Rehab Forward 2026: Starting Community Research
Schedule
Mon Jun 22 2026 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
City St George's, University of London | London, EN
About this Event
A multi-disciplinary development event showcasing inspiring community rehabilitation research and providing knowledge and skills workshops to help build foundation level research confidence for community practitioners who want to get started with new research activity.
Learning Outcomes:
· Confidence to engage with community rehabilitation research within evidence-based practice
· Understand how to take the first steps towards becoming more research active
· Skills to underpin new research behaviours in community rehabilitation practice
Audience:
Multi-disciplinary community practitioners with no or little research experience who are curious about rehabilitation research and thinking about taking their first steps into research.
· Also, community practitioners who are early in their research journey. Those looking for a chance to increase their research confidence for better evidence-based practice and/or to get involved in research delivery.
· Also suitable for team leads and managers who want to increase research engagement and capacity in their team, service or community.
· Practitioners from any setting are welcomed, including health & social care and those working in the public, private or voluntary sector.
· We particularly encourage members of communities who are currently under-represented in research and we welcome attendee from across the UK.
Partners
This event was co-designed to meet the research capacity building needs of diverse community practitioners with an interest in rehabilitation. Thank you to all our partners for their contributions to the content of this event.
Agenda
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Event Start
Info: Registration
Registration, refreshments and displaying posters from 09:30.
Event starts at 10:00 with poster viewing and networking
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Welcome Address
Host: Prof Lindsay Bearne
Info: Overview of community rehabilitation
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Panel Discussion
Info: Exploring diverse pathways into early research activity
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:35 AM
Tea Break
Info: Poster viewing, networking and refreshments
🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:25 PM
Parallel Skills Workshops
Info: Making sense of evidence for practice OR Developing a research question from a clinical idea
🕑: 12:25 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch Break
Info: Buffet, networking and poster viewing
🕑: 01:15 PM - 01:45 PM
Keynote Address
Host: Prof Vicki Goodwin
Info: Journey into community rehabilitation research
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Research Presentations
Info: Showcasing community rehab research from innovation to implementation
🕑: 02:30 PM - 02:50 PM
Tea Break
Info: Refreshments, networking and poster viewing
🕑: 02:50 PM - 03:40 PM
Parallel Skills Workshops
Info: Creating research culture in your team OR Working in partnership with diverse communities
🕑: 03:40 PM - 03:50 PM
Closing Address
Info: Signposting resources to support community rehabilitation research
🕑: 03:50 PM - 04:00 PM
Event Close
Where is it happening?
City St George's, University of London, Tait building, Clerkenwell Campus, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00
