Andy Parkinson BA(Hons) MPhil PgDip MIED

Andy is an Associate Director at ERS and has significant experience of managing studies of a whole range of regeneration initiatives including SRB, NDC, NRF and NMPs. Andy recently led the evaluation of Neighbourhood Working in Priority Neighbourhoods on behalf of ONE Nottingham, the evaluation of Hartlepool’s LAA Programme and the evaluation of Sheffield’s Liveability & Public Realm Management Models on behalf of Sheffield City Council.

Andy recently managed national studies on behalf of MLA Council including the evaluation of the DCSF funded Book Ahead and Boys into Books Programmes and the evaluation of the impact of local authority activity for the 2008 National Year of Reading on behalf of the National Literacy Trust. Andy is also supporting the delivery of a longitudinal study on behalf of MLA Council that aims to capture the outcomes delivered through the Renaissance Hubs community engagement activities.

He has a particular interest in approaches to locality working, in particular the local interpretation and implementation of the Communities on Control White Paper, as well as community safety initiatives and has managed the evaluation of Neighbourhood Warden schemes, Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) teams, target hardening initiatives and approaches to tackling anti-social behaviour.

Andy has previously held roles within health authorities supporting the delivery of the Tyne and Wear Health Action Zone (HAZ) programme as well as managing the research function of Northumbria Police’s Crime Management Department.

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