Educational Wellbeing Programme Evaluation
Evaluation of Refugee Education’s Educational Wellbeing Programme in London and Birmingham.
The Task
Refugee Education wanted to take stock of the impact, effectiveness and sustainability of their Educational Wellbeing programme to plan and resource the programme going forward. They wanted their services users, young refugees in or out of education, to inform their programming as it went forward, but also take stock of their staff’s wellbeing, just coming out of the Covid pandemic and the demands that placed on them.
The Process
For this summative evaluation, I developed a comprehensive evaluation framework focusing on Programme outcomes, design and challenges adopting a mixed methods approach:
I discussed with Refugee Education UK’s Educational Wellbeing team the scope, target audiences and use of the evaluation, agreed the approach and refined the evaluation questions.
I carried out a desk-based review and comprehensive analysis of key documentation. In addition, we reviewed a random sample of 45 support work review forms.
Complementing this, primary data collection included an online survey to young people involved in the programme since 2019, key informant interviews with young people (6), staff members (7) and partner organisations (6)
I then facilitated 3 focus group discussions with young people in London (2) and Birmingham (1) both online and face to face to analyse the findings from the surveys and key points from the interviews together. They also suggested recommendations for the programme.
Using the co-produced interpretation from the young people involved in the focus groups, I developed the evaluation report.
The Result
Refugee Education UK feedback the findings and recommendations from the report to those involved. They used the evaluation report as a useful internal document to consider and agree how to develop and move the programme forward.
Project Lead: Joanna Knight
In collaboration with: The Research People
Themes: Evaluate; Co-production; Equality and rights for people forced to move.