New Forest Community Researcher projects Autumn 2026
We are now recruiting 6 people with experience of using community food in the New Forest to join the Community Researcher programme. The programme will run from October 2026 to March 2027, mostly based in Totton. More details are below.
Please get in contact if you are interested or have any questions - Bethan Prosser Tel: 07599579357 Email: fairfood@soton.ac.uk
For more details of the community research, see our blog: Fairfood - Blog
Would you like to take part?
What is the training programme?
The programme is “on the job” training to become community researchers. You will learn about:
- research ethics and safeguarding
- how to collect data
- how to analyse data
- how to present findings
At the same time, you will be supported to carry out your own individual research projects:
- decide what you want to find out about
- carry out data collection e.g. interviews, questionnaires, photo diaries
- analyse and come up with findings
At the end, we organise a day-long workshop:
- we invite community and academic researchers, service providers, and local decision/policymakers relevant to community food
- you will be fully supported to share your recommendations from your research
- together we co-design small interventions and actions are agreed by everyone
