The toolkit is designed to help you do rigorous research into whether your woodland activity has an impact on the health and wellbeing of participants
The toolkit takes you through the whole research process from planning to reporting but you can also use individual elements on their own.
Toolkit index and research process
1 – research motivations
Research motivations – questions for you and your organisation to think about before you start your research.
Good from Woods research case studies – read reports from previous Good from Woods research projects. These include a summary of methods used and evaluation of carrying out research.
Data protection, organisation and storage – how to safely store, label and organise the data/information that you’re collecting and ensure anonymity for participants in line with data protection rules.
6 – analysing your data
Guide to analysing data – how to make sense and extract meaning from the data you’ve collected.
Wellbeing indicators – a set of indicators devised by Good from Woods to help you find themes in your research data and group positive or negative instances of wellbeing.
Guide to using your report/findings – how to share findings, report back to your organisation and make recommendations based on your evidence, including guidance on reflecting on the research process.