COMMUNITY VOICES
Our voices.
Our stories.
Our power.
Community voice is not an add-on to our work. It helps shape what we do, what we learn and where we go next.
Connection creates belonging.
When people have places and opportunities to connect, communities become stronger and more resilient.
61%
of people aged 16+ report a strong sense of belonging to their immediate neighbourhood.
Source:Community and Engagement Survy 2025/26 GOV.UK
69%
chat with their neighbours beyond simply saying hello at least once a month.
Source:Community and Engagement Survey 2025/26
Lived experince is knowledge.
We work alongside peolpe with lived experiences to share awareness, challenge stigma, strengthen understanding and shape the conversations that matter to communities.
We don't speak for communities.
We create opportunities for communities to heard.
How we work with community voice
LISTEN
We create spaces where people can share what they are experiencing.
SHARE
Lived experience helps others understand what is happening within communities.
LEARN
We connect lived expereince with research, evidence and wider community knowledge
ACT
We use what we learn to inform conversations, partnerships and community-led action.
Amplified Voices
OUR COMMUNITY RESEARCH & LISTENING PROGRAMME
Through conversations, listening, research, workshops and debates we explore the issues that matter most. We gather evidence, amplify stories and create opportunities for people to influencedecisions that affect their lives and communities.
What the evidence is telling us
The issues we work on are complex and deeply connected. This wider evidence helps us understand the context in which communities are living and working.
(Sources below each statistics)
77%
of the NHS workforce are women.
Source:NHS Workforce stats 2024
1 in 4
women will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime.
Source:CNS 2023
56%
want to grow in their community role but have no funded route to do so.
Source:Simply Evolved Survey 2024-25
27%
of the social care workforce are from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Source:Skills for Care 2023
84%
of surveyed women are not yet fully living the contribution they could make.
Source:Simply Evolved Primary Research (no67)
Our community intelligence is growing.
We are listening, learning and building our evidence base to better understand community priorities, needs and experiences.
As our research develops, we will share what we are learning.
We are developing our communhity intelligence through ongoing conversations, serveys, workshops, focus groups and lived experience insights.
Our public Community Intelligence Report will be published as our research develops.
When people have spaces to come together, something changes.
WE LISTEN
To what people are experiencing.
WE LEARN
To understand what matters most.
WE ACT
To influence that lasts.
Be part of the conversation
Different experiences. Shared spaces. Stronger communities.
