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Feasibility Studies

“If we build it, will they come?” is the much-quoted question (to which the answer is less always ‘yes’ than in the film!).  Here are some examples of the feasibility studies we have carried out:

For Ports Skills and Safety, the employer-led national body for skills in the UK ports sector, we are exploring through direct consultation with employers how far they are interested in the possibility of a ports apprenticeship in Scotland . 

For the London Borough of Bexley, we explored the feasibility of establishing enterprise space for young people in redundant workspace in Thamesmead. We consulted a wide range of local organisations, and young people, and through specialist sub-contractors provided detailed advice on aspects of the possible scheme as diverse as day-by-day project management and the creation of a green roof. 

For a consortium on the Isle of Wight led by the island's Youth and Community team, we led a study into the feasibility of a "One Stop Shop" centre for young people on the island. Our research included a survey of all secondary schoolchildren on the island – which generated over 2,000 responses – focus groups (for which we were supported by Tim Barnes of Thinking for a Living) and consultation with potential project partners. 

For EEDA, the East of England Development Agency, and its main partners (the Regional Assembly and Government Office), we undertook a scoping exercise looking into the possibility of a Regional Intelligence Centre to enhance research and intelligence work in the region. The East of England had a more modest Regional Observatory than other English regions, and the partners wanted to see what could be done to enhance their capability, while keeping costs down. 

For Groundwork Thames Valley, we investigated the feasibility of using the Business Improvement District mechanism on the North Feltham Trading Estate in the Heathrow area, including conducting an initial survey of businesses on the estate. They rejected the idea, but the project did get the landowners acting together for the first time to provide additional services to tenants


Contact: Iain Mackinnon.

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Last updated on 23 February 2010

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