Deliverables
Explore INSPIRE's key deliverables, policy briefs, and reports.
Policy Brief: Advancing Inclusive Participatory Policy Making through an intersectional lens
June 2025
​INSPIRE's policy brief offers practical recommendations for policymakers on designing inclusive policy processes and advancing intersectional data practices. It draws on INSPIRE's research to illustrate effective, arts-based participatory methods that empower marginalized communities and guide equitable policy reforms.
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“ You’re Fried ”: The Uprising of Fifteen” A tale of youth, truth, and transformation of youth employment in the West Midlands
September 2025
This report presents 'Intersectional Spaces of Participation: Inclusive, Resilient, Embedded' an INSPIRE project led by the University of Birmingham alongisde the Young Combined Authority and Youth Focus West Midlands. This project explores young people's experience of youth employment through legislative theatre, starting with their lived experience to influence policy change in the West Midlands.
Policy Brief: Advancing Inclusive Participatory Policy Making through an intersectional lens
June 2025
​INSPIRE's policy brief offers practical recommendations for policymakers on designing inclusive policy processes and advancing intersectional data practices. It draws on INSPIRE's research to illustrate effective, arts-based participatory methods that empower marginalized communities and guide equitable policy reforms.
Arts-based and creative approaches for inclusive participation: A Scoping Review
December 2024
This report explores the use of arts-based and creative approaches in participatory processes to promote inclusive policymaking and intersectional equity. The review highlights the effectiveness of methods such as Photovoice, participatory filmmaking, theatre, and storytelling in fostering inclusive participation, particularly among marginalised groups.