How We Help
FACES connects researchers, clinicians, and health organizations with the family members, caregivers, youth, and community voices that make their work better and grant applications stronger.
Making the Right Connections
Finding and connecting with the right family and community partners is specialized work. FACES does it well.
• Identifying and recruiting family members, caregivers, youth, and community representatives whose lived experience matches your research focus • Preparing and orienting partners so they can engage as confident, informed contributors • Matching research teams with the right voices for advisory committees, co-design sessions, consultations, and governance roles • Supporting researchers in scoping and budgeting engagement as a named component of grant applications
Supporting the Partnership
Once the connection is made, FACES helps teams continuously improve the partnership.
• Supporting family and community partners throughout their involvement • Helping research teams build the trust and communication practices that keep partners engaged across a full project lifecycle • Evaluating the partnership
Building Lasting Capacity
For organizations ready to make community partnership a permanent part of how they work.
• Training and coaching for research coordinators, clinical staff, and program teams • Development of engagement toolkits, frameworks, and internal resources • Assessment of existing engagement practices against leading standards • Strategic advising on embedding family and community partnership into organizational culture
FACES on Your Grant
FACES can be scoped and budgeted as a named subcontractor in grant applications — providing reviewers with confidence that community engagement is being led by a dedicated specialist. We help teams scope, cost, and describe the engagement component, and can provide a letter of support. For more information, please reach out!
Who we work with
Hospitals & Academic Health Science Centres
Connecting research teams with family and community partners; supporting patient and family advisory panels; preparing grant engagement components.
Research Networks
Identifying and recruiting family partners across multi-year studies; supporting co-design of research questions; sustaining community involvement across long project timelines.
Community Health Promotion Agencies
Connecting programs with community voices in the design phase; supporting co-design processes; building internal capacity for sustained engagement.
Government & Funding Bodies
Connecting stakeholder processes with the right community voices; supporting public engagement for policy and program co-design.