Public First Client Testimonials

Social Policy

"We engaged Public First to conduct polling and focus groups into public views towards free school meals and the potential expansion of free school meals by a Labour government. Throughout the project they worked closely with us to shape the research and demonstrated exceptional professionalism. They met tight deadlines and delivered high-quality insights on time throughout our time working together."

"The team at Public First provided us with valuable public opinion research that was both thorough and well-analysed, enabling us to form our political strategy for engaging with the Labour Party on the issue of school food. The project was conducted with strong attention to detail, and consistently communicated their findings to us in a clear and actionable manner. We highly recommend Public First for any public opinion or political strategy research." - School Food Review Working Group 

"Community worked with Public First to complete a project on finding solutions to the crisis of prison overcrowding and the wider systemic issues throughout the justice and custodial sector. The project involved interviews and focus groups with Community members working on the frontlines, a series of interviews with experts and policymakers and finally the testing of recommendations with the public through polling and focus group feedback. The final output was a policy report that made a series of salient and informed policy recommendations which has been well-received by our members, the public and policy experts in this space. The final report was featured on Sky News and gained wider media coverage following it’s launch, subsequently it has been a valuable resource for our advocacy work with government and wider stakeholder engagement."

"Public First were excellent partners throughout, taking onboard our priorities for the project at the start and ensuring they were incorporated throughout the process and in the final report. Recognising that highlighting Community members’ experience on the frontlines was a priority for us in this project, Public First ensured member engagement took place throughout and worked closely and collegiately with us to make sure it informed the final report. We were very pleased with the final output that they produced and were impressed with their professionalism throughout the project; they operated as an extension of our team, were proactive in ensuring our priorities were reflected throughout, and often went the extra mile to accommodate our feedback. We were pleased that Public First were amenable to amending the project outputs to meet our budget constraints." - Community Union 

Higher Education

"Few other agencies have as strong an understanding of the policy, political and press landscape for higher education as Public First - and the networks to match.”  - Alistair Jarvis CBE, Pro Vice Chancellor University of London and former Chief Executive of UUK

"We’ve really benefited from the external challenge, advice and expertise of Public First in our work on civic engagement. They skillfully worked to bring together the five universities in Manchester and have worked in partnership with us on engagement with local citizens” - Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President & Vice Chancellor, University of Manchester

“We have been really pleased with our engagement with Public First. They have supported us on a retained basis around all public affairs elements of our BioYorkshire campaign, but go far beyond their brief to provide a wide range of insightful and practical political, policy and communications counsel for myself and the senior team across the university.” - Professor Charlie Jeffery, President & Vice Chancellor, University of York