Including the voice of lived experience in policy making

This document is an output of the Equalities workstream of the VCSE A­ccord, led by Greater Manchester Equality Alliance (GM=EqAl) who have developed a shared set of principles to ensure the voice of lived experience is heard in policymaking, examples of best practice and remuneration considerations.

It aims to support public sector colleagues to include the voice of lived experience in policy making.

Greater Manchester has ambitions as a city-region to do things differently and the Greater Manchester Strategy states that GM will ‘involve people in the decisions we make and actions we take’. It is vital that practice reflects reality, and services are designed to meet the needs of the population. This document aims to support this by ensuring direct, and first-hand experiences are leading the development of policy.

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Watch these short videos of GM VCFSE Leadership Group and GM Equality Alliance members speaking about the importance of inluding the voice of lived experieince in policy making.