Social capital & empowerment
Knowing me, knowing you
Tusla is an active national partner in the PPI Ignite Network. Relationships and collaborations established within and beyond the Network have enabled Tusla to influence change in a number of domains.
Read about the impact of Tusla’s collaborations on the wider research eco-system, 2021-2025.
Small seeds igniting change
Access to funding to support PPI in research has been identified as a major barrier to high quality PPI: we at the PPI Ignite Network have been working hard to address this barrier. 104 separate seed funding awards, a total of €126,000, have been made by PPI Ignite Network offices over four years from 2021.
Improving PPI with refugees and migrants
PPI INCLUDES resulted in a coproduced vision, action plan, and song to improve PPI with refugees and migrants. This project raised awareness nationally, and with the World Health Organisation (WHO), about the ways that arts-based methods using music and singing can provide a direct link with refugees and migrants.
Read about the impact of the PPI Includes project, led by University of Limerick, in 2025.
Transforming Sjögren’s Care Together
SYNERG-IE emerged from a RCSI-Sjögren’s Ireland collaboration, one of many meaningful partnerships developed across the PPI Ignite Network in recent years. SYNERG-IE aims to address needs identified by the Sjögren’s community, by improving awareness of and education on Sjögren’s, and by impacting policy and practice. The patient voice is embedded in this work, from ideation to governance and day-to-day activities.
Read how the Sjorgen’s community and the research team are collaborating to improve the quality and impact of research.
Seeding change
A PPI seed-funding initiative by the PPI Ignite Network at UCD led to positive changes in procedure towards PPI beyond academia. This was enabled by communicating beyond the typical research community, explicitly promoting PPI leadership without prescribing it, and developing local procedures that facilitated awarding of funding directly to PPI partners, shifting the power dynamic.
Read about the impact of this seed funding initiative, written in 2023.