Support to involve, engage and recruit people with arthritis in research

Arthritis research PPIE and recruitment

We want people from diverse backgrounds with lived experience of arthritis to be participants, active partners and leaders in research. We're here to support and guide researchers from academia and industry to do this effectively.

PPI support

Complete our research involvement request form if you would like to access our lived experience voices/network. To discuss your plans with us first, get in touch at researchinvolvement@arthritis-uk.org. 

PPI support for academic researchers

We can share your opportunities to shape research with our research partner network (people with lived experience interested in research involvement).

If you are an Arthritis UK-funded researcher and you would like support and advice on delivering your involvement activities, we’d be happy to help. For those not funded by us, if you’d like to work in partnership on a project, we’d be happy to explore how we could support, advise and deliver PPI activities with you.

PPI support for industry

We can support you in several ways to deliver your research involvement activities, for example:

• Promoting opportunities to shape research through our research partner network.
• Support and advice on your approach and activity.
• Working in partnership, including the delivery of PPI activities.

You may also be interested in seeing our wider corporate partnerships offer and our 2023 report on partnerships between industry and patient organisations.

Support to recruit of research participants

If you are an Arthritis UK-funded researcher and you would like support to recruit, please get in touch with our Research Liaison team.

We do not directly facilitate recruitment to projects beyond our portfolio. We encourage researchers beyond our portfolio to ensure their projects are listed on the Be Part of Research platform.

We work very closely with the NIHR to signpost people with arthritis in our networks to sign up to Be Part of Research. People with arthritis can search all of the arthritis projects directly from this page on our website - Find a research study to take part in. This is the best way to access our research-ready networks of people with arthritis.

Support with your engagement or dissemination

Please come and talk to us about your research results and your plans for sharing your research findings with people with lived experience of arthritis, health professionals and researchers. Our Research Liaison team will be happy to discuss your results and how we can support your dissemination. 

Cost-recovery

When working in partnership with industry or providing more significant input on academic projects, we will seek to ensure that our costs are recovered in line with the Fair Market Value for Charities in Partnership Work report.