Cumberland HDRC

30/03/2026

27/03/2026

♥️ We loved sharing with you some of our Community Co-Researcher voices earlier in the week, so here are a few more!

We're incredibly proud of our new team and grateful for the enthusiasm, knowledge and drive each person brings. We can't wait to see where they take us next.

25/03/2026

🎯 As we move into new and exciting stages of project delivery, our mission statement and values guides us in working collaboratively and keep Cumberland’s communities at the heart of what we do.

🚀 We have so much to look forward to in 2026 and can’t wait to connect, learn and grow with you all.

23/03/2026

🎉 The Community Co-Researchers team have now finished their training and now it’s time for their introductions. Our Community Co-Researchers come from all walks of life and bring with them a wealth of lived experience and knowledge.

👟 As their research interests begin to shape into research questions, they will be heading out in the community later in the year to get feedback to make sure their work is relevant and meaningful and we’ll keep you updated every step of the way.

Check out the below to start getting to know our CCR team ⬇️

18/03/2026

🏅 Crossing the bridge from knowing to doing with the final step of our Research Skills training programme: Champion

🚀 Build your confidence and get ready for action in our two sessions: Leading Research – Pen to Paper to Action and Delivering Research - Pathways to Impact. You'll break down step by step what research looks like in practice, including the key stages, approaches, and tools, and think about finding ways to connect and collaborate to deliver relevant and meaningful projects.

✅ Learn it, apply it, and feel ready to do so.

Book now:
🎟️ Cumberland Council staff can find us on iLearn under Professional Skills: Research, Evidence, Evaluation and Learning
🎟️ Community organisations can find us on our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cumberland-hdrc-96124271553

Our training is open to all Cumberland Council staff, elected members, and community organisations. No research background necessary!

17/03/2026

✨ Great conversations and energy at our first training session 'Curiosity: Ask, Explore, Connect' today!

If you missed out, don't worry as we're back again tomorrow for the online session and next week, join us for Mapping Your Research Journey – Imagine, Discover, Create where Dr Jae-Llane Ditchburn will guide you from curiosity-driven questions to actionable insights.

Book now:
🎟️ Cumberland Council staff can find us on iLearn under Professional Skills: Research, Evidence, Evaluation and Learning
🎟️ Community organisations can find us on our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cumberland-hdrc-96124271553

16/03/2026

🎯 Real change happens with communities, not just for them.

Join training officer Jae-Llane for our two sessions in Co-Production and build on skills needed for meaningful collaboration with our communities and addressing health inequalities.

👥 Co-production is vital as it shares power, values lived experience and encouraging and enabling everyone to be involved in planning and delivering services. In The Co-Production Journey, Jae-Llane will explore practical ways to embed co-production into your work and strengthen partnerships with communities.

🟰 Health is shaped by more than just healthcare. By understanding health determinants, this helps identify health inequalities and can guide efforts to achieve health equity, ensuring everyone has equal opportunities to be healthy.
In The Health Equation: Understanding Drivers and Disparities, you will unpick how your work can strengthen efforts to reduce inequalities, including how to use credible evidence to do so.

Book now:
🎟️ Cumberland Council staff can find us on iLearn under Professional Skills: Research, Evidence, Evaluation and Learning
🎟️ Community organisations can find us on our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cumberland-hdrc-96124271553

Our training is open to all Cumberland Council staff, elected members, and community organisations. No research background necessary!

12/03/2026

❓Thinking about signing up for this year’s research skills training programme❓

⬇️ See what last year’s attendees had to say.
Their feedback speaks for itself and helped shape this year’s programme to make it even more practical and relevant for our colleagues and communities.

Book your place here:
🎟️ Cumberland Council staff can find us on iLearn under Professional Skills: Research, Evidence, Evaluation and Learning: https://cumbria.sharepoint.com/sites/iLearn/SitePages/CourseCatalog.aspx?lms365cc=%7B%22c%22%3A%5B%228a77e34c-0f1e-428b-8665-a88b16efe2bc%22%5D%2C%22cft%22%3A%22default%22%7D

🎟️ Community organisations can find us on our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cumberland-hdrc-96124271553

Our training is open to all Cumberland Council staff, elected members, and community organisations. No research background necessary!

10/03/2026

⏰It's almost here!⏰

By this time next week, our inquisitive lot will be ready to dig into the details, turn over every available stone and get chatting. Have you got your ticket?

There is still time to reserve your space and join Dr Jae-Llane Ditchburn for Ask, Explore, Connect and master the ways of using curiosity to spark ideas, new questions and solve problems.

📅 Tuesday 17th March
⏲️ 10am-12pm
📍 Civic Centre, Carlisle

Book now:
🎟️ Cumberland Council staff can find us on iLearn

🎟️ Community organisations can find us on our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cumberland-hdrc-96124271553

Our training is open to all Cumberland Council staff, elected members, and community organisations.

10/03/2026

Equipped with your ideas and map from our Curiosity sessions, build on your experience and everyday skills to go from now to ‘how’ with step two:
➡️ Capability

🔍 Build your confidence in finding and interpreting data and evidence in Numbers, Stories and Insights and use this to support your work and ideas. Become fluent in evidence finding for less guesswork, more efficient problem solving and strengthened decisions.

🧾 In Evaluation - Measuring and Improving, take a practical approach to breaking down the evaluation process, evaluation principles and useful methods to find the wins, the lessons and everything in between.

Combined, these transferable research skills can be applied to your day to day work to support planning, back up report writing or processes, navigate challenges, and finding the most effective solutions.

Your experience ➕ evidence 🟰 the best outcomes.

Book now:

🎟️ Cumberland Council staff can find us on iLearn under Professional Skills: Research, Evidence, Evaluation and Learning: https://cumbria.sharepoint.com/sites/iLearn/SitePages/CourseCatalog.aspx?

🎟️ Community organisations can find us on our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cumberland-hdrc-96124271553

Our training is open to all Cumberland Council staff, elected members, and community organisations. No research background necessary!

05/03/2026

❓ Did you know that we offer bespoke research skills training?

Our Training Office Jae-Llane Ditchburn will spend some time with you discussing your team priorities, processes and requirements, and design and deliver training based on your day to day work. From the completely new to the experienced in your team, our training is designed to be relevant, practical, and impactful.

Our training is open to all Cumberland Council staff, elected members, and community organisations. No research background necessary!

📨 Contact Jae-Llane via jae-llane.ditchburn@cumberland.gov.uk for more details

02/03/2026

➡️ Check out the first step in our Research Skills training programme: Curiosity!

Designed to strengthen one of the most powerful professional skills, our Training Officer Dr Jae-Llane Ditchburn will guide you through three interactive sessions to learn ways to ask better questions, be more comfortable with ambiguity, and bringing new ideas to life on the page.

🕵 Starting with using curiosity to spark ideas, new questions and solve problems in Ask, Explore, Connect

🗺️ You’ll move into exploring how to answer them in Mapping Your Research Journey – Imagine, Discover, Create

🧰 And finish strong in Blueprint of Curiosity with Theory of Change, leaving with a step-by-step blueprint and straightforward tool you can use every day.

Whether you are working with communities, designing projects, or shaping strategies, this training will give you practical tools that improve communication, connection and relationships and a solid start on your research journey.

Our training is open to all Cumberland Council staff, elected members, and community organisations. No research background necessary!

Book now:
🎟️ Cumberland Council staff can find us on iLearn under Professional Skills: Research, Evidence, Evaluation and Learning
🎟️ Community organisations can find us on our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cumberland-hdrc-96124271553