Resolution Ventures: Exploring needs and barriers to social entreprenuership for people with experience of precarious or low paid work
The Challenge
While levels of employment are on the rise, the number of people in precarious and low paid work are growing. Those in low paid work are least able to access training and least likely to be represented at work through a union, meaning they are particularly and persistently excluded from areas of opportunity.
Resolution Ventures want to make sure the ventures they fund are built by, and with, those with lived experience so that they better address the wider needs and challenges faced by those in low-paid and precarious work. To do this they wanted to better understand the needs and barriers to setting up a social business for this demographic.
My role
My role was as project and research lead, working closely with the Ventures manager at Resolution Ventures to design, execute and deliver a research plan that met their needs as an organisation.
What I did
Developed a set of key research questions to explore that guided research to support the brief.
Designed a set of research activities to meet these objectives.
Conducted a ‘knowledge download’ session with the Resolution Ventures team to surface support gaps and existing knowledge.
Conducted sensitive 1:1 online interviews about money and work with people with experience of low paid and/or precarious work.
Conducted analysis and played insights back to the team.
Developed a set of actionable insights and provocations for the team to explore further.