These groups will bring together key stakeholders in each site, (social care commissioners, service providers and practitioners from the private, voluntary and independent sectors) to engage directly with the research and research teams and apply their in-depth knowledge and experience of services from different perspectives to discussion of the research process, findings and dissemination.

The groups will contribute to developing the research outputs and inform the communication and dissemination strategy to maximise the potential impact of the research and ensure the findings reach target audiences.