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  1. About Us
    1. About Us
    2. The Team
    3. Member Organisations
    4. Governance
  2. Research & Knowledge Mobilisation
    1. Research & Knowledge Mobilisation
    2. Impact
    3. Social Care and Social Work
      1. Social Care and Social Work
      2. Social Care - Kent, Surrey & Sussex Region
        1. Social Care - Kent, Surrey & Sussex Region
        2. Meet the team
    4. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
      1. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
      2. Meet the team
    5. Primary and Community Health Services
      1. Primary and Community Health Services
      2. Meet the team
    6. Living Well with Dementia
      1. Living Well with Dementia
      2. Meet the team
    7. Co-production
      1. Co-production
      2. Meet the team
    8. Public Health
      1. Public Health
      2. Meet the team
    9. Digital Innovation
      1. Digital Innovation
      2. Meet the team
    10. Economics of Health and Social Care
      1. Economics of Health and Social Care
      2. Meet the team
    11. Implementation
      1. Implementation
      2. Meet the team
    12. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      1. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      2. Meet the team
    13. Knowledge Mobilisation
      1. Knowledge Mobilisation
      2. Meet the team
  3. Public and Community Involvement
    1. Public and Community Involvement
    2. What is PCIE?
    3. Getting Involved
    4. Support for researchers
    5. Resources
    6. PCIE Guide
      1. PCIE Guide
      2. Contents
      3. Introduction
        1. Introduction
        2. An overview of ARC KSS
        3. Who can help you with PCIE?
        4. Terminology and PCIE
      4. Why and When to do PCIE
        1. Why and When to do PCIE
        2. Why involve members of the public in research?
        3. Why do members of the public want to get involved in research?
        4. When to get members of the public involved?
      5. How to do PCIE
        1. How to do PCIE
        2. Communication and Accessibility
        3. Budgeting
        4. Planning for involvement and engagement
        5. How to recruit members of the public
        6. Inclusive Research
        7. Approaches – different options for undertaking PCIE
        8. Facilitating meetings and Group dynamics
        9. Ethics
        10. Feedback
        11. Impact and Evaluation
      6. Examples/Case Studies
      7. Appendix/Useful tools
  4. Learning and Development
    1. Learning and Development
    2. ARC KSS AcademyARC KSS Academy
    3. Learning and DevelopmentLearning and Development
      1. Learning and Development
      2. Learning and Development Finder
      3. Researchers Journeys
    4. MentorshipMentorship
    5. Research communities of practiceResearch communities of practice
    6. Research Week Research Week
      1. Research Week
      2. Research Week 2025: Poster Competition
      3. Previous Research Weeks
    7. Your Health and Social Care Research Quick GuideYour Health and Social Care Research Quick Guide
  5. Resource Library
  6. Events
  7. News
  8. Contact Us

Our Board provides strategic assurance for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey, Sussex. It is accountable to the host organisation, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and through them to the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Department of Health and Social Care.

 Our Board
  • Meets three times a year in public
  • Maintains strong engagement with Integrated Care Systems in the region
  • Has three public members.

Independently chaired by Professor Sir Nick Black, Board members include lead and collaborating universities, Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex, public members, Integrated Care Systems, Local Authorities including Public Health and Social Care, Primary Care Networks. 

Observing a Board meeting 

Our next Board meeting is being held online on Thursday 5 February 2026. 

If you would like to observe a Board Meeting please review this document and action as advised.  Please direct any questions about observing a Board meeting to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.: 

Dates of future NIHR ARC KSS Board meetings in public:

Date:    Thursday 18 June 2026
Time:    2-4pm
Venue:  University of Kent

Date:    Thursday 1 October 2026 
Time:    2-4pm
Venue:  Via Zoom

Board papers

The Executive Group has delegated operational responsibility to ensure that we deliver on our objectives/milestones and monitors the progress of research, implementation, capacity building, dissemination and patient and community engagement, involvement and participation activities to those objectives.

Governance Structure

Research Programme

Board Terms of Reference.

Meet the team

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Professor Sir Nick Black

Chair ARC KSS Board

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Michelle Gardener

Public Advisor ARC KSS Board

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Jason Grant

Public Advisor ARC KSS Board

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Eleanor Levy

Public Advisor ARC KSS Board

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