Housing in the Dearne Valley: Doing Community OR with the Thurnscoe Tenants Housing Co-Operative Part 1 — The Involvement of the Community OR Unit

Abstract

In this paper we describe the work of the Community Operational Research Unit with the Thurnscoe Tenants Housing Co-operative. We discuss the various stages through which this work has progressed, from the initial contacts with the Co-operative, through a period of acting as external consultants, to a continuing process of working as, essentially, internal consultants. A variety of the projects with which the Unit has been involved are outlined. These demonstrate the breadth and eclecticism of community operational research. No attempt is made to evaluate the involvement and contribution of the Community Operational Research Unit in a systematic way in this paper. This will be the subject of a subsequent paper.