Resources#
What to Learn Next#
Recommend other chapters in The Turing Way book that readers should read
Lay Summaries contains information and guidance on writing plain language summaries that can help guide the development of your plain language resources
Organising a Conference contains a checklist and general guidance for organizing a conference which supplements this chapter if you are planning a longer or multi-day event
Tools for Collaboration contains suggestions and recommendations for tools that can help with task management, collaborative note taking, live polls, and surveys which can be used to support your event
Guidelines for Remote Collaboration provides guidance on running remote meetings and has recommendations that can help shape an online or remote event held for people with lived experience
Organising Remote Meetings contains checklists of tasks for organizing meetings which should be read in addition to the accessible meeting section of this chapter
Challenges faced during Hybrid Collaboration outlines some of the challenges that come with organizing hybrid events which can impact the accessibility and engagement in planned events
Chairing Events covers the duties an event chair would have at a range of different events. This section will be useful guidance to provide chairs and moderators with at your event.
Valuing Diversity and Differences has suggestions for how to establish a strong and supportive collaborative environment which will help to frame the planning stages of your inclusive event
Additional Resources#
These resources cannot (and should not) replace working with members of your specific community to plan and host events.
Resources on Public Involvement and Engaging people with lived experience in research and/or public policy#
NHS Guide to Patient and Public Participation: Involving Patients and Public in Event Planning and Delivery
Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland: Engaging people with lived experience best practice, challenges, and opportunities
NIHR Imperial BRC Patient Experience Research Center (PERC): A Rough Guide to Public Involvement
Imperial College London: Public Involvement Resource Hub
National Institute for Social Health and Care Research: Public involvement in NHS, health and social care research
World Health Organization: Nothing for Us, Without Us: listening and learning from people with lived experience
NHS Guide to patient and public participation: Planning for participation
DARE UK: Public Involvement and Engagement (PIE) Guidelines for DARE UK Projects
Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC): Guidance and tools for public involvement
World Health Organization: framework for meaningful engagement of people living with non-communicable diseases, and mental health and neurological conditions
My Voice Matters - a guide for people who want to share their lived experience
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands: Engagement, Involvement & Co‑Production
Public Engagement with Science A guide to creating conversations among publics and scientists for mutual learning and societal decision-making
Citizen’s Advice: How to run focus groups
Community-Specific Accessibility Resources#
Deaf and Hard of Hearing#
Autism#
Autistica Advocacy: A Guide to Accessible Event Planning
National Autism Society: A quick, easy guide to holding an autism-friendly event
Planning Accessible Events#
Disabled Equality Scotland: How to organize an Inclusive and Accessible Event
University College London’s Tips / Checklist for making events accessible
University of British Columbia Accessible and Inclusive Event Planning
University of York: Inclusive and Accessible Events: Good Practice Guidance
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Engaging with Disabled People An Events Planning Guide
Planning Inclusive Events#
Journal Article: Joo et. al., 2022 Ten simple rules to host an inclusive conference
Creating Inclusive Conferences for Academics with Caring Responsibilities
Mozilla Event Guidance: Planning Participatory, Accessible, and Inclusive conference sessions
Mozilla Event Guidance: How to plan a session
Venue Accessibility Guidance#
Shaping our Lives: Venue accessibility checklist
Shaping our Lives: Venue accessibility infographic
Hosting Online Accessible Events#
Creating Accessible Communications#
UK Government Civil Service: Dos and don’ts on designing for accessibility
MetaDocencia’s Accessibility Profiles for developing accessible content.
Accessible Computing: Are text-only web pages an accessible alternative?
Example Accessibility Guides#
Further Reading#
(Book) The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker