Personal profile
Biography
Tash is a Research Assistant in both the Faculty of Health, Education and Society and also the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology at the University of Northampton. She is also a Research Associate in the Institute of Healthcare Research at Coventry University. She has contributed to the development and completion of a number of externally funded projects, many of which have been research and evaluation projects that aim to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes of children, young people and families. Tash also has interdisciplinary research interests in a variety of Public Health topics such as sport, physical activity, diet, and food insecurity in children and adults.
Tash completed her PhD in 2022, where she is explored the role of UK holiday clubs in promoting healthy eating among children from disadvantanged communities, with a particular interest on the role of food-related interactions between staff and children within the holiday clubs to identify how to maximise opportunities to improve children's healthy eating behaviour in these contexts.
Research Interests
- health and wellbeing outcomes of children, young people and families
- sport
- physical activity
- diet and food insecurity in children and adults
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Exploring the role of holiday clubs in promoting healthy eating among children from food insecure backgrounds, Loughborough University
1 Oct 2018 → 26 Jul 2022
Award Date: 26 Jul 2022
Master, Public Health, University of Northampton
1 Oct 2014 → 1 Jul 2017
Award Date: 9 Sept 2017
Bachelor, Sport and Health Studies BA (Hons), University of Northampton
25 Sept 2008 → 1 Jul 2011
Award Date: 8 Jul 2011
External positions
PhD Researcher, Loughborough University
1 Oct 2018 → 18 Dec 2021
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- HM Sociology
- BF Psychology
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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Sport England Place Partnership Evaluator
Ryan, D. (PI) & Bayes, N. (CoI)
1/04/25 → 10/04/26
Project: Research › Charitable Funding
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Designing West Northamptonshire’s Food Plan: a community engagement project
Bayes, N. (PI)
16/09/24 → 25/07/25
Project: Internal Fund › Public and Community Engagement
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CRN East Midlands: ICB research engagement
Gay, C. (PI), Ryan, D. (PI) & Bayes, N. (CoI)
15/05/24 → 1/03/25
Project: Research › UK Government
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Holiday Activities and Food Programme Evaluations
Ryan, D. (PI), Bayes, N. (CoI), Kay, T. (CoI) & Jones, P. (CoI)
1/07/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research › Contract Research with non-commercial organisations
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Move Northamptonshire Evaluation and Learning Plan
Ryan, D., Mason, J. & Bayes, T., 9 Feb 2026, University of Northampton. 56 p.Research output: Book/Report › Technical Report
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Summary Report: Research Training for West and North Northamptonshire Council Officers
Ryan, D., Bayes, T., Lule, S., Plenderleith, S., Chen, H. & Gay, C., 17 Apr 2025, University of Northampton. 21 p.Research output: Book/Report › Technical Report
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Helping parents know when to seek help for an acutely ill child: Evidence based co-development of a mobile phone app using complex intervention methodology
Neill, S., Bayes, N., Thompson, M., Croxson, C., Roland, D. & Lakhanpaul, M., 18 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Medical Informatics. 187, July 2024, 6 p., 105459.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Local Authority Research Skills Training Strategies for West and North Northamptonshire Councils
Ryan, D. & Bayes, T., 1 Oct 2024, University of Northampton. 12 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
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Evaluating the impact on Adolescents’ mental health and wellbeing: a United Kingdom inner city resilience schools programme
Redwood, T., Payne, K.-L. & Bayes, T., 16 Mar 2023, In: International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing. 7, 3, 13 p., 7.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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A mixed-method process evaluation of an East Midlands county summer 2021 Holiday Activities and Food Programme highlighting the views of Programme Co-ordinators, Providers, and Parents.
Stringer, A., Bayes, T., Bradley, S., Kay, T., Jones, P. & Ryan, D., 18 Aug 2022, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation Report, Holiday Activities & Food Programme for Northamptonshire Sport, Executive Summary & Key Findings
Bayes, N., Stringer, A., Bradley, S., Kay, A. D., Jones, P. & Ryan, D., 7 Jan 2022, University of Northampton.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
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Evaluation Report, Holiday Activities & Food Programme for Northamptonshire Sport, Full Report
Bayes, N., Stringer, A., Bradley, S., Kay, A. D., Jones, P. & Ryan, D., 7 Jan 2022, University of Northampton.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
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Datasets
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Online survey responses from Parents and Providers of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme Summer 2021 evaluation
Ryan, D. (Creator), Northampton, U. (Data Collector), Bayes, N. (Creator), Bradley, S. (Contributor), Jones, P. (Creator) & Kay, T. (Contributor), University of Northampton, 2023
DOI: 10.24339/16fc3b12-9df4-4785-a429-1411960ea69e
Dataset
Activities
- 1 Webinar
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Findings from the Memory Hubs evaluation: Implications to support community service provision
Ward, A. (Speaker), Parkes, J. (Speaker), Bayes, N. (Speaker) & Stewart, A. (Speaker)
28 Nov 2023Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Webinar › Research
Press/Media
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Harvesting healthy eating: University of Northampton supports new healthy food and sustainability plan
2/04/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media