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Research, Evaluation & Improvement
Needs assessment, evidence reviews, evaluation, outcome measurement and service and quality improvement.What we do →
Research · Evaluation · Improvement · Innovation
Helping organisations turn evidence into real change.
Living Well Partners works with organisations to understand complex problems, identify what needs to change and translate evidence into practical, implementable solutions.
- Evidence-led
- Findings, data and lived experience guide every recommendation.
- Inclusive
- Designed around real circumstances, capacity and access needs.
- Practical
- Solutions that organisations can actually deliver.
- Evaluated
- Engagement, implementation and outcomes measured throughout.
Founder
Founded by psychologist and researcher Dr Julie Winstanley
Dr Julie Winstanley brings more than 20 years’ experience across research, higher education, needs assessment, evaluation, service improvement, programme development and applied innovation.
How we help
Four routes into working with us
Each strand can stand alone or combine into a wider programme of work.
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Leadership & Organisational Development
Organisational diagnosis, leadership development, behaviour change and implementation support.Leadership & OD →
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Digital Solutions & Innovation
Evidence-led digital tools, wellbeing and self-management solutions, service navigation and pilot support.Digital Solutions →
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Partnership & collaborative work
Joint bids, collaborative pilots, co-designed programmes and shared evaluation with partners across sectors.Partnership Prospectus →
Our approach
From evidence to implementation
Evidence only creates value when it changes what an organisation actually does. Our methodology moves deliberately from problem to implemented, evaluated change.
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Identify
Clarify the problem, question or opportunity.
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Understand
Gather and interpret evidence, data and lived experience.
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Design
Translate findings into a practical, deliverable response.
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Test
Run a proportionate pilot with agreed measures.
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Implement
Support delivery, capability and change in practice.
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Evaluate
Assess engagement, implementation and outcomes.
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Improve
Refine, scale or stop based on what the evidence shows.
Identify → Understand → Design → Test → Implement → Evaluate → Improve
Who we work with
Shaped for your setting
Living Well Partners works with organisations that need credible evidence and practical, usable change.
- NHS organisations, health and care services
- Councils and public-sector organisations
- Employers and workforce wellbeing teams
- Charities and community organisations
- Education and training providers
- Housing, supported living and social care providers
- Voluntary-sector and collaborative partnerships
- Programme and pilot funders
Let’s discuss what would be most useful for your organisation.
Tell us about the problem you are trying to understand or the change you are trying to make, and we will suggest a proportionate first step.