 Participation
and Evaluation
With a range of international and local experience,
we can help your organisation better meet the needs of
your service users through teaching you creative,
participatory consultation techniques or consulting with
them on your behalf.
Julia has evaluated a number of international
projects that focus on inclusion and participation
(including Afghanistan, Moldova, Colombia, Laos and
Peru).
See more about Julia's work in Afghanistan, featured
in the Alliance for Inclusion's magazine,
here
Introduction to Participation Techniques
A training day/half-day for staff that teaches them a
range of strategies to involve children and young people
in educational, transition and looked after reviews
using person-centred techniques.
The session includes:
- What is ‘real’ Participation?
- Hands on strategies
- Be part of a visual annual review*
- Training in use of graphics (ability to draw not
necessary!)
- Opportunity to practice in a safe setting
*Published in the journal ‘Support for Learning’
Hayes, J (2004) Visual Annual Reviews: How to Include
Pupils with Learning Difficulties in their Educational
Reviews v19 n4 p175-180
Consultation with service users on your behalf
We can research and report the views of your service
users on current service provision and their hopes for
future plans.
We specialise in gaining the views of children &
adults from marginalized groups, using a range of
creative and engaging techniques (including pre-prepared
graphics, which feature in the reports).
Previous examples have included:
- Consultation with 100 children from marginalized
groups (inc those who live with substance misuse,
domestic violence, are refugees/asylum seekers,
young carers) for a local authority who were
planning future services
- Consultation with 60 parents/carers of children
with disabilities on the services they are receiving
and would like to see
Project Evaluations
Julia is experienced in evaluating project outcomes
and providing recommendations for UK-based and
international organizations.
She has a good reputation for using creative
participatory techniques to engage beneficiaries and
other stakeholders, and has worked with Ministry
officials, trustees and managers, project staff,
parents/carers and children in the UK and abroad
(including Afghanistan, Moldova, Colombia, Laos and
Peru).
Examples have included:
- A mid-term evaluation of an inclusion and
employment project in the north of Afghanistan for
the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (see article
featured in the Alliance for Inclusion's magazine,
here)
- An evaluation of an inclusion model established
by Lumos, Moldova, to inform national policy.
Recommendations were made to develop the highly
successful model and facilitate its roll out across
the country
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