Bolton & Wigan Research Forum in Health & Wellbeing

What is the Forum?

The Bolton & Wigan Research Forum in Health & Wellbeing exists to support local partners & practitioners in developing quality research for the health & wellbeing of local communities.

Forum Objectives

The Forum's key aims are to:

• Increase the profile of research in the local area 
• Build local capacity in research 
• Share research & evaluation findings from the local area 
• Learn from other people's experiences locally 
• Provide a contact point for others interested in a similar research area 
• Increase the impact of research findings to benefit local communities 
• Facilitate collaboration for research funding 

Click Here to download our Terms of Reference.

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The Steering Group

Working through the steering group, the Forum is looking to support a number of initiatives across the borough, to support the development of research in health and social care. Our activities are largely dependent on gaining support from local organisations and individuals. Through all of our activities we will endevour to remain responsive to local people's needs.

Organisations represented on the Steering Group are:

We also have support through the steering group from Salford University alongside links with other universities through Forum members.

Current Activities

Working through the steering group, the Forum is looking to support a number of initiatives across the borough, to support the development of research in health and social care. Our activities are largely dependent on gaining support from local organisations and individuals. Through all of our activities we will endevour to remain responsive to local peoples needs.

The Steering Group consists of representatives from organisations in and around Bolton, committed to the objectives of the Forum. The Steering Group meets at least three times a year. Please contact us if there are any items you would like to be raised, or discuss it with the representative from your own organisation.

History

The Bolton Research Forum in Health and Social Care was established in Summer 2003 by a group of like-minded people, passionate about supporting the development of appropriate research in health and social care, across the borough. A number of small workshops were run to find out more about people's needs before establishing a steering group, with representatives from key organisations across the borough, to direct the Forum's activities. A summary report of the findings from these workshops is available here.  

Click here to download a copy of the initial Scoping Report

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