We’ve worked on hundreds of projects across the charity, public and social housing sectors. Here are some examples.
We were commissioned by 10GM to research data and intelligence in the VCSE sector in Greater Manchester, to help them better understand the current situation, and engage the sector in exploring how data and intelligence could contribute to improving VCSE activity and services.
Read MoreWe carried out a comprehensive, independent review and evaluation of Worcestershire’s Lifestyle Service, and produced a concise report on the effectiveness of the current service, and recommendations for future commissioning.
Read MoreData Orchard assessed the effectiveness of Hereford’s Choose How You Move programme, which aimed to promote more sustainable and active travel into and around the city.
Read MorePower to Change is on a mission to strengthen community businesses in order to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges at a local level. They asked us to help them with scoping research into the analysis and geographic spread of community businesses in England.
Read MoreOur data analysis for emh Group created a baseline for positive change. We analysed and quality reviewed their equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) data, defined requirements for future data collection, and explored pay gaps in relation to EDI staff.
Read MoreWe’ve worked with Epimorphics on in depth reviews of data standards, user research with local authority staff and the design of databases to cope with the reality of local public administration.
Read MoreWe undertook research to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 23 voluntary and community sector organisations in the Building Better Opportunities programme in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin.
Read MoreJoining and analysing datasets from 13 surveys conducted by 8 partners on the impact of COVID-19 on the social enterprise, community business, and cooperatives sector.
Read MoreWe undertook the initial analysis of Social Enterprise UK survey data and created a template to make it easy for them to analyse future data.
Read MoreWhat could a potential data4good community of practice look like? This research reviewed the landscape of existing national Communities of Practice in the not-for-profit sector and field of data.
Read MoreData Orchard completed a literature review of research on food poverty and developed a set of indicators to identify food poverty risk factors using data at ‘lower super output area’ geographies.
Read MoreWe analysed data from Sport England, Public Health England, and the Office for National Statistics. This included sports participation data geographically mapped against broader socio-economic data.
Read MoreWe analysed hundreds of anonymised tenant records to create profiles of customer groups to help United Welsh Housing staff understand their customers better and improve the services they deliver.
Read MoreHerefordshire Community Foundation hired Data Orchard to produce a robust analysis of social needs and was used as a philanthropy guide to inform charitable giving and strategic responses to complex problems.
Read MoreWe led the Quality of Life survey in Herefordshire, an ambitious project designed to provide robust new local data, so that hundreds of small voluntary and community organisations could target their services to the people and places most in need.
Read MoreIn June 2017 Data Orchard was commissioned to do an audit and evaluation of Fastershire’s business engagement activities.
Read MoreWe were commissioned by Worcestershire Voices to undertake research into the critical factors in making a voluntary and community project a success.
Read MoreData Orchard was commissioned by Herefordshire Council to independently research preferences and patterns of use of libraries and customer service centres across the county.
Read MoreWe were commissioned by West Mercia Women’s Aid to research domestic violence and abuse in Herefordshire, funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner.
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