Past Projects
Innovatiove teaching projects for Queen's University Belfast including postgraduate policy simulations and undergraduate Sociology research skills
Professional Development Framework for staff working in Early Intervention witth children and young people in Northern Ireland
Peer led research on Adult Social Care for LB of Tower Hamlets
Work on diet and exercise among young Somalis in Brent for Help Somalia Foundation and Brent Public Health
Assessment of Social Work course at Salahaddin University Hawler (SUH), Kurdistan Region, Iraq for UNICEF and SUH.
Training for Human Rights lawyers, Darfur taking place in Tanzania for International and Darfur Bar Associations
Volunteering in Social Care European Grundtvig Project- see IVISOC page
History of General Practitioner representative bodies to mark centenary
Islington Personal Budgets - peer researchers looking at barriers to and experience of Personal Budgets for Adult Services with Disability Action in Islington.
London Excels - Project with Mayhew Harper Associates looking at the use of administrative data to support three london local authorities' work on cohesion and equalities
Training in Intercultural Competences (TRICC) - UK partner in European (Grundtvig) looking at the skills of family, friends, neighbours as interpreters. See http://www.tricc-eu.net/
Bengali Heritage Trail; advice to Swahdinata Project on creation of a virtual trail tracing the history of the Bangladeshi community in East London,
Immunisation Health Equity Audit and Qualitative work - work with Women's Health and Family Services for NHS Tower Hamlets on looking at rates of take up of immunisations and how to increase take
up.
Packington Family Support - evalaution of project on the Packington estate for Hyde Housing and Islngton Children's Services
Tower Hamlets 3rd sector Strategy advice to LB Tower Hamlets and NHS Tower Hamlets
Local Recruitment to Clinical jobs - collection of information and advice on strategy to NHS Tower Hamlets
Patient and Public Involvement: training and advice on setting standards for Barts and the London Trust
Counting Refugee Health Profesionals for NHS Employers.
Survey of experiences and expectations of disabled people for Office for Disability Issues (with GfK NOP and OPM)
Review of involvement of disabled people in Disability Equality Schemes for Disabilty Rights Commission (with OPM)
Quality Assurance of consultation process for reconfiguration of health services in Hertfordshire for NHS
ASAP Research study on Asthma and Educational Attainment with Queen Mary University of London and others for Asthma UK
Local Empowerment and Environmental Project training coures with London Metropolitan University for Federal Government of Nigeria and World Bank
Evaluation of HealthStart programme at City University for Mercers Company
BICOM: EU funded project on ad hoc interepreting in Europe with UCL and partners in Netherlands, Germany, Italy
Write up of Refugee Health Professionals Steering Group for Department of Health
The future of local race equality work in London with London Metropolitan University for ROTA
Baseline studies and evaluation of regeneration programmes including SRB and New Deal for Communities
Evaluation of Investors in Communities: a community development benchmarking tool for social housing agencies
A review of equalities work in a PCT
Quantitative and qualitative study on the nature and extent of ‘forced marriages'
Promoting equality and diversity in employment in health and social care
Best Value reviews of services for disabled people
Work on the extent and implications of linguistic diversity in London
Research on local government funding formulae and ethnicity.
Research and development on measures to overcome barriers to recognition of refugee health professionals
Use of routine management data for policy-making: Neighbourhood Knowledge Management
Advice to grant-givers on strategies, priorities and criteria and to applicants on fund-raising strategies
A study of barriers to the take-up of specialist palliative care
Development of alcohol services in Primary care
GPs' understanding and perception of their patient population
Publications and reports arising from completed projects are listed in the resources section