Your voice, your story, your life: You matter

Simon R. Stones
Simon R. StonesPatient Advocate, Consultant and Researcher
Your VOICE, Your story,
your life: You Matter
Simon Stones
@SimonRStones
2,730,000People living in Greater Manchester
New Economy Greater Manchester Key Facts (2016)
“YOU’RE NEVER
TOO YOUNG TO
CHANGE THE
WORLD”
Your voice, your story, your life: You matter
Your voice, your story, your life: You matter
YOUR RHEUM
A Manchester-based group
with a national reach,
enabling young people to
influence paediatric and
adolescent rheumatology
research.
A group for 11 to 24
year olds across the
UK with diagnosed
rheumatic
conditions to advise,
input and shape
current adolescent
and young adult
rheumatology
research.
GENERATIONR
Five groups of young people across the
UK (Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool,
London and Nottingham) working with
researchers on a variety of different
projects.
“We contribute to future research…”
“We make new friends and build confidence”
“We extend our knowledge and skills”
“We have a voice and make a difference…”
Your voice, your story, your life: You matter
The NIHR-funded TRECA
study has developed
multimedia information
(MMI) resources with
text, animations, videos
and diagrams to inform
children, adolescents
and parents about
clinical trials.
“No matter what
people tell you,
words and ideas
can change the
world.”
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Your voice, your story, your life: You matter

  • 1. Your VOICE, Your story, your life: You Matter Simon Stones @SimonRStones
  • 2. 2,730,000People living in Greater Manchester New Economy Greater Manchester Key Facts (2016)
  • 3. “YOU’RE NEVER TOO YOUNG TO CHANGE THE WORLD”
  • 6. YOUR RHEUM A Manchester-based group with a national reach, enabling young people to influence paediatric and adolescent rheumatology research. A group for 11 to 24 year olds across the UK with diagnosed rheumatic conditions to advise, input and shape current adolescent and young adult rheumatology research.
  • 7. GENERATIONR Five groups of young people across the UK (Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Nottingham) working with researchers on a variety of different projects. “We contribute to future research…” “We make new friends and build confidence” “We extend our knowledge and skills” “We have a voice and make a difference…”
  • 9. The NIHR-funded TRECA study has developed multimedia information (MMI) resources with text, animations, videos and diagrams to inform children, adolescents and parents about clinical trials.
  • 10. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”