Dr Amy Beardmore
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Role:
Department staff:
Research staff:
- Community development
- Young people's health and wellbeing
- Patient and Public Involvement
- Public Health Evaluation
- Social Connectedness
- Social Prescribing
- Nature based solutions
- Reducing health inequalities
- Marginalised communities
Teaching staff:
- Qualifications:
- DPhil, MSc, BA Hons, PG Cert
- Position:
- Programme Lead and Senior Lecturer in Public Health
- Department:
- HAS - Applied Sciences
- Telephone:
- +441173287153
- Email:
- Amy2.Beardmore@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
I am an experienced qualitative researcher, evaluator, and educator whose work is grounded in a deep commitment to inclusion and social justice. My research bridges academic insight with real-world impact, and I’m passionate about building collaborative, equity-driven systems that support people and communities to thrive. I’m particularly interested in place-based solutions and how social prescribing, community development, and nature-based interventions can foster a sense of belonging, especially for marginalised communities.
I have a growing publication record focused on evaluating complex public health initiatives in these areas, and have contributed to and led evaluations of complex public health initiatives including Golden Key, Bristol Ageing Better, and Strengthening Local Communities. As Principal Investigator, I’ve explored themes such as social connectedness during the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of lived experience in health systems change and evaluation methods that include Outcome Harvesting and co-production. In 2024, I completed my DPhil which explored community development as a tool for promoting social connectedness.
Globally, I am currently part of the ‘pathways to impact’ work stream of the RECETAS project, a multinational consortium investigating the impact of nature-based social prescribing across diverse contexts. Here in the UK, I am the academic lead for a knowledge transfer project that explores the role that community assets can play in addiction recovery, and am also leading a piece of work that aims to improve cancer diagnostic outreach services for global majority populations in Bristol through a series of participatory workshops. I am also an active member of the Impact Alliance, a multi-agency movement from across the West of England that aims to implement systems change with the goal of ‘making loneliness a stranger.’
Whether in teaching, research, or partnership work, I’m energised by opportunities to co-create change, connecting people, ideas, and systems to build healthier futures.
Area of expertise
Qualitative research and public health evaluation. Strong fieldwork skills, particularly interviews, evaluations and focus groups. Community development, systems change, social prescribing, older people, health promotion, wellbeing interventions. Strong interpersonal skills and a proven track record in developing and maintaining collaborative partnerships.
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