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Lorraine describes her experience attending two events in Manchester. Firstly she has a meeting to catch up with a PPI member with whom she is collaborating on a project. She then attends a community event at the West Indian Sports and Social Club.

Lorraine writes about her experience attending a community health and wellbeing event at the Moss Slide Millennium Powerhouse in Manchester, where she engaged with many members of the community to hear about their pulmonary health stories.

From Columbia to South Africa, we gathered in Lisbon to explore co-design Twenty-six participants from 10 countries joined us in Lisbon last month to get practical hands-on experience of using creative co-design methods and to consider how best to use these methods along-side the behaviour change wheel. UPTURN Behavioural Scientist Dr Amanda Moore was joined by Dr Ana Gama (NOVA School of Public Health, Lisbon) to deliver an activity-packed, full-day workshop. It was great to

Ada Achinanya had a conversation with Sheffield's Igbo community at their monthly meeting, where she explored the myriad lung health related problems that members of the community have faced before and since moving to the UK.

Lorraine attended the Creative Tools and AI Training Series. In this post, she shares her experience and learning on the use of AI in inclusive research.

Ada Achinanya joined the Igbo Union South Yorkshire in Sheffield to celebrate ‘IRI-JI’, the New Yam Festival.

As part of UPTURN’s continued dedication to inclusive patient and public involvement (PPI), Lorraine Lawrence, one of the EDI Community...

The UPTURN EDI team attended the 14th Making Diversity Interventions Count Annual Conference on the 21st May in Bradford. Dr Suman Prinjha shares her experience from the event, reflecting on key moments, takeaways and insights from the day.

On 5th May 2025, Lorraine, visited the Rainbow Community Centre to participate in a vibrant Health Expo. The event brought together individuals from diverse African and Caribbean backgrounds to share perspectives and raise awareness about health and wellbeing.

MMG Rabbani, one of UPTURN’s community researchers, recently held the first online PPI meeting with British Bangladeshi men. The meeting ensures our research and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) package are equal, diverse, and inclusive (EDI). We gathered insights on the role of PPI in ensuring EDI. This essential collaboration is shaping UPTURN to meet community needs better.

Ada's latest visit to SADACCA and her reflections during the lung health information session.

Lorraine and Ada attended the Caribbean and African Health Network’s (CAHN) International Women’s Day event on 7th March 2025.

Tahsin and Rabbani attended a community health fair organised by the Bangladesh Association and Community Project (BACP).

Lorraine and Ada, attended a meet-and-greet session at the SADACCA to connect with members of the African Caribbean community.

On 26th November 2024, the UPTURN team hosted the first of our co-design workshops.

In October this year (2024) I took the big decision to undertake a PhD alongside my role as a Community Researcher on the 5-year...

On 24th September 2024, the UPTURN EDI Workstream team was invited to present our learning so far on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) impacts ethnic minority groups disproportionately in the UK.

Introducing our EDI workstream team!