Opinion
Scotland’s drug deaths shame
Written by: Dr Richard Simpson
Published: 18/01/2021
Created in 2016, CLEAR (Community Lived Experience Action Research) is a partnership project between the ALLIANCE, Public Health Scotland and Strathclyde University’s Centre for Health Policy.
CLEAR supports and promotes the use of peer research to influence change, bringing benefits to peer researchers, communities, and all relevant stakeholders.
Our vision is human rights for all through peer research.
Our mission is to use peer research partnerships to positively influence human rights based policy and practice.
Our objectives are to:
Why peer research?
Peer research is ideal for researchers who are committed to co-developing research with people rather than for people. It enables collaborative working between people and organisations.
Peer research focuses on social change that promotes democracy and challenges inequalities. It is context-specific, often targeted on the needs of a particular group, and involves an iterative cycle of research, action and reflection. It can help everyone involved gain a greater awareness of the situation in order to take action.
What we do
To find out more, including how to get involved, please contact us:
Lucy Mulvagh, Director of Policy and Communications, the ALLIANCE
Email: lucy.mulvagh@alliance-scotland.org.uk
Tel: 0141 404 0231 (switchboard)
Derek Holliday, CLEAR Development Officer
Email: derek@homelessnetwork.scot
Tel: 0141 420 7272
Opinion
Written by: Scotland Legal Team
Organisation: Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland
Published: 27/07/2020
Opinion
Written by: Professor Jill Stavert
Organisation: Edinburgh Napier University
Published: 27/08/2019