Community Audit & Evaluation Centre

Past Projects

Active Learning & Active Citizenship (ALAC) Project

Child and Family Support Forum-
Veronica Marris 2004 –
Assess the feasibility of conducting a comprehensive audit of voluntary Sector Child and Family Services across Manchester.

Community Conferencing in East Manchester -
Judith Emanuel 2004 –
Bringing Agencies and communities together to resolve conflicts.

Rowntree Trust - Ethnic Minorities and their Pension Decisions –
Steve Nesbitt BSC PHD and David Neary -
Assessing the ability of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and white men from Oldham to make informed pension choices.

Health Action Zone (HAZ) - lone parent research.
Lydia Meryll BA MBA. Dr Steve Nesbit BSC PHD.
Focus groups, formal interviews and questionnaires

Wigan – Audit and Evaluation of Social Services training and development
Kimberley Osivwemu LLB (Hons) Barrister (Non-practicing) Cert.Y.& C., Gina Lewis Dip YCW BA and Mike Cain

Newall Green/Baguley/Royal Oak – Community Development in a specified geographical area –
Gina Lewis Dip YCW BA and Kimberley Osivwemu LLB (Hons) Cert Y&C

Old Trafford and Gorse Hill SRB Partnership-
Carrie Packham BA, PGCE PDDip-
Forum theatre, workshops, one to one and group work, community sites, focus groups, residential and accreditation.

Radio Regan-
Lydia Meryll BA MBA.
Independent evaluation of Radio Skills Training Course, using informal interviews and questionnaires.

Stockport Young Peoples Drug Service-
Steve Kenny Mphil.
Evaluation of new service, structured interviews, secondary data analysis.

Moss Side Youth Audit – (Manchester City Council Youth Audit)
Steve Kenny Mphil, and Tom Cockburn