Staff profiles
Chris Dayson
BA (Hons), PG Dip
Phone 0114 225 4173
E-mail c.dayson@shu.ac.uk
Chris Dayson is a research associate in the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research. Much of Chris's research focuses on the third sector and he has recently completed an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)- funded Third Sector Placement Fellowship exploring the impact of the personalisation policy agenda on third sector service providers. In the past year he has also been involved in research for the Big Lottery Fund, the National Association of Voluntary and Community Organisations (NAVCA), and various other national and local third sector organisations.
Chris has previously worked as a researcher and policy analyst in the third sector (for Voluntary Action Rotherham) and central government (for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office). He has experience in a range of quantitative and qualitative techniques including survey research, charity account analysis, and social return on investment (SROI) analysis.
Within CRESR, Chris is part of the social and economic regeneration team and the data and policy team. He is also a member of the University-wide interdisciplinary Centre for Voluntary Sector Research.
Research interests
Chris' research main research interests include
- financial vulnerability in third sector organisations
- the impact of personalisation on the third sector
- the effectiveness local level third sector activity
- social investment
Current/recent research projects
Please contact me for further details about these research projects and for summaries of the findings.
2011 Valuing the Voluntary and Community Sector in Derbyshire, Rural Action Derbyshire. Role: Data analyst.
2011 Evaluation of Village SOS, Big Lottery Fund. Role: Data analyst.
2010–11 An Outcomes Framework for Local Support and Development Organisations, NAVCA. Role: Research team member.
2010–11 Evaluation of NAVCA's SKiLD and ICT Champions Programmes, NAVCA/Capacitybuilders. Role: Lead researcher.
2010–11 Understanding the Value for Money of Third Sector Organisations in Rotherham, Voluntary Action Rotherham. Role: Lead researcher.
Selected reports (2001 onwards)
Wells, P., Dayson, C. with Batty, E., Crisp, R. and Parr. S. (2011) Social Investment and its Impact: The Evaluation of Charity Bank in the North (PDF 1.79MB). Sheffield: CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University
Dayson, C. and Wilson, I. (2011) Salford State of the Sector Survey 2010. Salford, Salford Community and Voluntary Services.
CRESR (2011) BIG Lottery Fund Sustainability Research: Final Report. Sheffield, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research.
Chadwick-Coule, T., Dayson, C. Morgan, G. and Wells, P. (2010) The Evaluation of Futurebuilders: Final Report. Sheffield, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research.
Dayson, C. and Wells, P. (2010) Measuring the impact of third sector infrastructure organisations. A report to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Funding Commission. Sheffield, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research.
Academic publications (2001 onwards)
Dayson, C (2011) The personalisation agenda: implications for organisational development and capacity building in the voluntary sector. Voluntary Sector Review, 2 (1), pp. 97-105.
Crowe, M., Dayson, C., and Wells, P (2010) Prospects for the third sector. People, Place and Policy Online, 4 (1), pp. 29-32.
Recent conference and seminar papers
Dayson, C. (2010) Reflections on the development of a quasi-experimental design for the Futurebuilders Evaluation. NCVO / Voluntary Sector Studies Network (VSSN) Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference, University of Leeds, September 2010.
Wells, P., Dayson, C., Wilson, I. and Hems, L. (2009) Researching the impact of the recession on the UK Voluntary and Community Sector. NCVO/VSSN Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference, University of Warwick, 8 September 2009.
