Research and Strategy

We provide bespoke evidence-based research for organisations who want insight into a specific issue, their neighbourhoods, communities and service users.

By asking the right questions and examining the right evidence, we can provide you with key intelligence to inform the strategic direction of organisations, policies, programmes and projects.

Our research and strategy services include:

Surveys, interviews, focus groups and workshops
Baselines and demographic profiles
Rapid Evidence Assessments

Featured Projects

Developing Stockport’s Economic Plan

We worked closely with Stockport Council and the Stockport Economic Alliance to produce an ambitious economic plan.

Understanding What D/deaf People Want

We explored the needs of D/deaf people accessing services at Bolton Deaf Society, Manchester Deaf Centre and Walthew House.

Making Manchester Safer For Women And Girls

Manchester City Council’s Women’s Night-time Safety Charter aimed to improve safety for women and girls working in or visiting the...Find out more

Reviewing VCSE Infrastructure In Manchester

Manchester’s VCSE sector has received support from a centrally coordinated infrastructure service since 2009. Since then, significant changes have challenged...Find out more

Helping Housing Developments Respond To Local Need

Clarion Housing Group is the largest housing association in the UK. They want to ensure that their proposed developments respond...Find out more

Forever Consulting were great to work with, offering advice and ideas but were also flexible and happy to widen the scope of the project once we started (due to indecisive clients!), which made the project more worthwhile and meant we had a much broader evaluation report. The team were knowledgeable and able to offer advice and ideas on how to best approach the evaluation project, and kept me updated with regular meetings and updates on progress. We have ended up with an excellent evaluation report, which is being used to plan future work on women’s safety in the city and to meet the needs of our residents and visitors and to make the city a safer place.

Candida Turner, Policy Specialist, Community Safety Team, Manchester City Council

We found Forever Consulting to be flexible, creative and professional in their approach to our project.

Kay Kelly, CEO, Walthew House

Forever Consulting demonstrated strong technical skills coupled with a deep understanding of social value which they applied to our commercial schemes. They were a pleasure to work with, creative, responsive, reliable, delivered exactly what we needed and provided excellent value for money.

Steven Graham, Community Liaison Manager, Clarion Housing Group

Our Services

Performance Management and Evaluation

Stakeholder and Community Engagement

Research and Strategy

Business Cases and Impact Assessments