About Us – Development Focus

Development Focus works alongside communities and practitioners to design inclusive programmes where every voice counts. Our participatory research and training build skills, confidence, and partnerships that lead to healthier, fairer, and more resilient societies.

Examples of our work in the UK: Better Buses and Safer Street for Longsight and Health Needs Assessment in Langley Green - two reports documenting our Community Assessment and Action (CAA) participatory research methodology. Example of our participatory evaluation work Evaluation of the Croydon Children’s Fund

Examples of our international work: Training in child rights and participatory research methods for PLAN International Indonesia, view the video documenting this process; ‘Rights through Evaluation’ a DFID-funded project looking at extent to which evaluation of development projects took into account impact on children’s lives, download final reports. Save the Children report Gaining Respect: Children in Conflict with the Law was produced as a contribution to the UN Study on Violence Against Children from the International Save the Children Alliance.