>=Hi Lesley,

Your work sounds great - and difficult. I think we all struggle with how to 
evaluate community work in way that is meaningful to community members yet 
also convincing for funders and  for publication to inspire others. In the 
southwest we have been considering  participatory appraisal as a useful 
approach.  There is a PA network for the north east  based at University of 
Northumbria - if you are not already familiar with it, have a look at their 
website, as you may find some inspiration and support there. For example if 
you were able to do one of their training courses maybe your community 
alliance work could be used as a mini-placement for a brief appraisal as a 
starter...

Their website is on 
http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/?view=Standard

Good luck,

Annie Mitchell

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>Hi Lesley,
>Good to hear about your work.  I have had a quick look at the website and had 
a couple of thoughts about self-help materials - one is that in the link to 
'Self Help' you mention publications that can be borrowed, but don't link to 
the Northumberland self help guides available online -
>perhaps it might be worth establishing a link so that people can check out 
what's available online (if they've made it as far as the website..).  The 
other resource which might be helpful is the www.glasgowsteps.com website 
which has another set of self-help
>materials available online.  Jim White is the head of that service I think; 
you may want to make contact with him, and there may be useful discussions to 
be had regarding evaluating the impact of the website.  There are yet more 
resources, including a range of translated self-help
>materials, available via mentalhealthinmanchester.org.uk, which might be 
worth checking out.  I am not sure about the demographics of the 
Stockton/Hardwick area, but imagine there may be some minority ethnic 
communities, if small.
>
>Wishing you all the best with your endeavours
>Best wishes,
>Rhona Brown
>
>Rhona Brown
>Chartered Clinical Psychologist
>Primary Care Psychology Service
>Department of Clinical & Health Psychology
>Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust
>Gaskell House
>Swinton Grove
>Manchester M13 OEU
>
>Tel: 0161 273 3271
>
>
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>
>Hi,
>
>My name is Lesley and I am a counselling psychologist working as a community
>counsellor in an area of Stockton on Tees called Hardwick. Hardwick scores
>in the top 10% of deprived wards nationally. My role is to provide a
>counselling/psychological service to the people of this area. This includes,
>individual face to face work, group work, community development, training
>other professionals in matters of mental health, attending community group
>meetings and much more. I am developing a web site for the residents, the
>address is
>
>communityalliancehardwick.co.uk
>
>I would welcome comments on this site.
>
>Many of the residents have enduring mental health problems and finding my
>role is not easy. I have been in post for 15 months. This is new project and
>if it is successful then it may be that it is rolled out in other wards
>within Stockton.
>
>I have attempted to engage residents in research to determine what they
>would see my role as being. I used questionnaires, interviews and focus
>groups. I have just finished writing this up and it is due to be released
>soon. I am constantly looking to evaluate the work. The individual and group
>work is relatively easy to evaluate but the research that I am wanting to do
>is around what impact my work has on the community as a whole. The amount of
>time I can allocate to research is getting smaller as the clinical work
>increases. However if this work is to continue it is important that I do
>this research.
>
>I am hoping that membership of this group can help to motivate me.
>
>best regards
>
>Lesley
>
>
>
>
>Lesley Katib
>Counselling Psychologist
>Community Alliance
>c/o Hardwick in Partnership
>High Newham Road
>Stockton on tees
>TS19 8RH
>Tel/Fax 01642 808418
>
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