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# Resources


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## What to Learn Next

> **Recommend other chapters in _The Turing Way_ book that readers should read**
* {ref}`cm-lay-summaries` contains information and guidance on writing plain language summaries that can help guide the development of your plain language resources
* {ref}`cl-mec-organising-conferences` contains a checklist and general guidance for organizing a conference which supplements this chapter if you are planning a longer or multi-day event
* {ref}`cl-mec-event-tools` contains suggestions and recommendations for tools that can help with task management, collaborative note taking, live polls, and surveys which can be used to support your event
* {ref}`cl-mec-remote-collab-guidelines` provides guidance on running remote meetings and has recommendations that can help shape an online or remote event held for people with lived experience
* {ref}`cl-mec-remote-organising-meetings` contains checklists of tasks for organizing meetings which should be read in addition to the accessible meeting section of this chapter
* {ref}`cl-mec-hybrid-collab-challenges` outlines some of the challenges that come with organizing hybrid events which can impact the accessibility and engagement in planned events
* {ref}`cl-mec-chairing` covers the duties an event chair would have at a range of different events. This section will be useful guidance to provide chairs and moderators with at your event. 
* {ref}`cl-new-community-differences` has suggestions for how to establish a strong and supportive collaborative environment which will help to frame the planning stages of your inclusive event  

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## Additional Resources 

These resources cannot (and should not) replace working with members of your specific community to plan and host events. 

### Resources on Public Involvement and Engaging people with lived experience in research and/or public policy
* NHS Guide to Patient and Public Participation: [Involving Patients and Public in Event Planning and Delivery](https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bitesize-guide-event-planning.pdf)
* [UK Standards for Public Involvement in Research](https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/pi-standards/home)
* Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland: [Engaging people with lived experience best practice, challenges, and opportunities](https://www.seemescotland.org/media/11340/lived_experience_report_2022_web.pdf)
* NIHR Imperial BRC Patient Experience Research Center (PERC): [A Rough Guide to Public Involvement](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/perc/PERCs-Rough-Guide-to-Public-Involvement---Dec-2021.pdf)
* Imperial College London: [Public Involvement Resource Hub](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/patient-experience-research-centre/ppi/ppi-resource-hub/)
* [For Equity: Resource List](https://forequity.uk/general-resources/)
* National Institute for Social Health and Care Research: [Public involvement in NHS, health and social care research](https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/briefing-notes-for-researchers-public-involvement-in-nhs-health-and-social-care-research/27371)
* World Health Organization: [Nothing for Us, Without Us: listening and learning from people with lived experience](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms6BrG-RJJI)
* NHS Guide to patient and public participation: [Planning for participation](https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bs-guide-plann-part1.pdf)
* DARE UK: [Public Involvement and Engagement (PIE) Guidelines for DARE UK Projects](https://dareuk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Public-Involvement-and-Engagement-PIE-Guidelines-for-DARE-UK-Projects.pdf)
* [PEDRI: Public Involvement and Engagement Best Practice Draft Standards for the use of data for Research and Statistics](https://www.adruk.org/fileadmin/uploads/adruk/Documents/PE_reports_and_documents/PEDRI-Best-Practice-Standards.pdf?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9I-CNND1ExG4qFNhAixF7DgzUPmx2l6OdSTF524XH1QkQi0TUdR7BnLxfzePrRtOMF48_K)
* Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC): [Guidance and tools for public involvement](https://www.amrc.org.uk/guidance-and-tools-for-public-involvement)
* World Health Organization: [framework for meaningful engagement of people living with non-communicable diseases, and mental health and neurological conditions](https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/367340/9789240073074-eng.pdf?sequence=1)
* [My Voice Matters - a guide for people who want to share their lived experience](https://shapingourlives.org.uk/report/my-voice-matters/)
* NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands: [Engagement,
Involvement & Co‑Production](https://arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/sites/default/files/field/restricted/Preparing%20for%20Implementation_Module%202_V2.pdf)
* Public Engagement with Science [A guide to creating conversations among publics and scientists for mutual learning and societal decision-making](https://www.mos.org/sites/dev-elvis.mos.org/files/docs/offerings/PES_guide_10_20r_HR.pdf)
* Citizen's Advice: [How to run focus groups](https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/CitizensAdvice/Equalities/How%20to%20run%20focus%20groups%20guide.pdf)
* [Guidelines for Conducting a Focus Group](https://irep.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2016/05/Trinity_Duke_How_to_Conduct_a_Focus_Group.pdf)

### Community-Specific Accessibility Resources

#### Deaf and Hard of Hearing 
* [Sign Solutions: How to plan a conference with event interpretation for Deaf people](https://www.signsolutions.uk.com/how-to-plan-a-conference-with-event-interpretation-for-deaf-people/)
* [Royal National Institute for Deaf People: Make your meetings deaf aware](https://rnid.org.uk/information-and-support/deaf-awareness/make-your-meetings-deaf-aware/)
* (UK only) [Action Deafness Interpreting: British Sign Language Interpreter Services](https://actiondeafness.org.uk/services/interpreting/)
* [Working with sign language interpreters for events](https://www.signsolutions.uk.com/working-with-sign-language-interpreters-for-events/)

#### Autism
* Autistica Advocacy: [A Guide to Accessible Event Planning](https://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Accessible-Event-Planning.pdf)
* National Autism Society: [A quick, easy guide to holding an autism-friendly event](https://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/raise-money/do-your-own-thing/how-to-guides/holding-an-event)

