Carol Hayden
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Carol Hayden

Programme Director, Research and Evaluation
Tel: 020 7756 7623

Carol is a member of the senior Shared Intelligence team, leading on research and evaluation. She brings a wealth of experience from her previous roles in government, strategic organisations and academia. Her areas of specialist knowledge include economic and community regeneration, social inclusion and partnership working. She has extensive experience of researching, formulating and evaluating policy and programmes in a variety of contexts.

Prior to joining Shared Intelligence, Carol was Head of Research and Development at the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (then ODPM, now CLG). She has also worked as a Strategic Policy Advisor at the Audit Commission, specialising in regeneration and equalities; as a Principal Research Associate at the Local Government Centre at the University of Warwick where she carried out research into older people’s attitudes and participation; and in a range of management roles in local authorities and partnerships in the West Midlands.

Relevant Case Studies

Evaluation of the national Skilled for Health Programme

Si evaluated the second phase of the Skilled for Health programme - an initiative that was jointly funded by the Department of Health and the Department for Universities, Innovation and Skills, and managed by the learning charity ContinYou. It wa...

Client:
Department of Health and Department for Universities, Innovation and Skills
Region:
National
Start Date:
01-01-2007
Support in the London Borough of Westminster to evaluate health promotion projects and improve commissioning

In September 2008, Westminster Primary Care Trust commissioned Shared Intelligence (with Gillian Granville Associates) to develop an evaluation framework and self-evaluation handbook for local health initiatives to use. The purpose was to shape th...

Client:
Westminster Primary Care Trust
Region:
London
Start Date:
02-01-2008
National New Deal for Communities (NDC) Evaluation

Si was part of the consortium evaluating Phase 2 of the national New Deal for Communities programme, a focussed 10-year area based initiative that aimed to close the gap between the 39 most deprived areas and the rest of the country. NDC intervent...

Client:
Communities and Local Government
Region:
National
Start Date:
07-05-2007
City Strategy Pathfinders - Area Evaluation Advisers

Shared Intelligence contributed to the national evaluation of City Strategy Pathfinders (CSPs) for DWP (as sub contractors to Institute for Employment Research, Warwick University, the national evaluators). The 15 pathfinders were testing out flex...

Client:
Department for Work and Pensions
Region:
Scotland, North East
Start Date:
01-12-2007
Scoping Evaluation of the National Local Employment Partnerships (LEP) Programme

Shared Intelligence (Si) completed a scoping evaluation of the LEP programme in partnership with the University of Sussex. Si was responsible for carrying out two of the eight in-depth case studies, covering the Job Centre Plus Districts of Glasgo...

Client:
Department for Work and Pensions
Region:
Scotland
Start Date:
01-11-2008
Evaluation of the Special Funds for the Sexual Violence Voluntary and Community Sector

Shared Intelligence and Jane Ellis consulting worked on this evaluation of the crisis funds issued to the Sexual Violence Voluntary and Community Sector. The research investigated how the fund was used and what impact it made, and in particular a...

Client:
Government Equalities Office
Region:
National
Start Date:
01-09-2010
Evaluation of victim caseworker service at victim support

Victim Support was contracted by government to recruit a nationwide network of caseworkers to help victims of crime to access services from appropriate public and voluntary sector providers – as well as providing them with direct support. This eva...

Client:
Victim Support
Region:
Start Date:
01-01-2010