing-led research across health & care💡 Find us in this sunny spot & find out about our MSE programme, PPIE summer school and more! 🌞

Watch the 2025 national #ARCseminar series exploring the healing power of creative arts: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/news/the-hea... 💃🏾🎷🎵🎭🎤🖌️ Speakers from across the country explored how arts can improve both the wellbeing and involvement in research of different communities.

Read about PenARC Senior Research Fellow, Dr Dawn Swancutt's, £300,000 award for a new study that builds on the well established PROGROUP programme – a group-based treatment for people living with severe obesity in the latest NIHR ARC newsletter!

Yesterday's Channel 4 News exposed serious gaps in NHS support for domestic abuse victims. The RIVA Study, part funded by PenARC, is evaluating healthcare-based IDVAs in maternity care - spotting risk, connecting victims, and saving lives. 🔗More here: bit.ly/45QjtKn

🌟 New Workshop: Putting Lived Experience at the Heart of Domestic Abuse Service Design 📅 3rd Oct 2025 | Online Learn how to meaningfully embed survivor voices in service design. ✅ Tools, training & expert panel 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/eXtUVrr7 #LivedExperience #DomesticAbuse

🚨 Call for participants based in the South West! Have you received TXA (tranexamic acid) after a traumatic injury? We're filming a short video about its life-saving impact and would love to hear your story. 📅 Filming: 16 Sept 📍 Exeter (flexible) 🔗 bit.ly/3V0Qfnn

Exciting news—the DEM-FEST 2025 Report is here! DEM-FEST brought dementia research into communities through 22 events, reaching nearly 1,000 people. From music + art to sport + workshops, it showed how knowledge can truly mobilise. Full report: tinyurl.com/2vbfdjre #DEMfest2025 #DementiaResearch

New episode on our podcast 6 minutes & 9 seconds is all you need to learn about digital components for effective weight loss interventions #obesity #weightloss #digital @penarc.bsky.social @ukaso.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social @obesityalliance.bsky.social bit.ly/45xYGv3

Catch up on the final national #ARCseminar of 2025! Creative arts for #dementia care: arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/event-detail... 🎵🕺🎭 @stephenlim.bsky.social @arcwessex.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social @arcnwc.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social

Our #PPIE Summer School brought together researchers & public contributors worldwide 🌍 Highlights: • Epistemic justice • Learning from when PPIE doesn’t work • Beyond tick-boxes “It filled me with joy!” Blog post👇 tinyurl.com/4zydmpbm #NIHR #PPIE

Explore the August roundup of top stories from all 15 of our Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs): mailchi.mp/nihr/august-... Including the latest research news, resources, blogs, events, training & more from ARCs across the country Join the newsletter: tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

We're proud to see the NOAH Project featured by the BBC! 🎥 👶 Fewer hospital stays 💙 Empowered families 💷 £12m/year potential savings for the NHS Big thanks to Emily & Luna for sharing their story. This is what innovation looks like. 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #NIHR #NOAHProject