ARC South London Knowledge Exchange event 2026

This January, the capacity building theme of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London invites you to our final Knowledge Exchange Event.

These annual events have been about embracing and valuing different kinds of knowledge and showing how we can work collaboratively as researchers, voluntary organisations, clinicians and people with lived experience.

In our final event we want to deepen our focus on building inclusive research, which was the foundation of our very successful 2025 event.

We will feature research and practice which puts lived experience front and centre, engages with histories of social exclusion and deprivation, and addresses how different forces of discrimination and advantage can come together to shape health inequities.

We will discuss the following questions:

• What does it take for researchers and clinicians to build trust with social groups and communities who have faced exclusion from both research and health and care services?
• What does it mean to work together with minoritised people who may now be facing growing hostility and insecurity in the UK?

About the event

• When: 15 January 2026, 10am-2.30pm
• Where: Great Hall, Somerset House, Strand Campus, King’s College London, WC2R 2LS

This half-day event will include presentations and space for reflection, discussion and exchange (more details to follow). There will also be an opportunity to network with delegates and to visit stands showcasing projects and activities undertaken by researchers, health and social care practitioners, voluntary sector and community partners.

Further information

This event is open to all and is free to attend. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

We are keen to hear from members of the public who are interested in learning more about research in their community and health and social care practitioners and community leaders. We have a limited budget to cover travel expenses for members of the public based in London to attend. Please email YXJjc2hvcnRjb3Vyc2VzIHwga2NsICEgYWMgISB1aw== to find out more.

Hosting stalls

If you are interested in hosting a stall to share information about your work please complete this form. Community organisations are especially welcome.

The NIHR ARC South London is committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in research. We are very keen to ensure our development opportunities reach diverse and under represented groups. To support this we would ask you to fill in our anonymous survey. Although it is completely voluntary to answer these questions, the more information you provide, the more effective our monitoring will be.

Also check out other Health & Wellness events in London.