OB3 provides social research, evaluation and advisory services to public, voluntary and private sector organisations across a range of policy areas including: 

* Business support and access to finance * Education, training, employment and skills * Further and higher education * Social justice and promoting equality * Financial and digital inclusion * Regeneration and physical infrastructure * Rural Development * Welsh language, culture and tourism * Public service delivery, improvement and reform * Sustainable Development *

Our services include:
* Designing and implementing research and evaluation methodologies 
* Undertaking comprehensive desk based policy and literature reviews and rapid evidence assessments
* Delivering qualitative research including face-to-face and telephone interviews, workshop and focus group facilitation
* Delivering quantitative research including on-line surveys, telephone surveys (using our in-house bilingual telephone survey team)
* Designing theories of change and logic models
* Conducting fully independent formative, summative and meta evaluations that are HM Treasury Green Book and Magenta Book compliant
* Undertaking strategic, organisation and core funding reviews including value for money assessments
* Developing and consulting on strategic plans
* Providing technical advice on project and programme design, development and self-evaluation
* Analysing data, statistics, qualitative evidence and consultation responses

Our researchers are highly experienced in preparing reports to Government Social Research standards and guidelines.

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