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Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC)
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NIHR ARC North West Coast is one of 15 @nihrarcs.bsky.social
funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (@nihr.bsky.social). We work with our partners in the North West of England on applied health and care research.
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In this month’s ARC national newsletter.

👩‍⚕️ Katie Merry’s ARC NWC internship explores ways to reduce cervical screening inequalities among South Asian women.

🗣️ ARC NWC Public Advisor Naheed Tahir shares how co-chairing the Seldom Heard Forum is strengthening community voices.
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Since their inception 6 years ago, ARCs have:

🔎 carried out over 3,300 research projects
📰 published over 9,000 papers
🤝 collaborated with 627 partner organisations
💰 leveraged about £1 billion in external funding!

👉🏿 Explore a selection of our work:
mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

💫 #ARCimpacts
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Work by ARC NENC is highlighted today as part of our national #ARCimpacts campaign to celebrate 6 years of @arcnwc.bsky.social

Watch this short explainer video about our work to co-develop the Deep End NENC GP Network, and the difference that this has made so far ⬇️
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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💫NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) have leveraged around £1 billion in external research funding!

💙Browse a selection of some of our amazing work from across the country:
mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

👁️ Follow #ARCimpacts
NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research ARCs have leveraged around £1 billion of external research funding #ARCimpacts
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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In the past 6 years, ARCs have worked with over 2,500 public contributors and have recruited over 810,000 study participants
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Thank you to everyone who has made this important applied health & care research possible
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Find out more about our work: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

💫 #ARCimpacts
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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ARCs have championed capacity building in applied health & care research

Over the past 6 years, ARCs have supported:

🎓455 PhD students

👩🏾‍🎓232 Postdoctoral Fellows
(e.g. our #Dementia Fellows: www.arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/dem-comm-res...)

Read about our work: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

💫 #ARCimpacts
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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How playing a game can help spread awareness of #dementia inequalities

With @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding, & supported by @arcnwc.bsky.social, an innovative & creative board game has been designed to improve knowledge about dementia inequalities

www.nihr.ac.uk/blog/how-pla...

💫 #ARCimpacts
Dementia inequalities board game (funded by Wellcome Trust funding and supported by NIHR ARC North West Coast). #ARCimpacts logo
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Congratulations to ARC North West Coast CHI theme lead, Professor Sarah Rodgers, on her inaugural lecture Transforming Our Cities From the Ground Up! 🌍🏙️

Excited to see how her work connects communities, systems, and data to improve health.

#PublicHealth #InauguralLecture
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October 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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📢Health & social care managers: empower your team's research.

📅 Join @ARC_KSS on 2 Oct, 2-3pm to learn about NIHR Health & Care Professionals Internship Programme.
Mentoring tips, networking, and practical strategies await.
🔗Sign up: tinyurl.com/y3ab75fa
ℹ️ More: tinyurl.com/urwhj253

#NIHRresearch
September 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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The latest RaCEEs cohort led by Dr Valerio Benedetto, has completed all 6 sessions, gaining practical skills in health economics.

🗞️Read more: tinyurl.com/4wrf6vv9
🎥 Hear from attendees: tinyurl.com/5yvxfs3v
✍️ Sign up: tinyurl.com/35vnttmt
September 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Next presentation at today's national #ARCseminar:

Singing & dancing interventions for #dementia

by researcher Dr Megan Polden of @arcnwc.bsky.social & @liverpooluni.bsky.social

📄🔊 Read or listen to Megan's @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social blog here:
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Guest blog Dr Megan Polden Postdoctoral Research Associate The University of Liverpool Evaluation of Singing & Dancing Interventions for Dementia Dementia Researcher
July 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Catch up on the final national #ARCseminar of 2025!

Creative arts for #dementia care:
arc-wx.nihr.ac.uk/event-detail...

