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BNSSG Cultural Awareness Training Guide
A 6 point document for healthcare, social care and community service professionals seeking to improve cultural awareness, reduce misunderstandings, build trust with diverse communities, and address health inequalities.
Breaking Barriers videos: tackling health inequities in underserved communities
Six short videos addressing health inequalities, trust, data privacy, and community involvement in research. Useful for clinical trial researchers, study recruiters, trial managers, and research methodology specialists.
Bristol One City: Race and Health Data
Collection of reports, tools and dashboards providing accessible regional race and health data. Useful for researchers and academics.
Charter for Co-production through an anti-racist lens
A document for researchers, universities, funders, community organisations and equality practitioners seeking anti-racist, equitable co-production methods that share power, value lived experience, improve transparency and strengthen community led research partnerships.
CHecklist for Inclusive COmmunity involvement in health research (CHICO)
A checklist for researchers for an inclusive approach to involving community groups in health research.
Clinical Trials Explainer Videos (5 Languages)
Videos and resources explaining clinical trials and research processes. Useful for trial researchers, recruiters, and methodologists improving clinical trial recruitment and conduct.
Cultural Competence Learning Guide, from the Centre for Ethnic Health Research
Explains cultural competence, unconscious bias, inclusive communication, and practical ways to engage diverse communities respectfully. Useful for researchers.
Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) Toolkit for Research – developed by NIHR ARC East Midlands and the Centre for Ethnic Health Research
Practical guidance on equality impact assessments to identify, mitigate and check equality impacts. Useful for researchers, project managers, policy makers, and public-sector professionals.
Fair Market Value for Charities in Partnership Work
Guidance to help charities and partners calculate fair payment for project contributions.
Gloucestershire’s Researchers’ Guide to Cultural Competency
Practical guidance on cultural competence, reducing bias and engaging diverse communities effectively. Useful for clinical trial researchers, trial managers, recruiters, and methodologists improving study recruitment and delivery.
Making research trials more accessible through better patient information leaflets
Guidance, templates, and images to help researchers create accessible patient information leaflets.
Trauma informed care and the needs of racialised communities
Highlights impacts of racism and structural inequalities and promotes culturally informed trauma care. Useful for clinical trial researchers, recruitment staff, trial managers, and methodology teams seeking better study participation.
United for Health, a collection of films created by South Asian community group Dhek Bhal and the University of Bristol
Research awareness films created by Dhek Bhal and University of Bristol. Useful for clinical trial researchers, trial managers, recruiters, and teams seeking to improve participant recruitment.
What’s Taboo For You? A film by the Black and Brown Minds Matter Group at Barnardo’s HYPE – looking at how mental health is viewed differently in black and brown communities.
Film exploring mental health stigma and barriers in Black and Brown communities. Useful for clinical trial researchers, recruiters, trial managers, and teams improving participant recruitment and trial delivery.
Why Take Part in Research? (11 Languages)
Explanation in 11 languages research participation benefits and how to get involved. Useful for researchers, patients, public contributors, healthcare professionals, and research engagement teams.
