We had our 1st Advisory Group meeting yesterday. It was great to meet everyone, talk about the Belonging Project, and listen to everyone's brilliant suggestions! Here is a picture from our meeting @poppybudworth.bsky.social @elaineljames.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social

Some of our team met in York today. We talked about our plans for the belonging focus groups. It was great to meet each other in person and the sun came out! 🌞 @poppybudworth.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

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We really enjoyed our in-person training with Paradigm this time last month. We all met in London and practiced our focus group co-facilitation. We are looking forward to starting the research very soon!