The Community Audit and Evaluation Centre undertakes participatory research and evaluations of services and organisations for example Local Authorities, Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) Partnerships, Health Care Trusts, the Private and Voluntary Sector.
The centre is based at the Didsbury campus of the Manchester Metropolitan University. However, the focus of the centre is on 'community based' participatory research. Therefore the majority of audit and evaluation work is carried out in the local communities/ agencies.