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Y&H Policy Engagement & Research Network (Y-PERN)

Yorkshire Policy Innovation Partnership (Y-PIP)

Who to Contact:

Who to Contact:

Who to Contact:

Who to Contact:

Yorkshire Universities(YU)

Y&H Council Policy Forum

Kayleigh Renberg-FawcettSenior Programme Manager

Peter O'BrienExecutive Director

Lauren CoxCommunications & Engagement Manager

Peter Ollerenshaw

yhcouncils@barnsley.gov.uk

k.e.renberg-fawcett@leeds.ac.uk

P.OBrien@yorkshireuniversities.ac.uk

What we do:

What we do:

What we do:

What we do:

We support innovative approaches to community-led research & policy.

We foster strategic collaborations across the 12 universities.

We convene policy officers across the 18 authorities on shared priorities.

We provide research, expertise & network support for policy & university collaborations.

l.a.cox@leeds.ac.uk

Find out more:

Andy MycockChief Policy Fellow

Find out more:

Find out more:

https://www.yhcouncils.org.uk/members/

Our thematic areas:

a.j.mycock@leeds.ac.uk

https://yorkshireuniversities.ac.uk/

Our thematic areas:

Our thematic areas:

Our thematic areas:

https://y-pern.org.uk/ypip/

  • Collecting and Utilising Community Data
  • Good Work - Better Business
  • Culture and the Creative Industry
  • Climate-Ready Places
  • Communities InTheir Places
  • Policy Engagement
  • Graduate Talent
  • Local & Regional Development
  • Climate
  • Health
  • Policy application
  • Visitor economy
  • Energy & low carbon
  • Social Care
  • Migration/Asylum
  • Inclusive Growth
  • Devolution
  • Training & capacity for academic policy engagement

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https://y-pern.org.uk/priority-areas/

Y&H Applied Research Collaboration (YHARC)

Y&H Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC)

Who to Contact:

Who to Contact:

Who to Contact:

Who to Contact:

Y&H Climate Commission(YHCC)

Yorkshire Policy Collaboration(YPC)

Susan HampshawDirector, HDRC Doncaster

Kate RobinsonKnowledge Mobilisation Lead

Ella HowesPartnerships Manager

Andrew WoodSenior Engagement & Impact Officer

hdrcdoncaster@doncaster.gov.uk

ella.howes@york.ac.uk

What we do:

What we do:

What we do:

What we do:

yharc@bthft.nhs.uk

YHClimate@leeds.ac.uk

We build capacity for social science and policy collaborations.

We convene a Regional Policy Forum whose focus is on supporting Policy Makers to enable effective and accelerated climate action.

We develop research capacity and capability within local government.

We deliver applied researchto improve health & wellbeing.

hdrc@northyorks.gov.uk

Find out more:

Find out more:

Find out more:

Our thematic areas:

https://arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/

https://y-pern.org.uk/about-ypc/

Our thematic area:

Our thematic areas:

hdrc@wakefield.gov.uk

  • Mental Health, Healthy Families, Older People, Urgent Care.
  • Health Economics, Implementation Science, Knowledge Mobilisationand ImprovementScience

https://yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/

  • Wider determinants of health
  • Infrastructure development
  • Capacity building
  • Evidence informed culture
  • Knowledge mobilisation
  • Public involvementand engagement

Our thematic areas:

Working with the Universities of Huddersfield, Leeds, Sheffield and York, we focus on the social sciences

hdrc@bradford.gov.uk

  • Rapid emissions reduction
  • Climate adaptation and resilience
  • Nature restoration
  • Supporting justtransitions

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