Research and Consultancy

Welcome to Inclusion Research and Consultancy.

Inclusion has long been involved in undertaking research and consultancy to influence policy development. We work closely with decision-makers in Government and those delivering policy at a local level.

We have a team of members of staff and work with our partners and associates to deliver high quality work to our clients. For a copy of our Ethical Statement, please click here.

We work on issues that affect particular groups that are disadvantaged including:

• lone parents
• workless households
• ethnic minorities
• migrants
• homeless people
• drug misusers
• disengaged young people
• low paid workers
• disabled people
• ex-offenders
• people living in areas of high worklessness

We are currently conducting and have completed research and consultancy projects in a number of subject areas:

• employment and skills
• child poverty
• equality and diversity
• regions and local partnerships
• financing and credit
• vulnerable and excluded groups

Methodologically we have strong experience in:

• Cost-benefit analysis
• Evaluation
• Focus groups
• Impact analysis
• Literature and systematic reviews
• Local Labour Market Service (LLMIS)
• Local partnership, strategy and service development
• Participatory methods
• Quantitative analysis
• Qualitative interviewing
• Secondary analysis
• Survey design and analysis
• Time series