Category: Place-based Development

Glasgow Citizens Advice Bureau

Evaluation for the Glasgow Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Our evaluation for the Glasgow Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) was published in late 2023 reflecting on the impact of 8 CAB services across the city, building on our developing work around understanding the demand for and the impact of advice and guidance across Scotland. The evaluation focused on the […]

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Prosper

In 2021 Rocket Science was commissioned by Wakefield District Health and Community Support (now Prosper)  to research the capacity and capability of the Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector across Wakefield District to meet the needs of the population following the Covid-19 pandemic.  The research took broad public health social determinants approach and consulted […]

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Building Strong Communities Fund

Our grants team was responsible for the grant management of the Building Strong Communities Fund. The fund offered three rounds of funding for London equity-led voluntary and community sector organisations to enable communities to shape their recovery from COVID-19 through community-led projects that helped meet one of the following outcomes: In the third and final […]

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Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

Supporting businesses to recover from Covid-19 through business grants Rocket Science is working with the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to support Kingston-based businesses to consider what they need to do to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic strongly; explore how they can adapt to new working conditions or new challenges and opportunities such as […]

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The Barnes Fund

A review of poverty and needs in Barnes using Peer Research We conducted a community needs assessment for the Barnes Fund to understand what is needed within the local communities and improve outcomes in relation to poverty, younger and older residents, mental health and wellbeing, illness and disability, digital inclusion, education, housing and leisure needs. […]

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