EquiCare is developed and supplied by JGME Consulting UK Ltd

Funding and co-design

EquiCare's development has been supported by grant funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) i4i FAST programme and from the West Yorkshire Mayor's Big Ideas Challenge 2025, a competitive programme tackling health inequalities, in which EquiCare was one of 19 finalists. Funding and selection do not imply endorsement by the NIHR, the Mayor of West Yorkshire, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority or any related party.

Leeds Involving People supported EquiCare's co-design programme by helping us engage and mobilise people with lived experience of adult social care, including service users and carers. Over several weeks, participants took part in structured workshops, sharing their experiences, priorities and feedback to help shape the design of EquiCare around the needs of the people who use and support adult social care services.

Practitioners also took part in co-design, as individuals rather than through their employers.

Where we are, honestly

EquiCare has been shaped through co-design. What we learned shapes the product, but it is not a result from a council pilot or a formal evaluation, and we don't present it as such.

No pilot agreement has been signed yet. We are working to agree our first council pilot. If your council is interested, we'll agree evaluation measures with you at the start.