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Post NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) ‪@nihrarcs.bsky.social‬ Don't miss the final national #ARCseminar of 2025 Wed 9 July - Creative arts for #dementia eventbrite.com/e/creative-a... Short talks explore the impact of music therapy, singing & dancing interventions for people with dementia & using creative arts to involve people with dementia in research. NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar (Picture of people dancing at silent disco from The Centre for Ageing Better's Age-positive image library) ALT June 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM Everybody can reply 21 reposts 4 quotes 21 likes 2 25 Write your reply ‪NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs)‬ ‪@nihrarcs.bsky.social‬ · 1mo @stephenlim.bsky.social @arcwessex.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @uhdnhs.bsky.social @uhsftresearch.bsky.social @arceastofengland.bsky.social @arcnwc.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social ‪NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs)‬ ‪@nihrarcs.bsky.social‬ · 1mo @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social @denpruexeter.bsky.social @ukri.org @innov-dementia.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) ‪@nihrarcs.bsky.social‬ Home Explore 1 Notifications Chat Feeds Lists Profile Settings New Post Search Discover Following NIHR ARCs More feeds Trending E.J. Antoni Big Brother Austin Shooting Epstein Case Feedback • Privacy • Terms • Help NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar (Picture of people dancing at silent disco from The Centre for Ageing Better's Age-positive image library) NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar (Picture of people dancing at silent disco from The Centre for Ageing Better's Age-positive image library)
August 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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NEW
@arcnwc.bsky.social
#CommunityOfPractice event: #SocialCare in #Dementia

Including:
- Lived experience
- A Dementia care navigator perspective @merseycarenhs.bsky.social
- Latest social care and dementia research

📅 Tuesday 16th October 2-3.30pm (Online)
Register here: tinyurl.com/t4cedtc4
September 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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The 2025 national #ARCseminar series on:
The healing power of creative arts

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7 May: Improving #MentalHealth & wellbeing with creative arts

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11 June: Exploring lived experience with creative arts

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9 July: Creative arts for #dementia

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NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar (background picture: silhouette of an adult and a child singing and dancing)
March 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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March 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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🌷Read the March roundup from across all 15 NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs):
mailchi.mp/nihr/march-2...

Including the latest research, resources, blogs, awards, events, training & more from ARCs across the country

Join the ARCs newsletter here: tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter
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March 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Have you tried any parent-led #CBT courses to help your #child with #anxiety in the past 3years?

Happy to take part in a 1 hour interview about your experiences of how others (e.g. #family) supported any changes?

To take part, please fill out this consent to contact
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March 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Want to find out more about our @arcnwc.bsky.social Social Care Research Capacity Building Programme?

Recent blog from Dr James Watson and I can be read here: shorturl.at/jz2Y1

#SocialCare #CapacityBuilding

More updates from all 15 @nihrarcs.bsky.social found below
March 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Join this Mental Health Implementation (MHIN)-led webinar to hear about how Parent-Led #CBT, an effective treatment for childhood anxiety, can be implemented in school settings.

arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/events-train...
Text on a blue background reads: 'Webinar: Implementing Parent-Led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (PL-CBT) in a school setting This webinar will draw on the experiences of a pilot programme in the East of England that trained school staff to deliver PL-CBT, an effective treatment for childhood anxiety. The 'Working on Worries' programme has had positive outcomes for parents and children, as well as providing practical guidance about how to implement PL-CBT in schools. Weds 26 March, 12-1pm' There is a photos of a child and parent working together.
March 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Still time to sign up for out next seldom heard forum, next week on #Chinese #health and wellbeing #community #research #NorthWest @arc_nwc
February 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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📢 Join us for #ARCFEST25 on Tues 11th March at The Liner Hotel, Liverpool!

🧠The in-person event explores Brain Health through the Life Course, covering dementia, stroke & more.
🗞️Plus, an update on our ARC 2 proposal.
🎟️ Book now:https://tinyurl.com/44fyec45
February 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Read the February roundup from all 15
@nihr.bsky.social ARCs:

mailchi.mp/nihr/februar...

With the latest research, resources, blogs, awards, events, training & more from ARCs across the country

💌 Join here to receive this monthly roundup directly in your inbox: tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter
The NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) February 2025 newsletter
The national newsletter from across all the NIHR ARCs. In this edition: Helping parents in psychiatric hospital stay connected with their children, a new play shining a light on the real-life experien...
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February 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Join us for the ARC NWC Seldom Heard Forum: Chinese community, health & well-being in North West Coast!

🗓️ Online, Wed 26th Feb 2025, 11am-1pm.

Hear from practitioners, community members, & public advisers. Q&A and discussion to follow! More details: arc-nwc.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved...
January 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Read our January 2025 New Year special newsletter, showcasing the top 24 stories of 2024: mailchi.mp/nihr/nihr-ar...

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NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaborations Top 24 stories of 2024
January 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Dr Clarissa Giebel is calling for the development of a new National Dementia Strategy.

A co-produced plan can improve care, research, and workforce support. Join the petition to prioritise this public health challenge.

Learn more and sign here ➡️🖋️
tinyurl.com/2956996j
Petition: Develop, publish, and implement a new National Dementia Strategy
Since the national dementia strategy published under the 2010-2015 Government, we have no dementia strategy in this country.
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January 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM