Support MQ Mental Health Research
Volunteer For Mental Health ResearchSupport researchers in their mission to further improve the understanding, treatment and
one day prevention of mental health issues by volunteering for mental health research.
Whoever you are, whatever your knowledge or experience of mental illness, your help
is needed and your contribution is important.
What Does MQ Do?
MQ Mental Health Research is mental health research charity with the sole focus on raising money to fund mental health research, with the intention of improving the understanding and treatment of mental illness, and to one day prevent mental illness from occurring in the first place. There is more to be learned about mental illness and there is still stigma attached to it. At MQ, we strive to tackle this, and you can help through volunteering.
Lived Experience Research Network (LERN)
Our LERN network is focused on engaging more people with lived experience in mental health research. This enables our PPIE to flourish as we recognise that mental health research requires an inclusive approach. Volunteer by joining our Lived Experience Reserch Network (LERN). Whether you have lots of time to spare or only a little, and whatever your experience with mental health is, we encourage you to participate in opportunities such as surveys, questionnaires, advisory group membership or virtual focus groups. Click here If you would like to learn more about what PPIE is.
The Benefits of Volunteering For Mental Health Research
1. Empowerment
Volunteering for research can help empower you and provide a great sense of purpose. Not only are you helping to improve mental health for the future, you are improving your own wellbeing and mental health by taking part.
2. Reframe Lived Experience
If you have dealt with mental health struggles, volunteering for research can be a way to create something positive from painful memories by helping to improve treatment and services for others.
3. Skill Development
MQ supports PPIE-P, whch is the practice of working alongside volunteers rather than working on them. This provides volunteers with opportunities to learn new skills, build confidence, and make a real difference.
Other Ways You Can Volunteer
Run For MQ
Put your running shoes on and choose either a 10K, half- or whole marathon. We have spaces open in England and Europe.
Student Ambassador
Our Student Ambassador programme offers a flexible, student-led opportunity to be the face of MQ and champion mental health.
Fundraise
You can choose other challenges to raise money from the likes of walking, skydiving to hosting a quiz night. You can also raise money in your way.
FAQ
How to Join the Lived Experience Research Network (LERN)?
Follow this link to complete our LERN form, by doing so you are agreeing to join MQ’s Lived Experience Research Network. You can opt-out anytime by email or by calling us. Once signed up to our LERN network, we’ll send you information about the different ways to get involved. You must be 18 years old or older to join.
How Much Do I Have to Be Involved?
It is completely up to you how much you wish to be involved. There is no pressure or force to sign up to a paritcular research.
How Will My Contribution Make a Difference?
By volunteering, you become part of the solution. Every participant helps researchers build a clearer picture of how mental health conditions develop, what treatments work, and how we might one day prevent them altogether. Your contribution enables researchers to do the work that could help change lives for generations to come.
What Will You Do With My Information?
We take your privacy very seriously at MQ and will only use and store your information as required by law and in line with GDPR. There are multiple circumstances as to why we would need to use your information, and we have listed them in detail on our privacy policy page, under "how we use your personal information".
Other Ways to Support
You can raise money buy running for MQ. Wether it is a 10K, half or a whole marathon, we will be supporting and championing you the whole way through. Take a look at the many locations you can choose from.
You can simply to donate to MQ and help support the future of mental health research. Supporting ground breaking research to help us better understand, effectively treat and ultimately one day even prevent serious mental illness.
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