A blog by Paul Hine, CEO of participatory arts organisation Made By Mortals. At Made By Mortals, we are on a mission to improve how children and young people are engaged in health, social care, and social justice research. We are fed up with children’s, and young people’s voices and ideas being left behind or […]
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Our Relationship Manager Tess meets Aneela and Sue from the Applied Research Collaboration in Greater Manchester to explore how creativity, coproduction, and trust can transform research partnerships. I’m sitting in a café just around the corner from Manchester University, catching up over lunch with Sue and Aneela from ARC-GM — that’s the Applied Research Collaboration
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Made By Mortals has been bringing lived experience to life in health and social care research for a good few years now. It all started back in the pandemic, when we hosted a conference at Guide Bridge Theatre and posed a big, open question: what happens when we bring creative storytelling into the heart of
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Last week, we had the privilege of facilitating two STUCK workshops at GM Live Well: Everyday Support, a landmark event for Greater Manchester’s Voluntary, Community, Social, Faith, and Enterprise (VCSFE) sector. Held on Social Prescribing Day (March 19, 2025), the event was a buzzing, high-energy gathering of people passionate about social change and transforming the
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Over the last few months we’ve been working on a new project called My Friend Has Cancer. It’s a project that explores the healing power of friendship and the vital role personalised care can play. Let us tell you a bit about it. My Friend Has Cancer is an audio story and guide, created to
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Why Can’t You Be Normal is a powerful, co-produced audio story about a mother’s journey through recovery. Artist in Residence Francesca Waite shares insights behind its creation.
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By Francesca Waite, Artist in Residence at Made By Mortals ‘Sadiqa’ is an audio story that allows the listener to walk in the shoes of a woman from the South Asian community who has experienced domestic and honour-based abuse and has left the abusive situation. It intends to give the listener a better understanding of
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PAIR (Participatory Arts in Health & Social Care Research) aims help research teams to make their research more inclusive, accessible, and beneficial to the communities that matter to them. PAIR uses innovative arts approaches within public & patient involvement in research. We believe this new approach to PPI will make research more accessible for communities
Public and patient involvement in research (PPI) is essential. It ensures diverse voices and lived experiences are woven into research design, leading to more impactful results. But finding the right participants can be a challenge. That’s where Community Champions come in – a trusted member of the community who can bridge the gap between researchers
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Last month, we had two great opportunities to pilot our new workshop, STUCK, commissioned by the team behind the Live Well Movement in Greater Manchester. The creation of STUCK The idea for STUCK came from discussions with hundreds of local people, including Primary Care Clinicians, Social Prescribers, and community groups across Tameside. Through these conversations,
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