The Covid Realities research programme has required us to respond speedily to the Covid-19 context, and to develop new methodological strategies to cope with an uncertain and fast changing context. As a research team, we’ve worked collaboratively and iteratively, learning as we go. We’ve done this by drawing on an incredible range of expertise – from parents and carers themselves to artists and our fantastic advisory group.
Below, we set out the three key stages of the participatory online work.
Like building a house, foundations matter, and we spent the first three months of the project building our partnership approach and figuring out exactly how we were going to work collaboratively with parents and carers living on a low-income during a pandemic.
Over a year, we worked with parents and carers to document their experiences and develop recommendations for change.
The next phase of this participatory research will be focused on getting the findings from the project out to as wide an audience as is possible.
To do this we'll be publishing a book, working with parents to help us figure out what to include. We'll also be meeting with participants to finalise project recommendations and finding time to reflect on the approach we've taken in this project.
The next phase of this participatory research will be focused on getting the findings from the project out to as wide an audience as is possible; we'll be publishing a book, and working with parents to help us figure out what to include in it. We'll also be meeting with participants to finalise project recommendations; and trying to find time to reflect on the approach we've taken in this project.