Education, Children & Young People

Anna is an experienced social researcher, having worked in research and policy consultancy for the past 7 years. She is an experienced project manager and has delivered a wide range of local, regional and national evaluations. Anna’s areas of expertise are wide ranging and include employability and social inclusion, nature-based interventions and connectedness and community regeneration.

Anna is trained in advanced qualitative and quantitative research methods and has delivered countless mixed-method projects for public, private and third-sector clients. In particular, Anna specialises in qualitative research and focuses on developing analytical processes and methods to ensure that qualitative data is captured, analysed, and reported on in an engaging and meaningful way.

Anna joined Wavehill in 2017, and brings a wide range of experience with her, having previously worked at national charity Brook, and Bristol-based drug and education policy think tank, Transform. Anna has a BA (hons) in History and an MSc (with distinction) in Public Policy, both from the University of Bristol.

An economics graduate from UWE Sarah has a detailed understanding of research design, conducting interviews and quantitative data analysis. Specialising in evaluations involving young people and hard-to-reach groups, she has delivered many evaluations and research pieces including issues such as youth provision, youth crime, employability, and other evaluation topics.

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Sarah works on projects across the Wavehill portfolio, both in the North-East and the rest of the UK, with clients in the public and third sector looking at violence prevention, nature connection and engagement with heritage, to name a few. Sarah has over 12 years’ experience working as a youth worker and mentor with young people from many different backgrounds.

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With a focus on qualitative research, Sarah has experience of critically evaluating data in ways that contribute to learning and enable sustainable change. Within this, she is well-versed in liaising with a variety of stakeholders and communities through various participatory methods, to ensure the research findings are representative of those they are impacting.

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Outside of work, Sarah spends her time travelling to numerous gigs and festivals, going to the gym or on outdoor adventures.