Magnetic Ideals are a small community organisation working on projects that bring about positive social change. We have a dedicated research team that can help you gather useful data and transform it into insightful reports. As a not-for-profit group, we understand the challenges and budget constraints faced in this sector. We can work with you to find cost-effective ways to help you achieve your goals. For example, we can support you with funding bids for research projects or finding partners with shared research goals to ensure cost-saving.

Our services encompass a wide range of research methodologies, including but not limited to:

• Interviews: We can conduct in-depth interviews with stakeholders, beneficiaries, and community members to gather first-hand insights.
• Focus Groups: Our experienced facilitators can organise and moderate focus group sessions, ensuring rich qualitative data.
• Surveys: We design and administer questionnaires, helping you collect quantitative data and opinions from your target audience.
• Action Research: We can work closely with your team to plan, implement, and evaluate action research projects to drive positive change while doing workshops or activities that move you forward.
• Case Studies: We excel in creating compelling case studies that showcase your organization’s impact and success stories.
• Desk-Based Research: Our researchers can conduct thorough desk-based research, compiling relevant data and literature to support your projects.
• Writing up and analysis of existing data: We can work with your existing data sets to find trends, help you highlight achievements or understand your service-user needs.
• Away Day Research: Run fun and creative away days that help you gather information, understand your organisational needs, while promoting staff communication and cohesion.
• Researcher Training: Upskill your staff so that you can build the research capacity of your organisation internally.

Working with Magnetic Ideals you  can expect the following benefits:

• Affordability: We understand the budget constraints of small organisations, and our pricing is designed to be reasonable and transparent.
• Customized Solutions: We tailor our approach to meet your specific research objectives and organisational goals.
• Professional Expertise: Our team comprises experienced researchers and writers who are dedicated to delivering high-quality reports.
• Timely Delivery: We are committed to meeting deadlines and ensuring you have the information you need when you need it.
• Actionable Insights: Our reports provide you with actionable insights to make informed decisions and demonstrate your impact to donors and stakeholders.

Previous research projects include working with EASA, mapping resistance to precarious work practices (interviews, case studies, desk-based research), supporting student-led research into housing for Sussex Students’ Union (training, report-writing), away day facilitation and write-up for Advance HE and service-user surveys for Menopause and Mind.

If you’re interested in working with us, we’d be happy to hear about your project however big or small! Please reply to this email or get in touch with info@magneticideals.org to schedule a free consultation, include if you can a rough outline of the project you are planning and any budget constraints and funding ambitions. We’re a friendly group and are keen to work with you, not just for you.