Demonstrating impact

Creating insight

Empowering positive change

ERS provides high quality research and evaluation, supporting clients to demonstrate and achieve better outcomes, and secure more resources

What we do

ERS provides a range of services, including:

  • Programme evaluations

  • Economic impact assessments

  • Social research

  • Strategies and action plans

  • Sector studies

  • Employment and skills studies

  • Funding bid development

  • Feasibility studies

  • Appraisals

  • Capacity building and training

Our core values

Our work is based on five core values:

  • Positive collaboration with clients, their partners and the constituencies they serve

  • Conducting impactful research

  • Producing meaningful insights

  • Creating actionable recommendations

  • Delivering on time, every time

Sunset and Turbines, Lost Peatlands. Photography by Alex Edwards

Who we work with

Our team brings a wealth of experience from different sectors and disciplines, enabling us to work confidently with a range of partners and clients.

These include:

  • Government departments and non-departmental bodies

  • Local and Combined Authorities

  • Universities and colleges

  • Specialist business support organisations

  • Charities and community organisations

  • Private sector bodies

Organisations that trust us

  • ERS' evaluation was insightful and engaging. They helped evaluate a large and complex European funded refugee support project and their report has helped identify potential improvements to our model of work.

    British Red Cross, Family Reintegration Services

  • ERS was fantastic in terms of working to our fast-paced timescales and their in-depth understanding of the social value and impact strands to our aims and objectives, as well as understanding our ambition to have this equitably reflected in the final report. Their balancing and showcasing of both economic and social impact was of huge value to the project.

    UWE Bristol, Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship

  • The project evaluation and summative assessment design and delivery have been undertaken by ERS in a clear and accessible way. They have ensured that all aspects of the evaluation, which involved communication with stakeholders, clients and the delivery teams, have been sensitive to all those individuals with whom they have engaged.

    Creative Kernow, Cultivator

  • ERS communicated clearly with us at each step of the process, alerting us immediately to any risks. Both evaluation reports have been well received by the partnership, and already we are addressing some of the recommendations that came out of the report. Thank you for the brilliant work and supporting us to communicate to our partners.

    Study Higher, Oxford Brookes University

  • The project was delivered within tight deadlines and made all the more difficult given the Covid-19 crisis, however the report was delivered ahead of schedule. The ERS team exceeded expectations throughout the study, offering a great service. Staff were very personable and approachable throughout and were always quick to answer queries.

    Cheshire East Council, Cheshire Digital+

  • ERS have done a thorough impact evaluation of our funding programme, which will be excellent evidence to help us make the case for the future of the programme. The team were great to work with; knowledgeable and professional and the quality of work they have produced is excellent.

    British Council, Cultural Protection Fund