Beth joins Cordis Bright from Traverse, a social purpose research consultancy, where she was a Research Director. Prior to her nine years at Traverse, Beth’s early career was in the VCSE sector in volunteer programme management and communications.

Project examples include:

• A two-year evaluation of Greater London Authority’s £30m Young Londoners Fund, taking a thematic approach to evidencing the impact of the fund on over 200 projects, the young people they support and the wider youth sector in Greater London.
• Formative evaluation of Midlands Engine’s Mental Health and Productivity Pilot (funded by DWP/DHSC).
• Evaluation of Essex County Council’s Family Innovation Fund (early help for families) combining embedded outcomes measurement, in-depth qualitative research, tracking statutory service use, and an economic assessment.
• Developing an organisational Theory of Change for BookTrust taking a collaborative approach and engaging the senior leadership team.
• Participatory lived experience research to inform Citizens Advice’s campaign activity on the No Recourse to Public Funds policy.
• A four-year, multi-site evaluation of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)’s £9.5m Onsite Experience pre-employment programme.
• Evaluation of Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s integration and transformation programme.

She holds an MSc in Development Studies from Birkbeck, University of London, and a BSc in Applied Biology from the University of Bath. Beth is also a trained mental health first aider (MHFA) and a yoga teacher.