Lyn Dodds

Name: Lyn Dodds
Tel: 0191 2274982
E-Mail: lyn.dodds@northumbria.ac.uk

Lyn Joined Sustainable Cities Research Institute in August 2000 having completed BA in Sociology and History at Sunderland University, going on  to gain an MSc in Social Research Methods from Northumbria during her first year working at SCRI.

Lyn has undertaken a variety of research projects involving community organisations, participatory appraisal, financial inclusion and community audits. General areas of research include social exclusion and various aspects of community. Her research expertise ranges from statistical analysis to participatory appraisal focussing mainly on community engagement and evaluation of how this has been done.
At the beginning of 2007 Lyn took on the post of Project Coordinator for Regeneration Exchange. Established in 1999, the mission of Regeneration Exchange is to increase the capacity of regeneration partnerships and practitioners through exchanging experiences and promoting good practice across the north east and encourage a dynamic interchange process to identify and investigate the elements crucial to the delivery of regeneration relevant to partners and communities. As coordinator she oversees projects, events and research undertaken by Regeneration exchange and seek to develop the links and networks already established.
As part of her work with Regeneration Exchange, Lyn was chair of the Regional Infrastructure Consortium (RIC) in it's first year (2008). The aim of the RIC is to improve infrastructure services for frontline organisations to ensure that all Third Sector groups throughout the region are able to meet their own potential and to fully contribute to social, environmental and economic development of the region.  This project is under the auspices of Capacity Builders.

Roles and Responsibilities

Lyn is a Research Associate at SCRI and Project co-ordinator for Regeneration Exchange. She is currently invovled with the Regional Infrastructure Consortium and the North East Empowerment Partnership (strategic group).

Current Research Projects

“Policy and Representation Partnership” funded by Big Lottery Fund, BASIS 2 NE1. The lead body for this project is VONNE. The aim of this project is to increase the Third Sector’s influence on policy development in the North East region. It brings together a wide range of Third Sector partners to develop a mechanism to influence policy development. Lyn is carrying out a small scale real time evaluation of the project.

“Alignment of Professional, Academic and Industrial Development Needs for Quantity Surveyors: The Post Recession Dynamics” Co-funded by RICS and Northumbria University. Lyn is supporting Professor Srinath Perera and John Pearson in this project by carrying out desk based work, interviews, and questionnaires.

“A study into the use of Information Modelling: DCSF Offices, Darlington” commissioned by Constructing Excellence, on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Skills (BIS) to carry out a case study into the use of information modelling in public sector building in the UK. The case study is an office development project for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) in Darlington. Construction is planned to be complete by 31st January 2012 with staff migration to have taken place by the end of February 2012. The project has been proposed as a Constructing Excellence Demonstration Project by the principal architect, FaulknerBrowns. Lyn is responsible for the design, execution, and analysis of the qualitative data informing this project.

Refereed Journal Papers

1. Dodds, L and Hopwood B (June 2006) BAN Waste, Environmental Justice and Citizen Participation in Policy Setting Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability vol.11 Number 3 Routledge Taylor Francis Group (journal article)
2. Fuller, D, Mellor, M, Affleck, A, and Dodds, L. Consulting the community: Advancing financial inclusion in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.  International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol.26 No.5/6, 2006 (journal article)
3. Dodds Lyn, Mellor M, and Stephenson C. Industrial identity in a post-industrial age: resilience in former mining communities Northern Economic Review, Summer 2006, No 37 (journal article)

Research Reports

1. Dr D. Fuller, A Affleck, L Dodds Advancing Financial Inclusion in Newcastle: A Research Report. 2001
2. Gill Davidson, Lyn Dodds, Kate O’Brien Newcastle upon Tyne Drug Action Team: Young People’s Needs Assessment. December 2001
3. Fuller, D, Mellor, M, Affleck, A & Dodds, L (2002) Local to Me: Advancing Financial Inclusion in Newcastle upon Tyne, Sustainable Cities Research Institute
4. Dodds, L (2003) Financial Inclusion Newcastle Ltd, Interim report, March 2003 (evaluation report)
5. Dodds, L (2003) Financial Inclusion Newcastle LTD, Final Report (December 2003) (evaluation report)
6. Dodds, L (2003) External Evaluation of the Community Development Network (Community Empowerment Fund Project) Commissioned by VOICES (March 2003) (evaluation report)

