This section features Think, the Foundation’s research series, launched in 2007, alongside earlier reports from work we have funded through our grants programmes.
Think 3: Social capital in the North East: how do we measure up? April 2008
The Foundation has published a research conducted by ippr north as part of its contribution to the work of the North East Social Capital Forum. For more information, see www.communityfoundation.org.uk/
Sex markets and sexual exploitation in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland February 2008
The Foundation has published a summary of recent research conducted by Barefoot Research and Evaluation.
New migrant communities in North East England and Cumbria, January 2008
A report of a policy seminar held in November 2007 to inform the Foundation's current and future work, and to facilitate discussion and the exchange of knowledge and ideas.
Think 2: Adding value? Being Richer? Lessons from Northern Rock Foundation's Money and Jobs programme, August 2007
Northern Rock Foundation has published a report by David Wilkinson drawing out lessons for those involved in tackling worklessness and financial exclusion from work funded under the Foundation's Money and Jobs programme.
The value and independence of the voluntary and community sector, July 2007
Barrow Cadbury Trust has published research on the independence of the voluntary sector, jointly commissioned with Northern Rock Foundation, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, City Parochial Foundation, Carnegie UK Trust, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The research, by Barry Knight and Sue Robson of CENTRIS, describes the distinctive values of the voluntary and community sector and assesses whether the Government's service delivery agenda has affected the sector's independence.
Think 1: Keeping prisoners and their families together, July 2007
Northern Rock Foundation has published research by Barefoot Research and Evaluation into family and social support for prisoners in the North East.
The Mental Health Needs of Young People Who Offend, January 2007
The Derwent Initiative has published research, funded by Northern Rock Foundation, and led by Eric Wade of The Open University, that aims to provide a clear picture of needs, priorities and gaps in current arrangements for meeting the mental health and learning disability needs of young offenders.
Northern Rock Foundation and the Baring Foundation funded this research by Margaret Bolton and Meg Abdy into how funders are supporting organisational development.
Professor Marianne Hester has led joint work with the Home Office on perpetrators of domestic abuse.
Dr Geetanjali Gangoli has completed a project looking at forced marriage in south Asian communities in the North East.