Reports
Read our recent reports from Nottingham Civic Exchange and associates.
Recommended Key Priorities for the Next Fire and Rescue Health and Wellbeing Strategy
Alongside the full report on fire and rescue sector wellbeing the project team also produced a series of evidence informed key priorities that should be considered for the next wellbeing strategy of the sector. These are brought together in this briefing report.
- Contributors: Rowena Hill, Rich Pickford, Ehab Abdelmalak, Samuel Afolayan, Molly Brittan, Lyba Nadeem, Cerys Stock and Rachel Sholtz
- Date: March 2023
Mapping the Health and Wellbeing Across the Firefighting Career and Assessing the Current Demands
The report draws together findings from a comprehensive research project that gathered together survey, literature and stakeholder engagement results on the wellbeing of staff and volunteers working across the UK Fire and Rescue Sector. It produced a series of 31 recommendations for stakeholders within the sector to take forward. The project provides a comprehensive view of holistic wellbeing to help improve the lives of people within the sector.
- Contributors: Rowena Hill, Rich Pickford, Ehab Abdelmalak, Samuel Afolayan, Molly Brittan, Lyba Nadeem, Cerys Stock and Rachel Sholtz
- Date: March 2023
Read the further outputs from the project to map the health and wellbeing of firefighters.
A place-based perspective on intangible heritage benefits of language and dialect
This policy paper summarises the findings of three research projects which explored the role language and dialect play in society to help build the case for a broader and deeper understanding of their value to individuals, communities and wider society. This paper developed a deeper goal to understand how these aspects of identity could be showcased and protected in the UK and shares a series of recommendations to take forward.
- Contributors: Natalie Braber, Victoria House and Rich Pickford
- Date: March 2023
Car Wash Code of Practice Project Report: Home Office Modern Slavery Prevention Fund
Working alongside the Responsible Car Wash Scheme (RCWS) the Work, Informalisation and Place Research Centre undertook a research project to explore how the Code of Practice developed by the RCWS could make a difference to hand car wash sites in three distinct areas across the United Kingdom in partnership with a selection of agencies.
- Contributors: Teresa Sayers, Nidhi Sharma, Jack Barratt, Rich Pickford and Ian Clark
- Date: October 2022
Read the summary of the Card Wash Code of Practice Project Report (PDF, 250KB)
Non-compliance, informal working and the Covid-19 pandemic: Implications for modern slavery in the UK
This report written as part of a research grant from the Modern Slavery & Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre/AHRC explores the links between labour market regulatory non-compliance and the impacts of Covid-19.
- Contributors: James Hunter, Ian Clark, Rich Pickford, Jack Barratt and Nidhi Sharma
- Date: July 2022
Can hand car washes be improved? An Intervention Evaluation with the Gangmaster and Labour Abuse Authority and Responsible Car Wash Scheme
This report and bring together learning from an evaluation of intervention approaches to non-compliant practice across four local authority areas in England.
- Contributors: Rich Pickford, Nidhi Sharma, Jack Barratt, Ian Clark and James Hunter
- Date: July 2022
Read the summary of whether hand car washes can be improved (PDF, 293KB)
Nurturing Through Arts Project Report
This report explored the added value of a multi-arts immersive intervention to three North Nottinghamshire Primary School’s Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSA)’s work.
- Contributors: Frances Howard and Rich Pickford
- Date: July 2022
Read the report on Nurturing Through Arts Project Report (PDF, 2.53MB)
Making Votes-at-16 Work in Wales
This research report led by Christine Huebner provides a comprehensive look into how the pioneering generation enfranchised to vote at age 16 in Wales experienced the 2021 Senedd election and analyses what can be learnt for young people’s engagement in future elections and youth political engagement in Wales.
- Contributors: Christine Huebner, Katherine A. Smith, Tom Loughran, Andy Mycock and Jan Eichhorn.
