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The Beacon Scheme Evaluation Research

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Better Local Public Transport Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 154kb )

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Services for Older People Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 177kb )

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Early Years Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 155kb )

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Supporting People Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 147kb )

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Benefits Administration Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 140kb )

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Supporting Social Care Workers Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 135kb )

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Crime and Disorder Partnerships Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 179kb )

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Promoting Sustainable Tourism Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 122kb )

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Housing Renewal Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 125kb )

Evidence on Current Practice, Best Practice and User Satisfaction - Transforming the School Workforce Theme ( Adobe Acrobat 138kb )

Why Local Authorities Do or Do Not Apply To Become Beacons Councils Final report to the IDeA and ODPM( Adobe Acrobat 183kb )

Identifying trends in Beacons applications and selection( Adobe Acrobat 63kb )

Determining Whether the Best Local Authorities Apply to become Beacon Councils( Adobe Acrobat 96kb )

Monitoring and Evaluation of the Beacon Council Scheme: Final Process Outcomes Report
This research, undertaken by Warwick Business School, has been jointly commissioned by the IDeA and the LRGRU. The report presents the final process outcome evaluution findings of rounds 1 (and 2) of the Beacon Council Scheme.
Leading and Learning: Perceptions and attitudes towards the Beacon Council Scheme and motivations for attending events (pdf file 224kb)

This report has been produced by Warwick Business School as part of a series of evaluating the Beacon Council Scheme. It covers the reasons, motivations and expectations of why people attended Beacon learning events.

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The Beacon Scheme Round 5 Research

User/Public Satisfaction with Service Delivery: Overall and Theme Specific Performance Briefing Paper prepared for The Beacon Council Advisory Panel/ODPM ( Adobe Acrobat 714kb)

Round 5 Better Local Public Transport theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 33kb)

Round 5 Supporting People theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 35kb)

Round 5 Benefits Administration theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 43kb)

Round 5 Early Years and Childcare theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 47kb)

Round 5 Promoting Sustainable Tourism theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 35kb)

Round 5 Transforming the School Workforce theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 24kb)

Round 5 Supporting Social Care Workers theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 48kb)

Round 5 Services for Older People theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 40kb)

Round 5 Housing Renewal theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 36kb)

Round 5 Crime and Disorder Partnerships theme report ( Adobe Acrobat 54kb)

Round 5 Theme Research interview summaries ( Adobe Acrobat 56kb)

The Beacon Scheme Round 4 Research

User / public satisfaction with service delivery: Overall and theme specific performance - Baseline Data

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The Beacon Scheme Round 3 (2000 - 2001)

Theme Research Papers
Individual Theme Research Papers
Theme Research Summary - (PDF file 71kb)

User Satisfaction Baseline : General Performance and Service Delivery
Final Baseline Data - (Word 97 file 851kb)

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The Beacon Scheme Round 2 (1999 - 2000)

Theme Research Papers
Individual Theme Research Papers
Theme Research Summary (pdf file 120kb)

Baseline of Public Satisfaction with Service Delivery Research
A Handbook on Measurements of User Satisfaction in Service Delivery
Public Satisfaction Research Summary(pdf file 67kb

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The Beacon Scheme Round 1 (1998 - 1999)

Theme Research Papers
Preliminary Research Activity: Reports and Summaries

(Beacon Round 1 Theme Research)

Community Safety: preventing local shopping & town centre crime & disorder. Beacon Councils Preliminary Research Activity. The Safe Neighbourhoods Unit, DTLR, 1999.

Education: helping to raise standards by tackling school failure. Beacon Councils Preliminary Research Activity. Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice, Brunel University, DTLR, 1999.

Housing: improving housing maintenance. Beacon Councils Preliminary Research Activity. INLOGOV, DTLR, 1999.

Modernising Planning: streamlining planning decisions for business. Beacon Councils Preliminary Research Activity. Halcrow Fox, York Consulting with Boyer Planning, and the LRGRU, DTLR, 1999.

Modern Service Delivery: improving housing & council tax benefit administration. Beacon Councils Preliminary Research Activity. Centre for Research in Social Policy - Loughborough University, DTLR, 1999.

Social Services: helping care leavers. Beacon Councils Preliminary Research Activity University of York, DTLR, 1999.

Sustainable Development: dealing with waste. Beacon Councils Preliminary Research Activity. AEA Technology, DTLR, 1999.

Updated 3 December 2003
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