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Facts and analysis 

Facts are the basis for all decision-making, especially in an age of evidence-based policy.  HelpGov Ltd has skills in four areas where factual understanding is critical to improving performance – consultation, data and demographic analysis, project evaluation, and plain language.

 

 
Consultation

All public sector organisations consult customers and employees.  Not all do it well.  Poor consultation provides a poor basis for informing decisions and damages your reputation.

 

HelpGov Ltd can advise on the best approach to consultation, the best way to carry out individual consultations and on the detail of survey questionnaires, so that your effort is effective and your reputation safeguarded.  We also carry out small online surveys and facilitate focus groups.


 
Data/demographic analysis

It is easy to misunderstand social and economic statistics and population (demographic) data.  Drawing wrong conclusions from information or presenting it poorly can lead to inappropriate action.  Let HelpGov Ltd make sense of your data so it says the right thing and comes alive for your readers.

 
 
 
Project evaluation

Evaluation should be built into every project.  Sometimes it isn’t.  Sometimes the capacity to do it once a project is complete isn’t there.  HelpGov Ltd can help ensure appropriate evaluation is built into your project or help you with evaluation once it is complete so you can prove the difference it made and learn lessons for the future.  Our expertise lies in the area of social and economic projects carried out or funded by public agencies.

 
 
 
Plain language

Public sector jargon and long-windedness are the butt of media jokes.  Apart from the risk to your reputation your readers may not understand what you’re trying to say.  HelpGov Ltd can carry out an audit to see how you match up to the best.  We can also rewrite individual documents in plain language.  Check out the jargon bin on HelpGov's helpful blog