Becky Gulc

Becky holds an MA in Qualitative Research Methods, with her work drawing upon 20 years of research and evaluation experience. She is equally expert in both qualitative and quantitative research, predominantly managing mixed-method projects. She is particularly interested in children, young people and families and has expertise on consulting with these groups on a wide-range of topics , from childcare through to physical and mental health. She has supported numerous local authorities across England to conduct Childcare Sufficiency Assessments and has assessed need and identified impact of Children’s Centre provision at both LA and county level including longitudinal studies over several years.More recently Becky has been leading on research for a range of third sector clients such as Age UK and Living Streets. She has extensive experience of consulting with individuals with multiple and complex needs and those less likely to take part in research. This includes consulting with people with drug and alcohol issues; those facing homelessness; those with mental health issues; carers; people that are unemployed and isolated individuals. Subject matters can range from exploring ‘barriers’ to services amongst particular audiences, to gathering evidence of impact of interventions through consulting with a range of stakeholders from beneficiaries through to support workers, third sector organisations as well as strategic leads. Becky’s empathy and excellent listening skills encourage honesty and openness in her qualitative research. She is also pragmatic and offers clients first-hand experience of will and won’t work when consulting with these audiences – this includes advising on using validated measures in quantitative research. Becky has also evaluated projects funded through the Big Lottery Fund; the European Social Fund; HLF; Sport England as well as central Government departments such as DfT and DfE.