changes current and recent consultancy contracts include:
Community Development Exchange (CDX) – as part of the National Empowerment Partnership programme of work - research and development of guides for the Doing Community Development (DCD) planning & evaluation framework and the Axis of Influence framework. Also research and development of a framework for public agencies to assess and improve their openness to community influence (2008)
Government Equalities Office – national programme of research titled 'Women Take Part' to produce guidance on models, approaches and resources which can be used to encourage, equip and support women who are currently under represented, to become more active, both formally and informally, in governance structures and other aspects of both community and public life. Undertaken on behalf of the Take Part Network (2007 – 8)
Nottingham University – delivering the module on Community Development and Health to MA Public Health students (2006-08)
Dosti (Dudley Community Empowerment Network) – facilitating action learning sessions to explore community engagement for a cross-sectoral Community Engagement Working Group (2007)
Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health – community development training for early adopter LINKS projects (2007)
Canterbury City Council – community development and community engagement training(2007)
Coventry Community Empowerment network - evaluation of the CEN for Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (2007)
Brierley Hill Community Forum – research to inform an evaluation of BHCF around 'what works' (2007)
Shoreline Housing Partnership - A two day course on community development and some practical approaches to working with communities (2007) with Steve Skinner Associates
Take Part Network - member of the Take Part Network – co-authoring and disseminating the National Learning Framework for Active Citizenship Learning for the Department for Communities and Local Government; delivering a workshop on active citizenship learning for CDF's Integration conference; delivering a workshop for Learning Skills Network on the Learning Framework (2007)
Age Concern England – mapping community development approaches in Age Concern organisations (2006-7)
Dosti – developing an evaluation framework for community networks to identify the level of impact and influence they have in relation to partnerships; using this framework with four case study voluntary and community sector organisations; developing materials and resources around using the framework, and piloting facilitator training around using the framework with groups (2006-7)
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council – exploring the relevance of the above evaluation framework for young people in Dudley (2006-7)
Dosti – researching the nature of influence to inform the evaluation framework (2005-6)
Community Development Foundation – National Training Programme – as associates of CDF, developing and delivering courses on:
(2000-2007)
Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council – designing and facilitating an event bringing together voluntary and statutory sectors around funding and Compact development (2006); facilitating discussions around the development of a resource for better partnership working (2006-7)
Housing Liaison Group – delivering a course on Managing Aggression at Work to people who work in the Social Care Sector, as part of HLG's National Training Programme (1998-2007)
Chesterfield Primary Care Trust - delivery of 3 days training on the Doing Community Development: planning & Evaluation framework (2006)
Dudley Women's Forum – designing and facilitating a morning session on 'participation – what is it, why do it, how to do it' as part of International Women's Day celebrations (2006)
Age Concern England – developing a community development guide and associated training for Age Concern Organisations (2005-6)
Crown Prosecution Service - evaluating 3 national community engagement pilot projects: in Durham, Thames Valley and West Yorkshire and produce a guide to community engagement (as associates of the Community Development Foundation) (2005-6)
Civil Renewal Unit – as part of the Active Learning for Active Citizenship initiative - developing a national learning framework for citizenship learning (2004-6)
Birmingham Women's Aid – working in partnership with another consultancy to look at restructuring and reorganising the Birmingham Domestic Violence Forum (2006)
Academy for Sustainable Communities – designing and facilitating a multi-agency roundtable event for community development and built environment professions to explore the learning and development needs of sustainable communities professions (as associates of the Community Development Foundation) (2006)
The Wildlife Trust – developing and delivering training on Community Engagement to Urban Greenspace Project workers (2006)
Telford & Wrekin PCT – evaluating a national pilot funded by the Home Office around healthy policing – working with West Mercia Police (2005-6)
Open University Business School – writing a distance learning postgraduate module around Leadership in the NHS for Nottingham Healthcare Trust managers (2005)
Bradford Equity Partnership – undertaking a feasibility study into income generation for their newly opened Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual (LGB) Centre (2005)
WEAD (Wolverhampton Elder Asian Disabled group) – support to look at roles and responsibilities of trustees, organisational development and action planning (2005)