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Rehab Forward 2026: Starting Community Research

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Learn from inspiring community rehabilitation research and take early steps towards becoming research activity at this NIHR-supported Community Rehabilitation Research Network event.

This in-person event will help multi-disciplinary community practitioners build confidence and learn new skills through presentations, workshops and panel discussions.

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.

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.
Published on 20 May 2026.
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