Projects per year
Organisation profile
Bring together different pools of knowledge and expertise both inside and outside the university; interdisciplinary theory building that bridges different communities of practice and a wide range of potential beneficiaries including health and social care staff, patient and public involvement, national policy, voluntary sector organisations specifically impacts on health outcomes and inequalities. The group explores the impact of volunteering in Health and Social Care:
- sustaining health
- wellbeing
- care
- social welfare
- public policy, law and services
- practitioners and delivery of professional services, enhanced performance or ethical practice
- on understanding, learning and participation
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Linda Birt
- School of Health Sciences - Research Fellow
- Institute for Volunteering Research - Member
- Lifespan Health - Member
- Volunteering and Health and Social Care - Member
- Critical Volunteering Studies - Member
- Dementia & Complexity in Later Life - Member
Person: Research & Analogous, Research Group Member, Research Centre Member
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Diane Bunn
- School of Health Sciences - Associate Professor of Nursing Research
- Lifespan Health - Member
- Water Security Research Centre - Member
- Volunteering and Health and Social Care - Member
- UEA Hydrate Group - Member
- Health Promotion - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Jane Cross
- Dementia & Complexity in Later Life - Member
- School of Health Sciences - Associate Professor
- Lifespan Health - Member
- Volunteering and Health and Social Care - Member
- HealthUEA - Steering Committee Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Extension
Mioshi, E., Crozier, K., Farquhar, M., Hornberger, M., Mioshi, E., Sanderson, K., Wagner, A., Burrows, S., Franks, L., Gardener, C., Gillings, R., Grotz, J., Miners, L., Beresford, P., Cameron, R., Peryer, G. & Risebro, H.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/10/24 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - IDEA
Blow, J., Blow, J., Clark, A., Cornish, C., Deane, K., Duvendack, M., Hodgekins, J., Horwood, N., Mondal, A., O'Connell, M., Reid, B. & Semlyen, J.
1/09/24 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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Social Prescribing for people to Live Enjoyably with Dementia In Daily life
Cross, J., Khondoker, M., Poland, F., Grant, K., Pond, M., Shepstone, L., Swart, A. M. & Birt, L.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/12/22 → 30/11/27
Project: Research
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Adapting a Dutch web-based intervention to support family caregivers of people with dementia in the UK context: Accelerated experience-based co-design
Scheibl, F., Boots, L., Eley, R., Fox, C., Gracey, F., Dening, K. H., Oyebode, J., Penhale, B., Poland, F., Ridel, G., West, J. & Cross, J. L., 22 May 2024, In: JMIR Formative Research. 8, e52389.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Downloads (Pure) -
Exploring the effectiveness and experiences of people living with dementia interacting with digital interventions: A mixed methods systematic review
Ditton, A., Alodan, H., Fox, C., Evans, S. & Cross, J., 27 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Dementia.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Perceived control as a predictor of medication adherence in people with Parkinson’s: A large-scale cross-sectional study
Zarotti, N., O'Leary Deane, K. H., Longworth Ford, C. E. & Simpson, J., Jan 2024, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 46, 3, p. 478-488 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)24 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Elizabeth Brown Prize for best platform presentation at the BGS Spring meeting 2022
Birt, Linda (Recipient), 20 Apr 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Finalist, Norfolk Care Awards in collaborative working category
Bunn, Diane (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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UEA Engagement Achievement Award
Grotz, Jurgen (Recipient), 9 May 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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V-CALC: Volunteering Impact Measurement Training in Europe
Jurgen Grotz (Consultant) & Ellice Parkinson (Consultant)
1 Mar 2023 → 28 Feb 2025Activity: Consultancy
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Volunteering and Ideology
Jurgen Grotz (Organiser), Peter Beresford (Chair), Chris Millora (Speaker), Ruth Leonard (Speaker), Becki Meakin (Speaker) & Michael Ashe (Speaker)
26 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Volunteering in a Global Pandemic
Jurgen Grotz (Organiser), Carol Jacklin-Jarvis (Organiser), Wendy Osborne (Speaker), Chris Millora (Chair), Undral Gombodorj (Speaker), Mark Pearce (Speaker), Shalabh Sahai (Speaker), Charlotte Sung (Speaker), Max Ventura (Speaker), Gabriella Civico (Chair), Ksenija Fonović (Speaker), Deedar Guerra (Speaker), Catherine Nakazibwe (Speaker), Lejla Šehić Relić (Speaker), Fred Sadia (Speaker), Clifford Allum (Speaker), Nichole Cirillo (Chair), Analia Bettoni (Speaker), Carmen Espinoza (Speaker), Giselle Mendez (Speaker) & Meghan Moloney (Speaker)
26 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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Care home dehydration tests don't work
10/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution