Collaborators

"Challenging the marginalisation of older African Caribbean's needs and of those of older BAMER populations more generally in Sheffield is a priority area for us, and we have been working with you as part of the ESRC Sustainable Care programme and the recently funded ESRC Centre for Care, to understand how older members of our community experience care. We are excited by the current proposal because of its broader focus on ageing across the life course, its commitment to co-production and the emphasis on affecting change." - Olivier Tsemo, CEO SADACCA LIMITED

"Challenging the marginalisation of older BAMER communities in Rotherham is a priority area for us. We have been working collaboratively with Dr Jo Britton at the University of Sheffield for a number of years on issues confronting Rotherham’s Muslim communities, including racism and exclusion. We are excited by the current proposal because of its broader based focus in terms of BAMER groups and because of the particular focus on older people. The prospect of collaborating with BAMER organisations in Sheffield is also an exciting part of the project from our perspective." - Emma Sharp, Project and Development Manager

"A centre of excellence for research and teaching, solving grand human challenges through geographic data science, working at the intersection between data science and geography. As a focused group, we are interested in making sense of how our world works, turning new forms of spatial data into information that we can use to make intelligent decisions. Collectively, we span the disciplines of econometrics, spatial analysis, spatial statistics, demography, population geography and computer science." - Geographic Data Science Lab website

At the Birmingham School of Social Policy "our mission is ‘to understand the world – but also to change it’. This means carrying out high quality and relevant research, but then using this as a starting point for making a practical difference in the real world through our teaching, our professional training, our policy advice and our work with local communities, the public and the media." - School of Social Policy website

"Intersectionality in inclusive ageing related to ethnicity, identity and language and religion is one of many priority areas for us, as are the local Caribbean, Muslim, Roma communities who will be involved in co-producing the research and storying their lived experience. We are therefore looking forward to working with you, if successful, on improving the evidence base on healthy ageing and intersectional inequalities over the life course and place. We will work with you collaboratively as part of your research agenda." - Sarah Coates, Topic lead for Ethnicity, Identity, Language and Religion | Office for National Statistics

"Ageing is a priority area for us, and we are looking forward to working with the research team, if successful, on improving the evidence base on healthy ageing and intersectional inequalities over the life course and place. We will work with you collaboratively as part of your research agenda." - Angele Storey, Head of Ageing Analysis, Centre for Ageing and Demography, ONS

"Social Care and inclusive ageing are priority areas for us, and we have been working with you as part of the ESRC Sustainable Care programme and recently funded ESRC Centre for Care on improving the evidence base on the inequalities of unpaid care, and ways to improve the infrastructure, accessibility and quality of care data. As part of this collaboration, we have supported and co-funded four ESRC Collaborative PhD Studentships on care inequalities at the universities of Sheffield and Birmingham, which have involved linking population and administrative data, including Census, mortality, healthcare, and employment records. We will continue to make our data available and work with you collaboratively as part of your research agenda." - Sophie John, Head of Social Care Analysis, ONS

"This collaboration would support the considerable learning gleaned from the 6 years of investment by NLCF. It should assist to embed it within an academic framework to our joint mutual benefit and for that of our city, Sheffield." - Victoria Stirling, Head of Service

"CLP are a VCSO embedded within a local community that predominantly supports Roma people. We employ Roma staff, and we advocate for and with the community. We are acutely aware of the discrimination and consequent inequalities that Roma people have faced and continue to face, and understand and hope that by working alongside you we can evidence this and address issues with decision-makers" - Helen Littlewood, Director

"Ignite Imaginations is based in Sheffield and is a participatory arts charity working with mainly visual arts and creative writing. We work in partnership with communities to develop skills, confidence and connections to the community. We have delivered a number of projects that support skills and talent development in young people, adults and those over 60 year and work within participatory practice across the community. We are keen to ensure our reach, artists and decisions are informed by representative voices of the city and so are passionate about being involved in this project to support a more diverse mix of voices being heard, developed and supported." - Luisa Golob,

