Research & Advisory Services
Supporting organisations to deliver frontline services that enable communities to thrive and prosper
The public services sector is a complex market to navigate and is constantly evolving due to policy changes at a national and local level.
We don’t just do theory. We deliver insight, informed by the latest research combined with our commercial experience of designing, implementing, and managing large-scale public service programmes.
That’s how we enable clients to turn policy into practise.
Our approach
Our research and policy specialists work collaboratively with clients to develop an in-depth understanding of their business and their ambitions for future growth. We deliver research and advisory services that support clients to make sense of the policy landscape and how it affects them directly, providing insight within their unique context to enable them to identify new opportunities.
Our services
We deliver a comprehensive range of services, including:
Project evaluation
Research and analysis that determines success factors across skills, employment and health-related programmes.
Improving outcomes, reviewing value for money (cost/benefit analysis) to inform programme design.
Economic & social research
Conducting area-based economic and social analysis to inform and shape service design.
Identifying demographic trends that impact future policy and funding decisions.
Programme & project development
Supporting clients to develop future-proofed services that reflect the evolving policy and funding landscapes.
Aligning local and national funding streams to ensure value for money and complementary service provision.
Funding & business case development
Helping clients identify new funding streams and aligning them to existing policy or business priorities.
David McDougall: Research & Advisory Lead
“The election of a new Government may well bring about seismic changes to Government policy. Providers need to be prepared for a very intense eighteen-month period of commissioning that will define the size and scale of their operational delivery for the next three to five years. Planning to navigate through the complexity of future national and local commissioning should be a process that starts now.
“There will be a number of policy challenges including:
Economic inactivity: The end of the Work & Health Programme means there is no mainstream national provision in place to support disabled claimants for the first time in twenty-five years.
Market capacity: The size and scale of the market has shrunk since the 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review, which cut employability expenditure by 80%.
Mandatory vs voluntary provision: Developing a strategy that maximises programme engagement and retention especially for economically inactive claimants.
Commissioning capacity: Strengthening the capacity and knowledge of public sector commissioners to procure new programmes.“
If you’re interested in learning more, we’d love to talk to you about how 50 Degrees can support your organisation. Please use the link above to send us an email and we’ll get right back to you.