Quality Time
Cohort and observation combined: a charity case
Kathryn HallNOP Consumer andSteven BrowningNational Lottery Charities Board
INTRODUCTION
This paper consists of two parts. The first part explains why qualitative research over a three year period proved the most effective means of tapping into the experiences and perspectives of small charities which were awarded a National Lottery grant to fund a specific project. It will explain why a longitudinal qualitative research approach with an observational research element was able to provide particularly rich findings. It will demonstrate the role of research in discovering how small grant...