This guide will help people with lived and living experience feel ready and supported when engaging in co-design or participatory research. It aims to build confidence and provide clarity on roles, expectations, and ways to protect emotional safety. Partnering with people with lived and living experience in research is important as it increases the relevance of research priorities and outcomes and enhances the quality of knowledge translation.

CMHDARN and Lived Experience Australia would like to acknowledge and thank the lived experience advisory team for their invaluable contributions to the development of this resource.