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Dr Cheryl Simmill-Binning

Senior Research Associate

Degree: BA; PhD (Lancaster)

Associated research centres and groups: Alcohol and drug use, Assure Evaluation, Centre for Organizational Health and Well Being, Child care, child protection and children in care, Children and Young People, Child Welfare Research Unit CWRU, Crime and Criminal Justice, Criminology, Disability Studies, Evaluation of public sector crime and welfare projects, Social Work, Young people, crime and criminal justice

Research Interests

Applied Social Science is an exciting and interesting area to work in. It is a window into society and I am constantly amazed at people's willingness to be involved in research and evaluation. Often as part of the research process I run participatory or training workshops during which I work alongside young people, youth workers, police officers, community representatives, local authority officers, health professionals, teachers and older members of society. Each has an amazing story to tell that gives life to data bases and base line monitoring figures.

Since gaining my doctorate in 1999 I have worked number of research projects. Over that time I have developed an interest in evaluation working with a variety of organisations from those in the statutory sector, including the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate, local authorities, the police and Youth Offending Teams, to the 'third sector' with NACRO, Rathbone Training and Children's Fund projects. As a researcher my interests are in community and partnership especially considering issues surrounding ethnicity, policing, education, health, transport, design and planning.

At present I am engaged in evaluation, consultation and training with the Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire Police Authority, Sure Start, and the Children's Fund.

Projects include:

Sure Start: Evaluation of the Ribbleton Sure Start Scheme

Sure Start: Evaluation of the Fishwick and St Matthews Sure Start Scheme

Barrow multi-cultural community centre (Children's Fund Project): Young People from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds

Local evaluation of the National Police Reassurance Programme for Lancashire Constabulary.

Additional Information

http://assure-evaluation.org.uk/

Other Interests and Hobbies

Archaeology, early socieities and the history of town planning; photography; art; cooking; knitting and walking.

Associated Keywords: Action research, Alcohol and illicit drug use, Applied Social Science, Campaigning, Capacity building, Care homes, Challenging behaviour, Change, Child abuse and neglect, Child care, Children, children in care, Children's centres, Children's values and attitudes, Citizenship, Class and gender relations, Cognitive behaviour therapy, Commodification of health and social care, Communicating with parents, Community, Community care, Community development, Community engagement, Community involvement, Community penalties, Community Safety, Corporations, Crime and new technologies, Crime and society, Crime control, Criminal justice, Criminal justice policy, Criminology, Cumbria, Design against crime, Development of practice learning opportunities, Education, Ethics, Ethnicity, Exploratory practice, Health and place, Health and Social Impact Assessment, Health care, Informal care, Interdisciplinary communication, Interdisciplinary teamwork, Lancashire, Minority ethnic communities, Needle exchange, Participation, Participatory design, Participatory research, Policy and practice improvement, Practice Learning, Practitioner research, Qualitative research methods, Research ethics, Research methods, Research networks, Social enterprise, Social exclusion, Social impact assessment, Social inequalities, Socially responsible design, Social policy and criminology, Voluntary activism, Voluntary sector, Voluntary sector social work, Volunteers in drug services, Widening participation, Workforce development, Workplace learning, Workplace skills, Young people and crime, Youth justice, Youth subculture

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