ESA Scotland

Community research that starts with trust and ends in usable learning.

Culturally informed consultation, focus groups, interviews and lived-experience research with East and Southeast Asian communities across Scotland and the UK.

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Qualitative insight starts with careful listening.

Community engagement research

Research services for decisions that affect ESEA communities.

ESAS can help organisations design and deliver engagement that is culturally competent, trauma-informed and accountable to community experience.

Focus groups, listening sessions and facilitated discussions.
Qualitative interviews and participatory research.
Community needs assessments, co-design and evaluation.
Thematic analysis, accessible reporting and recommendations.

Best fit

Use ESAS when your project needs trust, language/context awareness, careful recruitment, and interpretation of lived experience without flattening communities into a single “Asian” category.

Ethical positioning

Relationships before reach.

Community-specificWork recognises differences across Vietnamese, Chinese/Hong Kong, Filipino, Indonesian and wider ESEA experiences.

Trauma-informedMethods account for racial violence, exploitation, gendered harm, migration status and service-access barriers.

ActionableOutputs are designed for decisions: services, policy, programmes, funding, training and partner learning.

Source-backed research credibility

Community engagement experience buyers can understand.

Vietnamese community engagement

Listening, outreach and language-aware community work with Vietnamese communities, including people facing migration and service-access barriers.

Hong Kong BN(O) sessions

Community-informed insight and workshops around Hong Kong BN(O) experiences in Scotland.

On Your Side and EMAUK partnerships

Partnership and advocacy routes connected to hate/racism reporting, community outreach and practical support materials.

Start a scoped conversation

Tell ESAS what you are building before trust is at risk.

For training, research, consultation or partnership questions, send a short brief. ESAS can help shape the work early, define the right community route and recommend the right format.

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