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Youth Connection is a young people’s digital mental health research group which supports the GM.Digital research unit at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH), by guiding their research agenda. The group meets regularly to hear from researchers developing digital mental health apps., and more importantly for the young people to offer their feedback and thoughts on projects within this area.
The key focuses of Youth Connection are for our members to:
- Contribute to research
- Expand their knowledge
- Meet new people
- Learn new skills
Youth Connection was awarded the YPii Involvement Team/Group of the Year Award 2022 which recognises the group’s ability to add value to research proposals and ongoing projects.
The group helped to co-design an app through a series of online workshops, using prototyping and usability testing tools. This enabled the research team to make meaningful changes to their project based on the feedback and contributions from Youth Connection.