7. Dodds L (2003) 'VOICES' - aiming for meaningful representation on the Local Strategic Partnership'. Presented at 2003 International Healthy Cities Conference: The power of Local Action. Belfast.
8. Mellor, M & Dodds, L (2003) 'Credit Union Development Initiative for Middlebrough' (March 2003) (evaluation report)
9. Mellor, M, Dodds, L, Fuller, D & Jones, R (2003) 'Feasibility Study for the Development of Credit Union (Financial) Services in Northumberland'( August 2003) (evaluation report)
10. Dodds, L (2003) External Evaluation of the Community Development Network (Community Empowerment Fund Project) Commissioned by VOICES (evaluation report)
11. Dodds, L & Powell, S (2004) External Evaluation of the Improving Health and Care Theme of the West Middlebrough Neighbourhood Trust, West Middlebrough Neighbourhood Trust (evaluation report)
12. Davidson, G, Dodds, L & Powell, S, (2004) Handyperson Feasibility and Development Study, Newcastle New Deal for Communities (evaluation report)
13. Dodds, L & Powell, S (2004) Handyperson Feasibility Study, Participatory Appraisal Report "Good Idea". February 2004 (evaluation report)
14. Dodds, L & Powell, S (2004) Local Inquiry into the Participatory Practices of Newcastle New Deal for Communities, Newcastle New Deal for Communities
15. Dodds, L & Powell, S (2005) Evaluation of South Tyneside’s Identification Referral and Tracking Pilot Project (evaluation report)
16. Davidson G & Dodds, L. (2004) BAN Waste Select Committee on Waste Options. (evaluation report)
17. Dodds L, Lilley S, and Powell S. Evaluation of Capacity Building Project for Communities, Final Report (September 2006) (evaluation report)

18. Dodds L, Dobson George, Tackiling Barriers to Take-up of Fuel Poverty Alleviation Measures. January 2008 EAGA Partnerships Charitable Trust

19. Carrahar Michelle, Dodds Lyn, Robson Sue Assessing contribution of Community Empowerment Networks to communities, the VCS and public sector partners in the North East February 2008

20. Dodds L, Lilley S Case Study Report: Building Social Capital prepared by Regeneration Exchange February 2008

21. Dodds L, Lilley S, Tait N Investigation into specific problems in sustaining , employment, training, and education (ETE) outcomes for young offenders in Newcastle July 2009. (evaluation report)

Research Grants

Title: Monitoring and Evaluation of Financial Inclusion Newcastle (1st year)
Duration: April – June 2004
Funders: Financial Inclusion Newcastle
Value: £15,400

Title: Review of Support for  the Community Development Network of Sunderland (VOICES)
Duration: January – March 2003
Funders: VOICES
Value: £5,900

Title: West Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Trust, evaluation of Health and Care theme
Duration: January – April 2004
Funders: West Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Trust
Value: £11,550

Title: Local Inquiry into the Participatory Practices of Newcastle New Deal for Communities
Duration: June – July 2004
Funders: URBACT (Partecipando)
Value: £4990

Title: Monitoring and Evaluation of South Tyneside Identification, Referral and Tracking pilot project
Duration: June – December 2004
Funders: South Tyneside
Value: £5,950

Title: Voluntary and Community Sector Survey for North Tyneside Community Network
Duration: January – March 2006
Funders: VODA
Value: £15,840

Title: Evaluation of the Capacity Building Project for Communities
Duration: February 2005 – April 2006
Funders: VODA
Value: £15,000

Title: Tackling Barriers to Take-up of Fuel Poverty Alleviation Measures
Duration: October 2006 – May 2007
Funders: Eaga charitable trust
Value: £52,529

Title: Social Capital Case Studies
Duration: January – July 2007
Funders: ONE NorthEast via Community Foundation
Value: £7,500


Consultancy Grants
Title: IGNITE authoring
Duration: October 2006 – April 2007
Funders: ONE NorthEast (IGNITE)
Value: £89,780
Partners: IDOX, jsa Regeneration, esra

Title: Leading Through Sharing Programme: analysis of the survey of CEO roles in IT
Duration: 3 months
Funders: London Business school: IMPACT
Value:

Title: Workshop for Partecipando project on evaluation of participation
Duration: June 2004
Funders: Newcastle City Council
Value: 600€