This list below represents the various research projects
Wise Owls has undertaken:

 

Redundancy Survey (2011)

Summary: As part of our on-going Age Equality Campaign, Wise Owls conducted a survey of over 50s who had been made redundant to find out their experiences. Survey Results
Commissioned by: Wise Owls

 

Age audit of County and London Borough Councils (2010)

Summary: Using the Freedom of Information Act to conduct an Age Audit of County Council and London Borough Council employees. Their exising workforce, their recruitment and redundancies of employees by age. To see if ageism is taking place in recruitment and redundancy by age.
Commissioned by: Wise Owls (Age audit FOI returns)

 

Age audit of County and London Borough Councils (2009/10)

Summary: Using the Freedom of Information Act to conduct an Age Audit of County Council and London Borough Council employees. The purpose being to provide an initial baseline figure for the working age of all employees in order to see whether future employment of
Age Diversity is improving or not.
Commissioned by: Wise Owls

1) Age Audit Overview
2) Full report including conclusions and recommendations.

League tables of best and worst:
A) Under 25s
B) Under 50s
C) 25-49

 

Research into Community and Voluntary Sector in Hackney (2006)

Summary: This research was conducted in the London borough of Hackney in 2006
1) Research Recommendations
2) Market Research Report 2006
3) Conclusion from Focus Groups
4) Questionnaire Research

 

The Older Person's Experience of Training and Employment Support in East London (July 2004)

Summary: This research was conducted across nine boroughs in East London over a six month period commencing October 2003 and finishing April 2004. Over 1000 people over the age of 50 were interviewed and asked about their experiences of training and support both in their work situation, or if they were unemployed.
Commissioned by: Learning Skills Council and the European Social Fund
View the report, click here

 

Executive Summary of Final Research Report into Discrimination
in the Workplace in West London (March 2004)

Summary: Wise Owls interviewed over 600 businesses on whether they employed disabled, minority, asylum seeker, young and old people: The report listed their problems / suggested solutions on dealing with these groups.
Commissioned by: Learning Skills Council London West and the European Social Fund
View the report, click here

 

Final Report on Promoting Diversity Seminars (Sept 2003)

Summary: Wise Owls, in conjunction with ACAS, ran a series of free seminars to businesses on the benefits of diversity to their business, which included an update on recent changes in employment law.
Commissioned by: Learning Skills Council and the European Social Fund
View the report, click here

 

An Overview into the Business Needs of Organisations
in East London (March 2002)

Summary: This research was required to give us a better understanding of the needs of businesses in the local East London area, and to discover whether the age of a prospective employee was a determining factor when an organisation was looking to employ new staff.
Commissioned by: Learning Skills Council London East and the European Social Fund
View the report, click here

 

The Incidence and Impact of Ageism Amongst the Over 45s
in East London (March 2002)

Summary: The need for this research was highlighted by the level of the incidence of ageism as experienced and articulated by our own client group which is the over 45’s seeking employment, better employment or self employment living in London, mainly East London.
Commissioned by: Learning Skills Council London East and the European Social Fund
View the report, click here