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Paige Hurlstone joined Kent County Council as a Local Authority Research Practitioner (LARP) in Spring 2024. Over the last year, Paige has worked with colleagues to identify over 200 potential research projects which could be scaled up or funded with support.
The Evidence Pie is split into 6 sections, each of which represents a source or type of evidence that should be present to inform decision making. NIHR HDRC RCT have found that this is a practical way to build structure around the use of evidence, meaning that regardless of the experience of the audience, a framework exists to illustrate whether a decision will potentially be made on a single or multiple sources of evidence.
“I’ve never known anyone do research the way you do” Kate Haddow shares how she has worked with a local foodbank to understand the realities of food poverty in Gateshead, and to build links with the local voluntary and community sector.
To establish a baseline of how research is used and to understand training needs, HDRC Sandwell engaged with over 600 colleagues to complete a baseline survey to create a rich picture of the research capacity and culture in the council.
HDRC South Tees is a collaboration between Middlesbrough Council, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and Teesside University. Over the last year, the HDRC has used sandpit sessions as an innovative step to build engagement with local authority colleagues.
Over the last 6 months, the Blackpool Researching Together (BRT) partnership have co-designed a new ‘evidence navigator’ role for local authority colleagues. Evidence navigators will play a key role in embedding the use of evidence across local authority teams and supporting colleagues to access training and resources to increase their confidence in using evidence.
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