community engagement
The Thinker CIC provides community engagement services for organisations and businesses, who are looking to work collaboratively to gain valuable input, explore and devise strategies and policies, and better understand the nature of the communities they serve. In hosting structured discussions with community members, using focussed stimulus materials, incisive questions, and enabling participants to develop responses, engage critically and constructively with others, we can provide substantial, meaningful outcomes that overcome the limitations of questionnaires and focus groups.
Current Work:
We are delighted to be working with The Pandemic Institute, in the formation and running of steering group meetings during 2025, with a view to facilitating rich discussion around issues relating to the preparation and responses to pandemics, and eliciting meaningful feedback that can inform the future of the institute.
Previous Work: NHS Primary Care Network Partnership
In 2023-24, The Thinker CIC joined the Community Innovation Team (CIT) for Central and North Liverpool Primary Care Networks to work on a project focussed on tackling the issue of low levels of MMR immunisation in certain areas of Liverpool. Our input offered a non-prescriptive approach, with community discussion sessions run in Toxteth, Kensington, and Norris Green, on the topic of ‘good thinking and medical decision-making’, unpacking the nature of excellent thinking and how this might be applied to medical decisions. In addition, we devised resources for social media, produced video resources, crafted a teaching resource pack for schools across communities to utilise, and participated in the Health Equity Liverpool Project (HELP) Learning Event.
"...it has been wonderful and very interesting to see the range of resources and personalised messaging that the team has produced - including creative assets, and the hyperlocal approaches to reach out to target communities." - Dr Emer Coffey, Associate Director Public Health, Liverpool City Council
