Best practice guidance for grantmaking in mixed methods research with meaningful community involvement

Summary

This guidance is for funders that commission and award grants for the purposes of research and evaluation on how to embed meaningful involvement of lived experience throughout each stage of the grantmaking process, moving beyond consultation to genuine power sharing. People with lived experience should not only inform research and evaluation but help shape priorities, codesign methodologies, and participate in decision making structures.

Topics covered

The need for and benefits of coproduction
Planning and decision making
Scoping the landscape and prospective partners
Mixed methods and consortium approaches
Quality assurance and dissemination

Key findings

Guidance on how to ensure at every stage of the research or evaluation grantmaking process that decisions and actions are co-produced.
Provides a case study of lived experience involvement
Refers to other useful guidance on renumeration, example roles, and making lived experience involvement a strategic priority

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Best practice guidance for grantmaking in mixed methods research with meaningful community involvement

Best practice guidance for grantmaking in mixed methods research with meaningful community involvement