1. SERIO Presentation25 February 2009 Rebekah Southern and Carole Sutton

2. Overview of Presentation • Introduction to SERIO • Overview of services • Some public sector clients • Case Studies: • Defra • Children’s Services

3. What is SERIO? • Centre of Expertise in applied research • Based within Research & Enterprise Directorate • Core interdisciplinary team • Expertise in methodology and methods • Draw on wider expertise within University and our external networks

4. What Services Do We Offer?

5. Who Are Our Clients?

6. Case Study 1 Case Study - Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Foods • Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Food and Drink

7. Case Study - Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Foods • Unique research team

8. Case Study - Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Foods • Method • Secondary Research • Primary qualitative: • Consumer focus groups • In-depth trade interviews • Primary quantitative: • Online consumer surveys • Self-completion trade surveys

9. Case Study - Consumers Attitudes and Purchasing Behaviour Towards Local & Regional Foods • Dissemination • Report and presentation to Defra • Will use findings to help shape policy to develop the sector • Newsletter distributed to trade organisations • Presentation at local food seminar

10. Case Study 2 Case Study - Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth • Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth

11. Case Study - Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth • Project Background • Children’s Services, Plymouth City Council • Need to gather data on parental views of current childcare provision and future childcare requirements • Limited budget • Focus on one locality in the City • Need for this exercise to be repeated in other areas of the City in the future

12. Case Study - Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth • Project Aims • Type of childcare used by working and non-working families • Gather data on affordability • Gather data on likely future childcare requirements • Employer’s perspective of the child care requirements of their employees

13. Case Study - Assessment of the Provision of Childcare in Central and North-East Plymouth

14. Any questions ?