Supporting people to think about how money raised from the National Lottery will make most difference to communities in Wales.
Read MoreHVM are on tour in Cairo! Lots to inspire us in our discussions with Ministry of Anitquities staff and museum managers from around Egypt.
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Excitement mounts at HVM as Anita and Henrietta head to Cairo in April to work with museum professionals and Ministry of Antiquites staff on their strategic planning.
Read MoreOn 7th March the Royal Society published the report from HVM's 5 month programme exploring public attitudes to genetic technologies. The report in full and summary can be accessed here.
Read MoreA message from Anita, Henrietta and Tisna in our 12th anniversary year:
HVM is celebrating 12 years of social research, stakeholder engagement and capacity building. Find out more about what we've been up to, check out our refreshed website and how you can help us celebrate.
Read MoreIn partnership with Resources for Change, HVM designed and delivered a series of dialogue workshops in 12 locations around the UK. The research set out to use creative ways to gain an in-depth understanding of the views of National Lottery players
Read MoreHVM is delighted to be working with Sustainable Aviation, a collaboration of over 90% of UK airlines, airports and air navigation service providers, as well as all major UK aerospace manufacturers. We are in the process of designing and delivering a set of focus groups near the airports Manchester, Birmingham and Gatwick.
Read MoreHVM is delighted to have been included in the qualitative research framework for Hull 2017 UK City of Culture. Read on to find out more about our recent adventures in urban myth.
Read MoreHVM is delighted to annouce that the Wellcome Trust has now published What's next for the future of our food, our health and our planet? The report summarises the findings from Chew it over a programme of dialogue interwoven with theatrical scenes commissioned as part of The Crunch.
Read MoreAt HVM we're keen to grow our pool of facilitators and analysts for social research projects. We're looking for people as excited as we are by enabling people to be heard on emotionally challenging issues including climate change, the future of our food, our wellbeing and the arts and heritage that sustain our lives. So get in touch if your interested.
Read MoreThe Crunch was a year long programme of public engagement. The report on the findings from the adults strand, Chew it over, will be published in the coming weeks. In the meantime you can get a flavour of what happened by watching the show reel and what was said in the soundbites. Read on to sign up to receive the report when it's been published.
Read MoreHVM recently facilitated a fascinating discussion on Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper. The roundtable brought together academics working in the fields of disability and health. It was co-ordinated by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and the content was presented by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). There is still time submit your views - if you are quick!
Read MoreOn Saturday three HVM & R4C teams will visit Beamish in Co. Durham, the SS Great Britain in Bristol and Lincoln Cathedral on the last leg of our country tour focused on the heritage. For the last month we've been visiting heritage locations across the country to hear the views of National Lottery players on how their money should be allocated to the heritage good cause.
Read MoreHopkins Van Mil is pleased to launch its new website with a whole new look and updated content.
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HVM is delighted to be working in partnership with Resources for Change on a public dialogue commussion for the Heritage Lottery Fund. From January we'll be touring 12 locations around the UK to understand the views of people who play the National Lottery about how funding from the National Lottery should be distrubuted to the heritage 'good cause'.
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