Practice Workshops

Afternoon Sessions
1:30 - 2:30

Creating online communities for young people, teachers & parents.

James Hunter and Tim Riches

This workshop, delivered by two award winning organisations, focused on the best ways to use social media to engage young people, teachers and parents. Both have successfully created real time conversations with and between young people which have helped shape service delivery in youth activities.

Download PresentationSize
Creating_online_communities_for_young_people_teachers_and_parents_James_Hunter.pdf105.3 KB

Delivering and measuring outcomes in the mental health sector.

Alex Welsh, Dr. Oliver Mason and Joy MacKeith

Alex Welsh and Dr. Oliver Mason discussed ground breaking Coping Through Football project which has demonstrated how sports

Joy MacKeith of Triangle presented the Outcomes Star tools and discussed the benefits to key-work and service delivery and how to use the outcomes data for learning and service improvement.

Download PresentationSize
Delivering_and_measuring_outcomes_in_the_mental_health_sector_Joy_McKeith.pdf386.66 KB
Delivering_and_measuring_outcomes_in_the_mental_health_sector_Dr_Oliver_Mason_and_Alex_Welsh.pdf108.82 KB

Nurturing and Supporting the Deliverers of Services

Mike Evans & Dr. Gavin Mellor

This workshop reflected on how the Football League Trust approaches its role as a commissioner/funder of delivery. The Trust was established in 2007 to oversee community delivery by the 72 clubs which make up the Football League.

Rather than imposing uniform programmes upon its member clubs, the Trust has encouraged innovation under ‘themed’ priority areas of delivery and has invested heavily in building the capacity of clubs’ community trusts.

The workshop drew on this experience and debated how commissioners/funders can provide delivery partners with supportive contexts to enable them to deliver the best possible outcomes.

Download PresentationSize
Mike Evans - Nurturing and Supporting the Deliverers of Services98.55 KB
Gavin Mellor - Nurturing and Supporting the Deliverers of Services 53.15 KB

Personalising information and opportunities for young people

Sarah Mintey & Steven Flower

This workshop focused on the development and implementation of the Plings project which seeks to make information about positive activities accurate, comprehensive and accessible and Norwich Open, the first MyPlace Project in the country. It focused on how both projects are engaging with young people, on and off line, to make sure they have the best possible opportunities to fulfil their own personal aspirations.

Download PresentationSize
Personalising_information_and_opportunities_for_young_people_Sarah_Mintey.pdf376.64 KB

Using Geographical Information to improve service delivery and analyse impact.

Dr. Muki Haklay

This workshop discussed the basic principles of geographical and spatial analysis of data.

It showed how the availability of Ordnance Survey data and low cost Geographical Information System (GIS) software allow the analysis of information that is already available to improve the service delivery or impact of different activities. It covered a variety of mapping techniques used by Mapping for Change and UCL in a range of projects, including participatory mapping used to develop a communal action plan.

Download PresentationSize
Using Geographical Information to improve service delivery and analyse impact - Dr Muki Haklay1.78 MB