Sharing your lived experience is a powerful way to make services, like health and social care, better and more inclusive. It’s also a great way to make new connections, gain experience, and get paid too!
If you’ve got something to share but aren’t sure where to start, Shaping Our Lives has launched a new guide and video which can help you. The free My Voice Matters guide contains an overview of what involvement means, who can do it, how to have a positive and inclusive experience, and where you can go to find opportunities.
Shaping Our Lives is a user-led non-profit organisation focused on empowering people, especially those who are marginalised and face barriers to being heard, to have their say.
The free guide, in both PDF and Word formats, and the video, can be found here: Share your lived experience – Shaping Our Lives
The guide and the video could be used by anyone who is interested in learning about involvement and how to share their lived experience. It’s also a useful resource for user-led groups to send to their members, particularly if you work with marginalised and underserved communities. Likewise, if you organise involvement activities, you may find the guide helpful.
