Policy analysis & programme development

Much of our work is concerned with the policies and programmes through which strategy can be implemented.

Analysis
We analyse policy, drawing upon documentary review, desk research, survey evidence and stakeholder engagement.

Evidence-based policy making
We develop propositions for amendments and revisions to policy, based on sound evidence gathering and working closely with clients to explore and test potential impacts and risks.

Policy implementation
We devise, test and refine programmes for the implementation of policy, often working in collaboration with others to run pilot projects.

Some examples of policy analysis and programme development are below (click links for more information):

Example: Social capital: A rural perspective
Example: The diffusion of environmental behaviours
Example: Consumer responses to animal welfare product labelling
Seeds matrix - istockphoto

Brook Lyndhurst Blog

  • Brook Lyndhurst in action: Coppicing for London Wetland Centre

    The main activity for this year’s corporate volunteer day was coppicing. For those who don’t know – which at the time included a couple of us, who met the news of our activity with blank faces - coppicing is to “cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth.” On the morning of [...] 

  • How to get ‘generation snooze’ to use fewer resources

    This was originally a guest post from Brook Lyndhurst on the Green Alliance’s Green Living Blog: http://greenlivingblog.org.uk/  To use our resources more sustainably, do we ‘just need to wake up’? This is the suggestion from Generation Awake, an EU campaign fronted by three singing shopping bags, which was launched last month with the aim of making [...] 

  • Brook Lyndhurst success at CIWM awards

    It is not often that we at Brook Lyndhurst leave our spreadsheets behind and dress up for an awards ceremony, but we were proud and honoured to be informed that our Household Waste Prevention – A Review Of Evidence paper was to be awarded the James Jackson medal at the CIWM Professional Awards 2011. The [...]