How low-cost research helps community and residents groups learn - and build a convincing case for change (In house course)
Community groups need facts based on persuasive evidence if they are to effect real change. Intuition, however sound, is rarely convincing enough
Why not run this course in house? The price is fixed no matter how many attend. Email me at rod@rodlaird.co.uk
Community groups must fully understand their own communities if they are to be genuine agents of change.
Of course, such groups often intuitively understand what makes them tick in real, practical, living ways – and what they need.
But if they wish to convince other agencies and funders that their ideas are sound, they need more. They need evidence that is based on research.
They have to use the right tools, as traditional methods often only give a glimpse of a community, and miss the deeper, human issues. To do this they must master some basic technical skills as well as know how to conduct robust research on a shoestring. And they must discover how to get their research heard and understood by statutory agencies.
In this workshop, delegates cover all these points and:
- How do communities learn?
- Why do statutory organisations need to know about communities?
- How can small community groups conduct their own research?
- How to carry out “action-centred research”
- How to listen to the “hard to hear” groups
- How community groups and statutory organisations can learn from one another
- How to use research as a tool in seeking funding
- How to evaluate learning with participants
- How to use research as a tool for change
Why not run this course in house? The price is fixed no matter how many attend. Email me at rod@rodlaird.co.uk