Effective change
Cordis Bright believes that public services can change lives for the better.
Our role is to work collaboratively with our clients to develop a sound and robustly analysed evidence base and to help them drive effective change.
Improving public services
Cordis Bright provides consultancy, advice and research aimed at improving public services.
We work with colleagues in local and national government, the NHS and independent sector to achieve this.
Delivering impact
Cordis Bright believes that public services can change lives for the better.
We work collaboratively with our clients to deliver improved outcomes for service users and their families.
Our work tends to fall into seven main areas:
Our sectors
Children & families
Our expertise covers the full range of services offered to children, young people and their families.
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Adult social care
We work with providers and commissioners to improve outcomes for people who need care and support and their families.
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Criminal justice
Many of our projects are focused on those with complex and multiple needs and prolific offending histories.
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Domestic abuse
Its prevalence and complexity present challenges for those working to address domestic abuse.
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Mental health
Our work on mental health is multi-faceted, encompassing children, adults and older people.
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Multiple disadvantage
We are a leading provider of research and evaluation relating to people experiencing multiple disadvantage. This includes delivering high-profile national evaluations.
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Public health
Increasingly, public health teams are commissioning Cordis Bright to undertake research, evaluation and performance improvement.
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Employment
We help clients understand and tackle the barriers to employment especially for those who experience particular challenges in the labour market.
Learn moreCordis Briefing
The Cordis Briefing is a subscription service for independent sector providers of adult social care and supported housing.
Learn moreCordis Pulse
The Cordis Pulse is our monthly digest of policy, practice and research developments in the fields in which we specialise.
Learn moreNews updates
October 2025
Between Choice and Coercion
Debates on Sex Work and Sex Trafficking in India
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October 2025
A call-to-action for organisations supporting people affected by domestic abuse
Following-up on the Restart feasibility study
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October 2025
Restart programme feasibility study
Funded by Foundations and led by The Drive Partnership.
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Our clients
How we work
We are at our best when focused on delivering improved outcomes for service users and their families.
Our values
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We deliver high quality work that delivers impact and value.
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We are committed to helping you tackle any inequity in service provision, access, and impact, with a particular focus on those who are most vulnerable to experiencing poor outcomes.
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We take a collaborative approach. With our clients, we work in partnership and seek to leverage and grow their own skills, knowledge and expertise. With service users, we recognise the power of co-production and have a successful track record in working with people with lived experience and peer researchers.
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We offer a culture where your staff and our team are supported and given space to make a positive contribution to projects, to their colleagues, community and wider society.
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We aspire to offering you a team with a diversity of background, life experience and opinion which, in turn, boosts the quality of our work and the insight that we generate.
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We implement approaches that are open, honest, thoughtful, participative and based on strong evidence of ‘what works’.