CEO

"Pakistan Muslim Centre is a volunteer led and run not for profit community organisation, which has existed in Sheffield for over 30 years. When the Centre was founded it served mainly the Pakistani and South Asian communities nearby, but these days our reach is wider, including nearby Yemeni and Somali communities. We host a range of projects and programmes, including a Healthy Lifestyles Project for older people, mental health support and a Women’s Group." - Shahid Ali, Board Member

"As a partner, in arrangements for mutual benefit, Rotherham Muslim Community Forum can (...) - Provide the project with advice and information based on our experience of working with the Muslim community in Rotherham; Work with you to co-produce outputs with participants in the project; Contribute to the project’s Capacity Building Programmes, to share our expertise." - Shakoor Adalat, Chief Executive

"ROAR are an Arts Council funded National Portfolio Organisation. We are an infrastructure body, with an ever increasing membership of 224 artists and organisations, all of whom live and/or work in and around Rotherham. We are a volunteer led organisation with our Board of Directors representing different areas of the creative sector." - Sharon Gill

"ISRAAC was established in 1981 by a group of Somali seamen, at that time working in the steel industry, and their families. The aim was to assist the Somali community in gaining access to a wide range of services in local society. We offer support to communities to maintain a strong cultural identity whilst promoting positive integration and social cohesiveness. We have a number of projects and programmes, including an Advice and Support Service, a lunch club, a Women's Group and a Walking Group. "- Adam Yusuf, Chair of Israac.

"Firvale Community Hub is an organisation committed to improving social equalities and inclusion for communities experiencing disenfranchisement and marginalisation in Sheffield. We run a wide range of services including: an Advice, Advocacy and Information Service, Immigration Service, ESOL and Employability classes, Digital Media Centre, Translation & Interpretation Services and Health & Wellbeing projects. While we work mainly with South Asian Communities in Sheffield, the Sheffield Roma Network is an integral part of the Firvale Community Hub" - Gulnaz Hussain, CEO

"As a partner, in arrangements for mutual benefit, Rotherham Muslim Community Forum can (...) - Provide the project with advice and information based on our experience of working with the Muslim community in Rotherham; Work with you to co-produce outputs with participants in the project; Contribute to the project’s Capacity Building Programmes, to share our expertise." - 

Shahnaz Din, Chairman person

"ACT is a community organisation for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities across Sheffield. We deliver services that aim to tackle the persistent social and economic disadvantages, and educational barriers, that BME people face. We have a Health Living Centre and we are partners in the Muslim Elders Support Project, which delivers a culturally appropriate range of specialist preventative services that meet the needs of vulnerable older people." - Abdul Galil Shaif, ACT CEO

"Sheffield Irish Association is a volunteer led and run not for profit community organisation. We provide regular activities, including a monthly tea dance and outings to other places, designed to reduce both social and cultural isolation of older Irish people" - Dave Oldroyd Chair, Sheffield Irish Association

"The Healthy Lifespan Institute at the University of Sheffield has a pioneering approach to multimorbidity, the presence of two or more of the chronic health conditions that create disability and poor quality of life in old age" - HELSI website

HELSI will furnish opportunities for interdisciplinary and multi-method work, access to multi-sectoral external partners nationally and internationally, and a vibrant programme of workshops and training.

"Funded as an ESRC Research Centre to address the need for evidence on care that can make a difference, we have built a large research team to co-produce excellent research on care topics that really matter. We work closely with partner organisations in the care sector and people with direct experience of care." - The Centre for Care website

The Centre for Care will furnish opportunities for interdisciplinary and multi-method work, access to multi-sectoral external partners nationally and internationally, and a vibrant programme of workshops and training.

"An interdisciplinary network of scholars conducting world-leading research on global migration and mobility. Our research is broad ranging and includes the politics and governance of migration, bordering and resistance, motives for migration and the experiences and lives of migrants young and old, the impacts of migration on sending, transit and destination countries, and much more. Together, we seek dialogue and debate to support world leading research." - Migration Research Group website

MRG will furnish opportunities for interdisciplinary and multi-method work, access to multi-sectoral external partners nationally and internationally, and a vibrant programme of workshops and training.

"We apply data science, and build skills, for public good across the UK and internationally. We work at the frontier of data science and AI – building skills and applying tools, methods and practices – to create new understanding and improve decision-making for public good". - Data Science Campus website

External partners will offer methodological expertise.