Our Public & Community Engagement (PCE) Development Fund supports researchers, staff and external collaborators to develop and pilot engagement activities via an annual Call. The Fund has supported numerous projects over the years, with many going on to attract other funding, develop partnerships and take new and fruitful directions beyond the initial work. Take a look at our Case Studies to find out more about some of these.
This year's call is now closed - the next call will be July 2022. If you are external to the University and interested in the potential to bid for seed-funding next time round, please contact us at peru@soton.ac.uk in the first instance.
We have more information for University staff/researchers on our sharepoint site.
A community-engaged art project exploring the effect of the Covid19 pandemic on ideas of death and commemoration of the dead. Project Lead: Jane Lavery - Modern Languages.
Giving voice to young people with experience of chronic pain treatments, to share their lived experiences and create awareness. Project Lead: Rhiannon Joslin - Health Sciences.
A community partnership project in the heart of the City, with podiatry students and Age UK Southampton. Project Lead: Lindsey Cherry - Health Sciences.
Collaborative development of pilot social enterprise projects with community partners at the university community interface. Project Lead: Pathik Pathak - Social Impact Lab.
Exploring human relationships with invisible nonhumans - with researchers, community bus-drivers, cleaners and passengers. Project Lead: Emma Roe - Geography.
Engaging with inner-city residents to address local social and health issues and build community. Project Lead: Pathik Pathak - Social Impact Lab.
Tackling mental health issues in a creative, nature-inspired, adventure-filled way. Project lead: Andy Lai - Chinese Associate Southampton; with Dawn-Marie Walker - Health Sciences.
Improving health and promoting pro-environmental behaviours through research and site-specific theatre. Project Lead: Michelle Smith - Theatre for Life CIC; with Kath Woods-Townsend - LifeLab.
Exploring the role of roads in our wellbeing and how we use them to connect or disconnect from the world around us. Project Lead: Claudia Murg - We Make Southampton; with Alan Wong - Engineering.
Combining visual art and music to co-create a nature-themed video to support wellbeing during Covid-19 and beyond. Project Leads: Cindy Brooks and Michelle Mayall - NIHR ARC Wessex and School of Health Sciences.
A collective exploration bringing together people with MND, their carers, healthcare professionals, and volunteer-supporters. Project Lead: Cathryn Pinto - Psychology.
Citizen scientists and education providers explore narratives about feet: perceptions, diversity, shape, pathology/injury and heritable conditions. Project Lead: Emma Cowley - Health Sciences.
Equipping and supporting primary school children to become active citizen scientists and citizen environmentalists. Project Lead - Andri Christodoulou - Education.
Exploring the potential of arts-based activities in facilitating friendships/belonging for people with profound learning disabilities. Project Lead: Melanie Nind - Education.
Testing a co-created evaluation framework with funders, practitiioners and communities. Project Lead: Makanani Bell - Archeology.
Our Public & Community Engagement (PCE) Development Fund supports researchers, staff and external collaborators to develop and pilot engagement activities via an annual Call. The Fund has supported numerous projects over the years, with many going on to attract other funding, develop partnerships and take new and fruitful directions beyond the initial work. Take a look at our Case Studies to find out more about some of these.
The call for this year is now closed, the next call will be July 2022.
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