Consultations and Surveys

We offer a number of consultation services:

  • Large and small-scale surveys; face-to-face, over the telephone or on-line.
  • Group facilitation, getting people to resolve problems and find workable solutions 
  • Facilitation and management of group and forum activities.
  • Facilitation and reporting of focus groups tasks.
  • In-depth one-to-one interviews.

Examples:

  • Focus group activities for young people aged 14-19
    Innovative methods used to encourage positive engagement and maximum attendance by young people at focus group events. Projects have ranged from the positioning of further education facilities to factors which would encourage disaffected young people to re-enter education or consider employment or training. Government agencies have directly applied the results and recommendations into their strategic decision making. 
  • National review of accreditation opportunities for individuals in civic roles
    Those reviewed included councillors, school governors, magistrates and Housing Board Members. This research was commissioned by the Department for Local Communities and Government in response to the Communities in Control White Paper. Our review resulted in the identification of gaps in provision and recommendations for widening access to accreditation and developing qualifications in a more coherent way.
    Click here to view the Accreditation Review Final Report.
  • Training Evaluation
    We liaised with hundreds of people who had taken part in EU and Government funded training programmes and explored how training was implemented as well as how each individual gained from it. This enabled us to evaluate the effectiveness of the government's training initiative, and provide suggestions for future improvements.
    Click here to view the SEEDA ESF Evaluation 2004-2007.
  • Consultations with key social care stakeholders
    Our consultations in the South East dealt with employers, service users, local authorities, training providers and carers supported the development of the national Skills for Care Sector Skills Agreement for England.
  • Opportunities Survey
    This survey was carried out on behalf of an NHS Workforce Development Confederation, to establish where opportunities existed to maximize the use of 'e-learning'. The subsequent results were used to inform the development of the region's e-learning strategy.
    Click here to view the E-learning in NHS report.