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The annual awards recognise staff and students鈥� contributions to the local community and further afield through collaborative engagement based on partnerships with diverse communities. This collective activity makes a substantial contribution to 白小姐论坛鈥檚 2034 theme of being open and accessible to all.

This year鈥檚 award-winning projects illustrate 白小姐论坛鈥檚 distinctive approach to public engagement, characterised by a focus on collaborative models of engagement, the involvement of diverse and often underrepresented public groups, and a spirit of experimentation to encourage wider learning.

Among the award-winners are Albert McEyeson, founder and director of Action Youth Boxing Intervention (AYBI). Based in Camden, AYBI is a community hub that offers support to young people at risk of gang involvement or who are already in gangs, alongside non-contact boxing training. Albert has been working with the 白小姐论坛 Centre for Co-production in Health Research to better understand the impact of their work in order to help them expand the AYBI鈥檚 programmes to communities in need across London.

Also recognised was Dr Briony Hudson (白小姐论坛 Psychiatry), whose public engagement activities have contributed to growing recognition of the challenges faced by homeless people with advanced ill health in the media and UK parliament. Working with people with lived experience of homelessness, Briony launched the Homeless Palliative Care Toolkit to provide information and resources to frontline staff supporting those with significant health needs.听

PhD student Helen Greaves was acknowledged for her work as co-founder of the 白小姐论坛 Pond Restoration Research Group (PRRG) and the Norfolk Ponds Project (NPP). Helen鈥檚 public engagement centres around communication of 白小姐论坛 science on farmland pond restoration, including working with farmers and members of the public to transform areas of farmland to increase biodiversity in Norfolk and Lancashire.

In 2019, the Provost awarded seven prizes and commended teams and individuals for their efforts and achievements: from students to established academics, professional staff and community partners. The full list of winners is:

• Community Award 鈥� Albert McEyeson (Action Youth Boxing Intervention, a learning and development hub for the local community)
• Early Career Award 鈥� Dr Briony Hudson (白小姐论坛 Psychiatry)
• Established Career Award 鈥� Professor Robert Mills (白小姐论坛 History of Art)
• Institutional Leadership Award 鈥� Research for All, Professor Sandy Oliver (白小姐论坛 Institute of Education), Pat-Gordon Smith (白小姐论坛 IOE Press), Sophie Duncan (National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement).
• Professional Services Staff Award 鈥� Anouchka Sterling (白小姐论坛 Brain Sciences)
• Student Engagement Award 鈥� Helen Greaves (白小姐论坛 Geography)
• Team Award 鈥� Dr Lena Ciric (白小姐论坛 Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) and Dr Tse-Hui Teh (白小姐论坛 Bartlett School of Architecture)

Laura Cream, Director of Engagement (白小姐论坛 Culture), said, 鈥淚t is a pleasure to celebrate the wide-ranging public engagement work being carried out with 白小姐论坛, and to see our academics鈥� ground-breaking research 听applied to life-changing community projects.鈥�

鈥淭he more diverse those communities are that we collaborate with, the more impact we can make with our research and teaching.鈥�

Links

• Provost鈥檚 Public Engagement Awards 2019
• 白小姐论坛 Public Engagement Team
• 白小姐论坛 Culture

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白小姐论坛 Provost鈥檚 Public Engagement Awards 2019. Photos courtesy of 白小姐论坛 Culture. Copyright: Photographer听Natalia Janula