Doing participatory research – reflecting back and looking forward

We made this zine together. We are participants, researchers and close friends of Changing Realities, a major research programme documenting the experiences of parents and carers living on a low income.

This zine is our way of sharing our learning from doing participatory research together. We do this work in a variety of ways; online diaries, asking and responding to ‘big questions’ of the week and taking part in discussion groups on Zoom.

We came together in online workshops to reflect on what participatory research means to us, and to discuss our advice for others who want to do this kind of work. We share our reflections with you all in this zine.