Projects | Communities
Evaluation of the Reward and Recognition Fund (RRF)
Started: October 2011
Due for completion: June 2013
Defra
Brook Lyndhurst are providing monitoring and evaluation support to 16 local authorities and community organisations funded through the Household Reward and Recognition Fund for Recycling and Reuse (RRF), and to carry out a programme-level evaluation. We are assisting the pilots in designing methods to gather robust quantitative and qualitative data to demonstrate their impacts, both in terms of waste behaviours changes and waste tonnage reductions....
Evaluation of the Inspiring Sustainable Living (ISL) Fund
Started: September 2011
Due for completion: August 2013
Defra
Four third sector-led initiatives have received seed funding for projects to inspire sustainable lifestyles through the Olympic and Paralympic games. Brook Lyndhurst were appointed to conduct a programme level evaluation of the fund....
Evaluation of the Volunteer Network
Started: September 2011
Due for completion: March 2012
Zero Waste Scotland
Zero Waste Scotland’s Volunteer Programme was established to create a network of volunteers across Scotland to empower local communities to adopt more sustainable ways of living, helping to make Scotland a genuinely zero waste society. Brook Lyndhurst were commissioned to evaluate the impacts of this network....
Evaluating the impact of WRAP’s cascade training programme in England 2011/12
Started: September 2011
Due for completion: March 2012
WRAP
The LPA activities include LFHW cascade training and awareness-raising workshops, which aim to enable individuals to both reduce their own household food waste, and to cascade food waste prevention tips and advice to other members of the community/business. The evaluation aims to establish the effectiveness of this approach in achieving behaviour change both directly and via the cascades....
Review of the Scottish Climate Challenge Fund
Started: March 2010
Ended: June 2011
Scottish Government
Brook Lyndhurst is carrying out in-depth research with 20 projects funded by the Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund in order to better understand critical success factors in community-based climate change initiatives....
How health empowerment can work for you
Started: February 2010
Ended: December 2010
London Sustainability Exchange (LSx)
A series of briefing notes from events targeted at Councillors on how to advocate health through community empowerment...
Evaluation of the Big Green Challenge Plus
Started: July 2009
Ended: December 2010
NESTA
Brook Lyndhurst is reviewing the work of the projects supported by NESTA's Big Green Challenge Plus in order to draw out key lessons for policy and future funds of this kind....
Evaluation of the Big Green Challenge
Started: September 2007
Ended: December 2010
NESTA
A three-year project to conduct an ongoing and formative evaluation of NESTA’s ‘Big Green Challenge’ programme...
Testing innovative approaches for achieving pro-environmental behaviours - schools as networks
Started: April 2009
Ended: November 2010
Defra
This project aims to test a variety of techniques for encouraging pro-environmental behaviour in schools...
Reducing emissions through behavioural change - Scoping pilot programmes in Wales
Started: May 2010
Ended: October 2010
Welsh Assembly Government
Brook Lyndhurst is working with the Energy Saving Trust to provide advice to the Welsh Assembly Government on developing pilot interventions aimed at changing behaviour to improve domestic energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions...
Social capital: A rural perspective
Started: January 2009
Ended: November 2009
Defra
The research was designed to go beyond headline statistics relating to social capital and quality of life in rural areas and look in more depth at differing experiences in different rural locations. In particular it sought to investigate how social capital is experienced in rural England; what, if anything, distinguishes rural social capital from urban social capital; and if experiences of social capital are found to differ by person and place, what might help explain this difference.
This project continued Defra’s programme of research designed to deepen understanding of rural life in England and the experiences and needs of rural residents. It fed into Defra’s departmental strategic objective (DSO) for strong rural communities by contributing to the body of evidence relating to how these needs may be addressed through public policy and service delivery....
A review of the Environmental Action Fund (EAF)
Started: January 2005
Ended: February 2009
Defra
A review of the Environmental Action Fund, a three year initiative supporting voluntary and community sector groups to further the government's sustainable development objectives...
The diffusion of environmental behaviours: The role of influential individuals in social networks
Started: January 2008
Ended: November 2008
Defra
An investigation into the notion of 'green' mavens, with a view to identifying specific opportunities for communications and policy...
Establishing the behaviour change evidence base to inform community-based waste prevention & recycling
Started: January 2006
Ended: January 2007
Defra
This project aimed to enhance Defra's understanding of how behaviour change tools can be used by community and other organisations to promote sustainable waste management...
Delivering regeneration through environmental improvements
Started: August 2006
Ended: January 2007
Environment Agency
Brook Lyndhurst was commissioned by the Environment Agency to show, through four case studies, how it contributes to regeneration through its environmental improvement, green space and community partnership projects. ...
Innovative methods for influencing behaviours & assessing success: 'Nudging the S-curve'
Started: September 2005
Ended: January 2006
Defra
This project explored possible models for explaining how and why sustainable behaviours may, or may not, percolate through the population. ...
Sustainable local economies for health project (SLEHP)
Started: September 2004
Ended: April 2005
London Health Commission
As part of the "London Works for Better Health" project in collaboration with the London Health Commission, this project developed a framework for appraising what makes a local economy both sustainable and health-promoting. The research involved an in-depth literature review drawing on the evidence base in areas of diversity and recruitment, affordable housing, childcare provision, transport and skills. It also drew on the distinctive characteristics of London – as an economy and a place to live and work. The resultant framework is intended to enable employers to make informed decisions regarding health and sustainability....
Brook Lyndhurst Blog
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Waste and the built environment
Our economy is built on the transformation of raw materials into products and services. Until recently the waste produced as part of this process or at the end of this product’s life was seen as an unavoidable part of this process. However, global economic growth is putting rising pressure on depleting resources, leading to a [...]
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Lies, damned lies and food behaviours
Ruth and David spoke last week at the SRA seminar “Lies, damned lies and food behaviours”. Chaired by Oxford academic Ceridwen Roberts, the event involved a presentation from Ruth and David (you can see the slides here) and a Q&A session with a small but perfectly formed audience. As frequently happens when presenting or discussing food [...]
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Open data open season
As the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) reports on the latest pressure brought to bear on the Government’s Open Data initiative, signs of a thriving and well-resourced statistics and data-based movement abound. The UK Statistics Authority, with Andrew Dilmot now in the chair, have instructed the Office of National Statistics to ensure that all responses to [...]