Norwich Asylum Seekers and refugees Forum (NASREF) has published their final evaluation report on "Community Participation Training Seminar" provided by MODA's Director to 16 mainstream and voluntary organisations working with refugee communities in Norwich on 13/12/2005.

The report is in ten pages and gives full details about the plan, process, delivery and outcome of the training day. 16 trainees have provided feedback and responses to evaluation questions. To download the full report click here.

The breakdown of the results are as follows:

Overall Content

1. What have you learned from the day, and what impact will it have on your work?

-12 participants gained better understanding of how to involve community representatives
-11 participants gained better understanding of the challenges that community representatives face
-8 participants said they are now more aware of the need to work with refugees and asylum seekers as community members
-12 participants gained knowledge on how community representative can be supported

2. What was the most useful part of the workshop? Responses:

-"To seek out client group and involve them"
-"The use of anecdotes and case studies in presentation"
-" The open group discussions which allow full participation of all"
-"Small discussion groups"
-"Presentation"
-"Workshop and developing action plans"
-"Being able to ask questions and getting answers"
-"Clarification of ideas and actions"
-"The opportunity to discuss the way forward for asylum voice"
-"Discussing barriers to participation and formulating practical"
-"ideas to encourage participation"
-"Hearing the different perspective and views"
-"Very informative for someone without prior knowledge of the forum"

3. What was the least useful part of the workshop?

-None (5)
-No comment (9)
-The room-no air (1)
-Presentation language was too academic and formal (1)

4. What could have been included to make it a better training experience for you?

-More fact on the benefit brought in by client groups into communities
-Background statistics and info about the client group and organizations involved
-More examples of how other forums have tackled problems.
-Case studies
-More input from asylum seekers and refugees

General

1. How well did the Training meet your expectations?

Fully: 2 Very well: 12 Not very well: 1 Not at all: 0

2. How well did the Training Address your Group's needs?

Fully:01 Very well: 13 Not very well: 1 Not at all: 0

3. How satisfied were you with the:

-Training Content: Fully: 04 Very well: 11 Not very well: 0 Not at all: 0
-Visual aids: Fully 5 Very well: 8 Not very well: 2 Not at all: 0
-Information Pack: Fully 6 Very well: 9 Not very well: 0 Not at all: 0
-Workshops: Fully 5 Very well: 10 Not very well: 0 Not at all: 0

Overall Training

How would you rate the Training?

Fully 3 Very well:11 Not very well:1 Not at all: 0

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