Children and Young People
Consultation: Design of research, questionnaires and delivery:
o 20 focus group’s with ‘hard-to-reach’ parents, Bristol City Council (BCC) Parenting Support (2007)
o Sure Start Knowle West: individual interviews with sample of their non-users and options on how to deliver services to them. (2004)
Evaluations:
o Felix Road Adventure Playground, Home Start Easton, Berwani Toy Library Easton Outreach Project (PCT, Sure Start Easton (SSE) 2006)
o Barton Hill ‘Artz’: consulting 100 school children on their arts programme. (New Deal for Communities 2005)
o Springwoods Nursery Under 4 provision. Easton Community Children’s Centre, Family Support Workers, (PCT/SSE 2005)
Research and publication:
o What did the children say?: How to Raise Achievement in Schools (Education Action Zone 2001)
o Nice Puzzle Shame It’s In Pieces; ‘Fragmentation of Support Services for Pupils’ (EAZ, 2001)
Designing and delivering Educational Materials to young people:
o Playground games, dance, history through the decades: Upper Horfield Primary (I.R.I.S, Paul Hamlyn Trust and Awards for All, 2005)
o How to consult with other young people on Democracy (BCC, 2002)
o Engaging disaffected Yr 10 students in design of services (I.R.I.S,1999)
Construction and Planning:
o Facilitator: consultation with stakeholders on primary school development (BCC 2008), Community Involvement in Planning (RTPI SW, Jan 07), Hard-to-Reach or just Seldom-Heard (Consultation Institute/BCC April 2006)
o Research, management and planning: A Vision for Hartcliffe: survey buildings/land, residents/organisations consultation (BCC 2002), Managing building design and development: St Agnes Lodge & Park (English Heritage 2000)
St Agnes Lodge Business Plan and Consultation (1999)
o Local Labour and Training Co-ordinator: development of local labour and training policy and projects (BCC Housing full-time post 1995–97), ‘On Site Bristol’ a city wide local labour initiative, Skills and Training Area Register /BCC Best Value Award (1997)
Regeneration and Community Development
o Facilitator: away weekend Community in Partnership (Filwood/BCC 2009)
o Project mangement:
- Chocolate Memories: x-employees and residents capture 100 years of history on the chocolate factory at Greenbank, Bristol: www.chocolatememories.org (I.R.I.S/Heritage Lottery 06-08)
- Capturing Memories, Building for the Future: supporting a community in transition. 400 visitors to the final installation in one home soon to be demolished. (I.R.I.S/Bristol Community Housing Foundation/Heritage Lottery,04/05) 2006 Heritage Heroes Award
o Training:local researchers (Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust 2005)
o Research Surveys: gaining understanding of a community: their solutions to the problems
2006/07 Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust Survey/ 2004 ERIK Engaging Residents in Knowle: community survey: ‘We wouldn’t live anywhere else.’ A community living on an outer-estate (Neighbourhood Renewal) / 2002/03 IRIE Involving Residents in Easton: community survey ‘Why Do People Live in the Inner City?’(Solon Housing)/ 2000 Voices of St Pauls survey. (BCC)
Green spaces and wildlife
o Research and vision for the Avon Wildlife Trust Audience Development Plan (2006)
o Institute of Leisure and Amenities Management development of St Agnes Lodge and Park 2001 Open Space Management Award/ Civic Trust mention ‘for its worthy contribution to the community’
o Writer and sound editor: Green Spaces and Parks publication, CD/tape which were instrumental in getting over 2000 trees planted and encouraging City Council to provide a service to the deteriorating inner-city parks and green spaces (I.R.I.S 1998)
Community Safety and Transport
o Evaluation: How successful were Neighbourhood Wardens, St Pauls? (Knightstone Housing 2003), Safe Transport for Women (BCC 1998)
o Management Committee Bristol Community Transport (1992– 00)
Health
o Facilitator:Brigstow Project staff development day
o Evaluation, research and development: Peer Education Drugs & Alcohol Awareness/ emotional literacy (HAWKS 05-06), Bristol Health Indicators, developing indicators with residents of two communities to support health improvement (Department of Health 2003–06), ‘Dealing with drugs: local solutions to a global problem’ (I.R.I.S 2004)
Employment and Enterprise
o Development of training materials and trainer:
- Job Application Training for local education authority posts. (BCC 2004)
- Parent Researcher Course (PCT/SSE 2002-05).Community Education Award 2002, ‘in recognition of the positive impact this learning opportunity on participants & the wider community’
o Enterprise Manager, Trainer and Advisor
• Developing framework to support social enterprise (job-share 92-95 ‘Social Enterprise Works’)
• Hartcliffe and Withywood Ventures Ltd (89-95) and Small Business Unit (88–92) advisor and trainer to people of all ages looking at starting a business. Chair of the Enterprise Consortium (93-95).