- Date: November 2021
Read the report on Making Votes-at-16 Work in Wales (PDF, 1.26MB)
Technical Breakthrough: Delivering Britain's Higher-Level Skills
Edward Peck argues that most of the renewed investment in technical skills should be delivered by universities and especially new universities like his own, Nottingham Trent. He makes an imaginative pitch for a repurposing of parts of higher education and for something like the reinvention of “applied universities”, the old polytechnics in new form.
- Contributors: Edward Peck, Rich Pickford and Will Rossiter
- Date: November 2020
Read the report on Technical Breakthrough: Delivering Britain's Higher-Level Skills
Decent and Good Work in the Platform Economy: Private Hire and Taxi Work in Nottingham
This report by the Work Futures Research Group identified a complex set of insecurities and vulnerabilities facing drivers, including a lack of protection and rapid changes driven by the growth of online platforms. The research took place in Nottingham and involved in-depth interviews with individuals from four local drivers’ organisations, the City Council, and an organisation supporting students on nights out which relies on the use of taxis.
- Contributors: Tom Vickers, David Dahill and Dominic Holland with Daniel King, Sharon Hutchings, Laura Garius and Jack Rendall (supported by Nottingham Civic Exchange)
- Date: June 2020
The Value of Breaks for Ordinary Working Families: an exploratory study
This report brings together in-depth interviews, a literature review and policy recommendations to look at the value of access to holidays for Ordinary Working Families. Written as part of the Out of the Ordinary programme it helps to understand the lived experience of Ordinary Working Families.
- Contributors: Paula Black, Rachel Harding, Jason Pandya-Wood and Atif Shafique
- Date: June 2019
Setting the foundations for healthy work and workplaces
The authors believe that if the foundation principles of healthy work and workplaces are in place, any specific initiatives and activities to enable workplace wellbeing to have stronger chances of succeeding. This working document explores these foundations for healthy work and workplaces.
- Contributors: Maria Karanika-Murray, John Hudson, Nadine Mellor, Rich Pickford, Tom Vickers, Zara Whysall, Sarah Pass and Emileigh Horton
- Date: May 2019
Read the report on setting the foundations for healthy work and workplaces (Word, 56KB)
Laying the Foundations of a Good Work City: Mapping Nottingham's Employment
This report – Laying the Foundations of a Good Work City – provides a clear, contemporary and regionalised understanding of employment. Written as part of the Good Work Nottingham programme it helps to set the scene for further debate and discussion.
- Contributors: Chris Lawton, Rich Pickford, Jack Rendall and Daniel Wheatley
- Date: March 2019
Addressing Economic Insecurity
This report makes the case that economic insecurity is a political, economic and societal challenge that public policy must understand and address. This report develops the policy background surrounding our Out of the Ordinary programme of work and helped to inspire our Good Work programme.
- Contributor: Atif Shafique
- Date: January 2018
Read the report on Addressing Economic Insecurity (PDF, 1.27MB)
D2N2 Inclusive Growth Plan: Considerations for the Strategic Economic Plan
With NTU's Economic Strategy Research Bureau and the RSA, we produced a report highlighting the potential of taking an inclusive growth model for the LEPs new Strategic Economic Plan.
- Contributors: Paula Black, Jonathan Schifferers and Will Rossiter
- Date: November 2017
The technicalities of Out of the Ordinary income and earnings data
Following the publication of our first report from Out of the Ordinary, we are publishing a more detailed technical paper which showcases the detail behind this first reports work on income and earnings.
- Contributors: Chris Lawton and Rich Pickford
- Date: August 2017
Read the report on the technicalities of Out of the Ordinary income and earnings data (PDF, 1.18MB)
Out of the Ordinary
Exploring the lives of ordinary working families. Our first report sheds light on the circumstance’s families face.
- Contributors: Paula Black, Sarah Burton, James Hunter, Chris Lawton, Rich Pickford and Daniel Wheatley
- Date: June 2017
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