Polly Wright Email & Phone Number

Providing freelance consultancy for policy, research, evaluation, strategy and practice development in children and families’ and criminal justice sectors. Commissions include development of organisational strategy, producing policy briefings, production of papers/toolkits/publications, development of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, delivery of research/consultation projects, training facilitation and delivery of national/local development programmes.

South West

Managing the National Information Centre on Children of Offenders (www.nicco.org.uk), development of family work across custodial estate, development and co-ordination of training and strategic development programmes in SW and Midlands and management of research and development activities.

Midlands And South West

National I-Hop Service

Co-ordinated and delivered national engagement programme with professionals working with the children and families of offenders.

Support Pact to monitor and evaluate its work with prisoners, their families and ex-offenders across England and Wales.

Managing and implementing evaluation and consultation projects; developing and delivering training packages (outcome focused working, evaluation methods and developing participatory ways of working); providing consultation regarding development of effective recording, reviewing and evaluation systems for voluntary and statutory organisations across health, social care and education; supporting the development of children and young people's participation strategies for organisations.

Frome Community College

Teacher of Btec Health and Social Care and Btec Childcare, Learning and Development (Years 10 - 13)

SPAN’s Policy and Research team works in the UK and Europe to improve Government policies that affect one-parent families. As their Policy and Research Officer I managed their Participatory One Parent Proofing project to support the involvement of single parents in influencing policy affecting their income security and career aspirations. The project culminated in the production of 2 publications which were launched at Westminster: http://www.spanuk.org.uk/uploads/One%20parent%20proofing%20toolkit.pdf http://www.spanuk.org.uk/uploads/One%20parent%20proofing%20findings.pdf

A UK-wide role, managing and facilitating local and national evaluations and research projects both internal and external to Barnardo’s. The post also involved delivering training and support to Barnardo’s staff regarding research and evaluation methods. I also sat on the Barnardo’s UK Participation Practitioners Group.