Our Services
Research
Whether it is small or large scale research, traditional approaches (focus groups, surveys and interviews), or more innovative approaches (action research or digitally driven) - Root’s research team has delivered a wide range of qualitative and quantitative projects to strict timelines locally and internationally.
Some services we offer include:
Focus groups
Surveys/Questionnaires
Participatory Action Research
In-depth interviews, in person and online
Life story work
Case studies
Needs assessment
Analysis of secondary datasets
Service mapping
Research Design and Grant Preparation/Support
Root has an extensive network of distinguished researchers and experience managing teams of researchers across several researchers, so is well placed to undertake larger research commissions. Bethany has taught research methods at undergraduate and Masters Level, including research training for the NICS MSc in Public Policy.
Strategy
Root brings more than 20 years of experience across the public and charitable sectors in the USA, UK and Ireland. We provide process mapping and redesign, and strategic planning. With an emphasis on co-design and meaningful engagement, we can help you ensure that your end users are at the heart of your strategic vision. We use evidence-based, tested mechanisms to support you in developing new processes, services, programmes or policies.
Some of our services include:
Policy review
Process review
Training needs assessment
Policy development
Co-design and participatory methods of policy and process development
Consultation responses
Impact and Evaluation
From designing impactful outputs, to creating effective ways to capture and measure the outcomes, we have extensive experience evaluating services, interventions and programmes and offer a range of evaluation packages. Root’s team has led a range of evaluations, from small-scale projects to large, international online self-help tools.
We can deliver evaluations using a range of techniques, including:
Realist evaluations (what works, in what context, and who does it work for?)
Impact evaluations (of interventions, policies, processes)
Outcome evaluation, measuring effectiveness
Toolkits
We’ve taken our years of research and experience and translated them into clear, practical and comprehensive toolkits to help your organisation deal with the big issues, Each of the toolkits has been developed using desk-based, qualitative and quantitative research. Toolkits come with initial training and package of implementation support.
Toolkits are currently in development for:
Fair and Ethical use of AI
Measuring Sustainable Practices
Best Practice in Data Management Toolkits come with training and a package of implementation support.
These packages are currently being adapted for different sectors and details are available on request.
Training and Facilitation
With more than two decades of experience in delivering training in the community, and ten years delivering learning and teaching in the Higher Education Sector, Root is well placed to work with you to design and deliver training to meet your organisational needs. We have expertise in training on:
Policy development
Creating impact
Survey design
Monitoring and evaluation
Engagement processes
Ethics and AI
Equality, inclusion and bias
Good data management
Research Design and implementation
Service design
We also facilitate workshops online and in-person using a range of approaches and tools. We can deliver interactive workshops including:
FutureSearch
Theory of Change
Design-Thinking and Sandbox methods
Bespoke Services
Don’t see what you’re looking for here, but like Root’s ethos and experience? Let’s talk about how we can work together to meet your organisations’ needs.