If you are looking to improve the quality and impact of your engagement work, there are two complementary hubs that bring together trusted tools, frameworks, and guidance from across the UK landscape. These are particularly useful when you want both practical “how to” support and help navigating which approaches best fit your context.
The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) resources hub offers a comprehensive collection focused on public and community engagement, including practical tools, case examples, and guidance on inclusive and ethical practice.
The University Policy Engagement Network’s Resource Navigator acts as a curated gateway to policy engagement toolkits, helping you quickly identify relevant resources for areas such as evidence use in policy, project scoping, and rapid evidence assessments.
Together, these resources provide:
- A wide library of engagement tools, templates, and real-world examples
- Guidance on inclusive, ethical, and effective engagement (beyond simple communication)
- Support for evaluation, including what good looks like and how to evidence impact
- Curated pathways to policy engagement toolkits across the UK ecosystem
- Help in selecting the right approach based on your goals and context
- A shared language and set of standards to support collaboration with diverse partners
These hubs work particularly well as starting points for self-directed development or when designing new engagement activity and wanting to ground it in established good practice.
UPEN CAPE Resource Navigator for policy engagement toolkits
What will you take forward?
One thing to consider: Looking ahead 6 months, what change or outcome do you want from your engagement work, who needs to be involved, and what one approach or suggestion from these toolkits could help you overcome any barriers?
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