UH Faculty of Health & Human Sciences

Department of Social, Community & Health Studies

Centre for Community Research (CCR)

What is the Centre for Community Research?

The Centre for Community Research (CCR) is an academic social research centre based at the University of Hertfordshire's main campus in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.

The Centre is unique in being one of the first university applied social research centres in the UK to bring together a wide range of contemporary community and social themes that are grounded in the needs of professionals, community based agencies and the communities they serve.

What does the centre provide?

The centre's core activities are:

  • annual conference

  • commissioned research

  • research consultancy

  • research & development for professional practice

  • research based publications

  • research seminars

  • postgraduate research supervision

  • research 'hot desk' for practitioners

CCR Research Interests

  • Appropriate Adults

  • Community Development

  • Community Needs

  • Counselling & Psychotherapy

  • Criminal Justice & Probation Practice

  • Eating Disorders

  • Learning Disabilities

  • Mental Health Practice & Policies

  • Marginalised Communities

  • Professional Practice Issues in Health and Social Care

  • Social Work Practice Issues (including child welfare, and violence against staff)

  • Supporting the Voluntary Sector

  • Youth Studies

The organisations below have all recently used the services of CCR

  • Arlington Care Association

  • Brent and Barnet Youth Offending Teams

  • Dacorum Volunteer Bureau

  • Government Office East of England

  • Hackney Marsh Partnership

  • Harpenden Day Centre

  • Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Confederation

  • Hertfordshire CC Children, Schools & Families

  • Hertfordshire ConneXions

  • Hertfordshire Partnership Learning Disability Board

  • Hertfordshire Primary Care Research Network

  • Kingsmead Kabin

  • Luton Borough Council

  • Mencap

  • Ravidassia Community Centre

  • Scope

  • Sele Youth Wing Association

  • St. Albans & Harpenden Primary Care Trust

  • Vale House

Centre Staff

HEAD OF CENTRE
Dr. Roger Green (r.d.green@herts.ac.uk)

SENIOR RESEARCH STAFF
Professor Julia Buckroyd (j.buckroyd@herts.ac.uk)
Soo Lee MSc (Econ) RN (s.n.lee@herts.ac.uk)
Brian Littlechild MA CQSW (b.littlechild@herts.ac.uk)
Dr. Helen Payne (h.l.payne@herts.ac.uk)
Margaret Todd MBA RNLD (m.todd@herts.ac.uk)

RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Beverley Flitton (b.flitton@herts.ac.uk)
Sharon Rother (s.m.rother@herts.ac.uk)
Barbara Scott (b.scott@herts.ac.uk)

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Julia Warrener MA CQSW (j.warrener@herts.ac.uk)

RESEARCH STUDENTS
Kinsuk Roy (k.roy@herts.ac.uk)

How Can We Help?

We would be pleased to hear from you if you are interested in further information about CCR and its research activities.

In the first instance please contact:

Dr Roger Green
Centre for Community Research
Department of Social, Community and Health Studies
University of Hertfordshire
College Lane, Hatfield,
Herts
AL10 9AB UK

Tel. +44 (0) 1707 284105
Email. R.D.Green@herts.ac.uk

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