When: 4th December 2025
Where: Virtual Event
Event Type: Participation by Registration
Event Brief:
The “Voices of Practice: A Series on Meaningful Community Engagement” is an initiative by the Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) team of the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases and Environmental Change and co-led by our Public Advisory Board to empower researchers and practitioners to integrate CEI principles into their work. Aligning with the centre’s goals of co-production, advocacy, and thought leadership, the series aims to create a space for learning, reflection, and dialogue to ensure research remains grounded in community realities and genuinely community owned.
Session | 2:
Title: Empowering Community Voices and Lived Experience for Lasting Change – Advocacy in Action
Join us for the second session in this series with Cristina Parsons Pérez, Capacity Development Director at the NCD Alliance, joined by Nupur Lalvani, Director, Blue Circle Diabetes Foundation as they explore the power of communities and lived experience advocates, in shaping policies, challenging inequities, and driving lasting health outcomes.
Thematic Focus:
- Inspiring examples of advocacy in action from around the world
- Insights into the role of communities and lived experience advocates in driving change
- Strategies for supporting and amplifying community voices in health policy and practice
- A chance to reflect on how your work can be more inclusive, rights-based, and community-driven
Whether you work in research, policy, or community leadership, this session will inspire you to rethink the role of advocacy and equip you with ideas to create meaningful, lasting impact.
Be part of the conversation that turns lived experience into lasting change.
