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Good from Woods research toolkit

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

Final year students from BSc Animal Behaviour and Welfare.

Good from Woods research toolkit

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 쫄챰뻣펄� research motivations

Research motivations 쫄챰뻣펄� questions for you and your organisation to think about before you start your research.
Good from Woods research case studies 쫄챰뻣펄� read reports from previous Good from Woods research projects. These include a summary of methods used and evaluation of carrying out research.

2 쫄챰뻣펄� planning your research

A printable step-by-step guide to planning your research project (pdf) 쫄챰뻣펄� how to plan your research from start to finish
Research skills 쫄챰뻣펄� how to use your existing skills to the full and tips on being aware of bias.
Research ready checklist (pdf) 쫄챰뻣펄� check you are ready to start!
Timesheet template (xls) 쫄챰뻣펄� to help you keep track of your time and progress.

3 쫄챰뻣펄� choose your research methods

Guide to choosing research methods 쫄챰뻣펄� questions to help you choose suitable research methods.
Research methods index 쫄챰뻣펄� a key to help you select methods to suit your research, linking to in-depth guides for each method and printable templates.

4 쫄챰뻣펄� research ethics and participant consent

Guide to research ethics and participant consent 쫄챰뻣펄� what to consider to ensure ethical research and maintain your participants쫄챰뻣펄� privacy.
Ethical consent form and information sheet template (pdf)

5 쫄챰뻣펄� gathering research data/evidence

Data protection, organisation and storage 쫄챰뻣펄� how to safely store, label and organise the data/information that you쫄챰뻣펄셱e collecting and ensure anonymity for participants in line with data protection rules.

6 쫄챰뻣펄� analysing your data

Guide to analysing data 쫄챰뻣펄� how to make sense and extract meaning from the data you쫄챰뻣펄셶e collected.
Data analysis spreadsheet example (xls) 쫄챰뻣펄� a template to help you organise and sort through data.
Wellbeing indicators 쫄챰뻣펄� 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.

7 쫄챰뻣펄� presenting your findings

Guide to presenting your findings 쫄챰뻣펄� how to summarise and report back on your findings.
Short report template (pdf)
Presentation plan example (pdf)

8 쫄챰뻣펄� sharing your findings

Guide to using your report/findings 쫄챰뻣펄� how to share findings, report back to your organisation and make recommendations based on your evidence, including guidance on reflecting on the research process.