Welcome to the Freewheel Collective Research and Consultancy.

Freewheel is a sustainability, social justice and action research practice, based in the wild and wonderful landscape of the North Pennines. We work with individuals, organisations and communities of all kinds to support learning and change.

Our learning partners and clients say that we bring challenge, safety, pragmatism, commitment and fun to the projects we are involved in.

Freewheel is a collective of action research practitioners based in the North of England. One thing we have in common is we have all trained in action research at the University of Bath CARPP (Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice), where we continue to improve our ongoing practice. We have a variety of interests around sustainability - whether it is economic, environmental , organisational, or personal. At the hub of the Freewheel Collective is Ruth Townsley, who acts as contact point and co-ordinator of the collective.


Click to read Ruth Townsleys cv.
Click to find out about the rest of the collective.

If anything on our website resonates with you, then please do get in touch. We are always happy to talk.