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The Research Team provides a corporate research and information service to the Council that supports policy and strategy development, service planning and resource procurement. Our research includes analysis of social, economic and demographic issues. The focus of the team’s work is to identify needs to support evidence-based decision-making.
Current work includes analysis of the results of the 2001 Census, producing the Social Inclusion Audit, analyses of the composition of the Council’s workforce, supporting Housing Market Renewal, and work on the Community Strategy, helping to develop measures of community cohesion, work on the impact of the ward boundary review and conducting research into the needs of disabled people in Oldham.
The Research Team is also actively involved in the Forum for Oldham Research (FOR), a network that brings together researchers in partner organisations across the Borough. FOR has been closely involved in the development of ‘OldhamInfo’, the Local Strategic Partnership’s research and information web application.
Susan Kirkham; Research Manager
Tel: 0161 770 5186
E-mail: susan.kirkham@oldham.gov.uk
Mike Franks; Research Analyst (GIS)
Tel: 0161 770 3183
E-mail: mike.franks@oldham.gov.uk
Patrick Steele; Economic Research Analyst
Tel: 0161 770 1455
E-mail: patrick.steele@oldham.gov.uk
Adele Smaill; Community Cohesion Evaluation Officer
Tel: 0161 770 4982
E-mail: adele.smaill@oldham.gov.uk
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