Herts YPAG

Screenshot of a PDF document. At the top: University of Hertfordshire, GenerationR and Herts YPAG logos. By Lauren Denyer, Helen Abnett, Benita Djan, Zuyi Su, Jacob Wright & Louca-Mai Brady (2025). Evaluating the Herts YPAG: The Herts YPAG (Young People’s Research Advisory Group) is a research group made up of young people who help researchers. In 2025, we conducted an evaluation – to explore what the YPAG has achieved, and how it could be improved. Three YPAG members and two staff members worked together as a team to design, carry out, and share the outcomes of this evaluation. Our Questions: We wanted to answer three questions: How has being a member of the YPAG impacted YPAG members themselves? How has working with the YPAG impacted research and researchers? How can the YPAG be improved for the future? This is a summary of our findings. The full report is available on our website. *Picture of young people sitting round a table in a university classroom* What did we do? Conducted interviews, focus groups and surveys with YPAG members, researchers, group facilitators, and YPAG members’ parents and carers. Looked at existing information that had been collected since the YPAG started. Analysed our data using different methods, such as thematic analysis (looking for patterns) and content analysis (counting words).

We've co-produced an evaluation of our group! Check it out: uhra.herts.ac.uk/id/eprint/26...

#YoungResearchers #PPI #PPIE #PPIImpact #PeerResearch #Coproduction

28.10.2025 10:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Photo collage. Top picture is of a box of 15 small square chocolate cakes with the letters 'happy birthday' on them + two cakes with stars. The bottom picture is of 7 young people sitting around a table in a sunny room, with pizza boxes, fruit and cake in front of them.

Photo collage of 4 young people's wrists with friendship bracelets - one spelling 'Herts Uni', one 'YPAG' and two with young people's names

Happy birthday to us!! Great meeting @herts.ac.uk today celebrating 3 years since the relaunch of #HertsYPAG with pizza 🍕, cake 🎂, bracelet-making, a research quiz pass-the-parcel - oh and some research work too!

08.03.2025 18:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Thank you Herts YPAG for attending & contributing to the event, what a great day! Thank you for reflecting on the day in this fantastic blog, watch out for the full report and next steps. Thanks again for joining us to raise the importance of involving young people in health research

03.02.2025 14:25 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

HTs 🎩 to @jpreso.bsky.social, young people & colleagues for A* organising + presenters name-checked in blog post incl @simonrstones.bsky.social, Sophie @raiiseuk.bsky.social, @neuro-observant.bsky.social & her amazing #InvolveYoungPeople research cycle & @joshharsant.bsky.social @barnardos.org.uk 👏👏

03.02.2025 14:18 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0

Picture of 'live drawing' notes for the national 'Making Connections' event for young people's research advisory groups. Includes pictures of young people, presenters and key messages about voice, being heard and shared experience

We had a brilliant day in Birmingham on Saturday at the 'Making Connections' event for #GenR YPAGs. Check out our blog post: generationr.org.uk/hertsypag_ma...

03.02.2025 14:14 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2

5 young people sitting on a train

Programme for 'Making Connections' national NIHR event on children and young people's involvement in health and social care research

Herts YPAG on tour!
On our way to Birmingham with @louca-mai.bsky.social and @helenabnett.bsky.social for an @nihr.bsky.social #GenerationR #MakingConnections event with YPAGs from across the country

01.02.2025 10:02 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Blog post about our last meeting by a member of the group: generationr.org.uk/the-herts-yp...

Looking forward to an exciting 2025, including a get-together with YPAGs from across the country

@uniofherts.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social
#PPI #PPIE #PublicInvolvement #InvolveYoungPeople

22.01.2025 11:43 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Photo Christmas card: Red Christmas background with baubles and snowflakes and two photos: one of a collage which says 'Merry Christmas from the YPAG' and the other with a group of young people in grey sweatshirts outside a University of Hertfordshire building holding letters that spell CRIPACC. Text below says 'from the Herts YPAG'.

Wishing everyone a very happy festive season 🎄🎅
See you all in 2025!

18.12.2024 17:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Reposting on here the film @hertsypag.bsky.social made earlier in the year with #FlexibleFilms and illustrations by #BeciWard, neither of whom are on here yet.
See them in action in the 'making of' film (post 2)
www.flexiblefilms.co.uk
www.studiobeci.com/live-illustr...

09.12.2024 08:02 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

And check out this bonus film about the 'making of' the #HertsYPAG movie:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGfC...

#Coproduction #CoproducedFilm #InvolveYoungPeople #PublicInvolvement

09.12.2024 07:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Brilliant day with @louca-mai.bsky.social and colleagues including Helen from @arceastofengland.bsky.social talking to us about how children & YP should be involved in @nihrarcs.bsky.social. But the best bit was our Christmas party 🎄🥳 - ft. pass the parcel, pin the nose on the reindeer & a quiz.

07.12.2024 19:18 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2

Introducing #HertsYPAG -the movie 📽 😁

Our film about our group, and how to #InvolveYoungPeople in research is now online: generationr.org.uk/hertsypag_fi...

07.12.2024 19:09 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1