NIHR Leicestershire & Northamptonshire Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC)’s Post

Last Saturday 20 June, the NIHR Public Involvement Summer Festival – jointly organised by ourselves, the Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the Leicester Clinical Research Facility (CRF) - celebrated the people behind research. This event shone a spotlight on the crucial role public contributors play in shaping health and care research across Leicester and beyond. It also gave visitors the chance to learn more about ongoing research and meet the people behind it. The festival included hands-on demonstrations, health and wellbeing activities, health and research-themed games, and opportunities to speak directly with researchers about their work. Our stall featured a myth-busting activity to challenge common misconceptions about commercial research. This was popular amongst attendees, and we hope it encourages more people from the local community to get involved in research. This was a fantastic celebration of public involvement’s vital role in research – thank you to everyone who attended! Research at Leicester's Hospitals