The LX Lens Essentials
A practical introduction to stronger projects involving LX.
Read the guide →The lived and living experience and expertise lens
Stronger LX projects.
Better outcomes.
Helping organisations strengthen lived and living experience and expertise through practical guidance, project reviews and useful tools.
Start where you are
Read The LX Lens Essentials Take the LX Project Strength TestThe test is free and takes around three minutes.
A practical starting point
Good intentions matter.
But effective projects involving lived and living experience and expertise need more than goodwill.
The LX Lens helps organisations strengthen purpose, influence, participation and support, shared meaning-making and accountable follow-through.
A broader view of knowledge
What do we mean by LX?
LX brings together lived experience, living experience, expertise developed from our experiences, and expertise from working life.
The heart of the approach
The five LX Lens areas
Five connected areas help projects involve lived and living experience and expertise more clearly and meaningfully.
Free resources
Start where you are.
Project Strength Test
See what may already be strong, what may be unclear, and what to strengthen next.
Take the test →The LX Toolkit
Practical templates, prompts and guides to help teams put the five areas into action.
Coming soonFrom understanding to action
The LX Lens Pathway
About the author
Gareth Edwards
Gareth is an independent lived and living experience consultant, facilitator and writer with more than 25 years’ experience across mental health, alcohol and other drugs, suicide prevention, peer work, co-production, evaluation, workforce development and system reform.
He created The LX Lens to help organisations move beyond good intentions and strengthen the practical conditions that make LX meaningful, supported and useful.
mistergarethedwards@gmail.com →
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