### Planning Accessible Events
* [Creating Accessible Events](https://www.friendlylikeme.com/access-spotlight/creating-accessible-events)
* [Make Things Accessible: Running Accessible Events](https://www.makethingsaccessible.com/guides/running-accessible-events/)
* [Disabled Equality Scotland: How to organize an Inclusive and Accessible Event](https://inclusivecommunication.scot/how-to-organise-an-inclusive-and-accessible-event)
* [University College London's Tips / Checklist for making events accessible](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/equality-areas/disability-equality/tips-checklist-making-events-accessible)
* [University of British Columbia Accessible and Inclusive Event Planning](https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/accessible-and-inclusive-event-planning/)
* [University of York: Inclusive and Accessible Events: Good Practice Guidance](https://www.york.ac.uk/media/abouttheuniversity/equality/documents/Inclusive-and-accessible-events-good-practice-guidelines.pdf)
* Equality and Human Rights Commission: [Engaging with Disabled People An Events Planning Guide](https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/housing-and-disabled-people-engaging-with-disabled-people-event-planning-guide.pdf)
* [Independent Living Institute: Holding Meetings](https://www.independentliving.org/docs2/daakit45.html)
* [Making in-person events accessible](https://communications.admin.ox.ac.uk/guidance-for-planning-and-organising-accessible-events#collapse2055661)

### Planning Inclusive Events
* Journal Article: Joo et. al., 2022 [Ten simple rules to host an inclusive conference](https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010164)
* [Creating Inclusive Conferences for Academics with Caring Responsibilities](https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/impact/policybriefings/6_creating_inclusive_conferences_for_academics_with_caring_responsibilities.pdf)
* Mozilla Event Guidance: [Planning Participatory, Accessible, and Inclusive conference sessions](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kwHq6UYSOFWCjOrDCgcvmxByCX_dOr1qmBE7gAbj12s/edit#slide=id.g1161995780e_0_0)
* Mozilla Event Guidance: [How to plan a session](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k6Sft7YH2QrDzqzE6TZhociWVjXe7rLMDjAJ734qNKA/edit#slide=id.g1cd292f458d_0_75)
* [World Cafe Design Principles](https://theworldcafe.com/key-concepts-resources/design-principles/)

### Venue Accessibility Guidance
* Shaping our Lives: [Venue accessibility checklist](https://shapingourlives.org.uk/report/venue-accessibility-checklist/)
* Shaping our Lives: [Venue accessibility infographic](https://shapingourlives.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Accessible-venues-V3.png)
* [Accessible Toilets: The world of accessible toilets](https://accessible-toilets.co.uk/2019/02/07/all-about-emergency-cords/)
* [Creating Accessible Dining Spaces](https://www.friendlylikeme.com/access-spotlight/creating-accessible-dining-spaces)

### Hosting Online Accessible Events
* [University of Oxford: Making online events accessible](https://communications.admin.ox.ac.uk/how-to-plan-and-run-an-accessible-online-event#collapse2035421)
* [Royal National Institute for Deaf People: Guidance on how to use accessibility features on video conferencing apps](https://rnid.org.uk/information-and-support/technology-and-products/video-conferencing-accessibility-meetings/)
* Shaping Our Lives: [Throwing away the rulebook: Five things you should consider when planning interactive online events, to make them more inclusive](https://shapingourlives.org.uk/report/planning-inclusive-online-events/)

### Creating Accessible Communications
* UK Government Civil Service: [Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility](https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility/)
* [MetaDocencia's Accessibility Profiles](https://www.metadocencia.org/en/post/perfiles_accesibilidad/) for developing accessible content.
* [Ability Net: How to make documents accessible](https://abilitynet.org.uk/sites/abilitynet.org.uk/files/Creating-accessible-documents-Easy-Read.pdf?utm_source=Website0&utm_medium=CreatingAccessibleDocsEasyReadPDF&utm_campaign=EasyRead)
* [Accessible Computing: Are text-only web pages an accessible alternative?](https://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/are-text-only-web-pages-accessible-alternative)
* [Email Accessibility: 17 Best Practices You Need to Follow](https://www.loopify.com/blog/accessibility-in-email-marketing/)
* [Harvard University: Designing Presentations for readability](https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/design-readability)
* [University of Kent: Make documents and text accessible](https://www.kent.ac.uk/guides/accessible-content/accessible-documents)
* [University of Kent: Make presentations accessible](https://www.kent.ac.uk/guides/accessible-content/accessible-presentations)
* [University of Colorado: Understanding PDF Accessibility](https://www.colorado.edu/digital-accessibility/pdfs)
* [Easy Read by Disability Equality Scotland](https://disabilityequality.scot/easy-read/)
* [Accessibility and assisted digital: Understanding WCAG 2.20](https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/helping-people-to-use-your-service/understanding-wcag)

### Example Accessibility Guides
* [Accessibility Guide for InterPride's Annual General Meeting & World Conference in San Diego](https://www.friendlylikeme.com/access-spotlight/interpride-san-diego)
* [Atlanta Pride: Accessibility Guide](https://www.friendlylikeme.com/access-spotlight/atlanta-pride-accessibility-guide)


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## Further Reading
* [The 7 Principles of Universal Design](https://universaldesign.ie/about-universal-design/the-7-principles)
* (Book) [The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters](https://www.priyaparker.com/book-art-of-gathering) by Priya Parker
