I have been fortunate to head research, evaluation and learning at TSIP since early 2021. During this time, I have gathered the reflections of my passionate colleagues and learned about the unique skillsets and values that we bring to our evaluation work.
Anna Waldie, Senior Project Manager in the Research & Learning Consultancy Team introduces herself and shares her early impressions of working at Renaisi.
In this blog, Shaun and Paul discuss the development of the Medical Scepticism project. After identifying that alongside the distrust of institutions that persists among many BME communities – healthcare and medical scepticism was also evident. The TSIP and Centric team conducted further research to find out the nuances that exist within the mistrust.
Renaisi led the evaluation of the More than a Pub programme (MTAP). Read the findings of the second phase of the evaluation.
In this blog, TSIP Consultant, Georgina Hammerton and Director of Operations at Centric, Sylvana Walcott reflect on the impact of the last eighteen months of cementing tensions and mistrust between many ethnic minority groups and institutions such as the NHS. They also look to the future and propose solutions for reconciliation through using a ‘social brokerage’ model of facilitating honest conversations between these two groups resulting in deeper understanding and clear action points.
Ruth Feder, City Bridge Trust’s Head of Impact & Learning, discusses the partnership with Renaisi’s former Head of Learning, Alice Thornton.
Renaisi is the evaluation partner for Power to Change’s Empowering Places programme. In the last 18 months, we’ve gathered learning through interviews and video ethnography from six community businesses about how they’ve adapted, survived or thrived through the Covid-19 pandemic. Empowering Places funds six local community-focused organisations to nurture and grow community businesses in their
In this blog our Managing Director, Genevieve Laurier, sits down in conversation with our newest Board member, Mercy Shibemba, to talk about her journey to TSIP and what she hopes to bring to the role.
Lily O’Flynn, Renaisi’s Senior Project Manager for place-based evaluations, drew on insight from the Australian government’s framework for place-based evaluation, and shared learning from Power to Change’s Empowering Places programme and the DCMS and the Lottery’s Place-Based Social Action programme.
Over the past year, TSIP and Centric have worked with and researched what we call ‘Disruptors’. Disruptors are successful entrepreneurs and creative young people from underrepresented communities. In this blog, Sebastian shares his perspectives on what a day with a Disruptor looks like and how they inspire him and others.
