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Progress Report 5: December 2002- January 2003

Summary

General Administration
Team Meetings
Profiling Black and Minority Ethnic Groups in Cardiff
Equity: Assessing mental health and social care needs
Empowerment, promotion & outreach
Effectiveness: Establishing Monitoring frameworks
Efficiency:Documenting & disseminating project activities


Action Points

Summary

Over the last two months two researchers have been offered posts as BE4 research assistants. Meetings continue to be arranged with local Black and Minority Ethnic organisations as well as contacts made with key members of staff in statutory mental health and social care services. Raising the profile of the project continues, as does the recruitment of members to the BME-Wales-Health-Social-Care email discussion group. Lastly, the AWETU website has been constructed and is now on the Internet!

General Administration

  • Job vacancies for the research assistantship and data collectors posts were advertised 14th November. Interviews for the RA post took place in December 2002 and January 2003. Two researchers have been hired.

  • The first tranche of applications for the data collectors post have been processed. Over 50 individuals have so far requested application packs.
  • Ethical Approval applications are nearly ready for submission
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Team Meetings

Key outcomes - 3 December 2002
  • Met to process applications for the research assistants post
Key outcomes - 18 December 2002 and 9 January 2003
  • Interviews held for ra posts
  • the two research assistants will start: 3 March 2003

Profiling Black and Minority Ethnic Groups in Cardiff

Visits were made to the representatives of the following organisations:
  • Bangladeshi Association
  • Central African Association

     

Equity: Assessing mental health and social care needs

  • Work continues on drafting the profomas (questionnaires, interview questions and discussion group topics)

Empowerment, promotion & outreach

  • Launch of AWETU website submitted to Black Information Network
  • Article about the BE4 project included in the AWETU Annual Report

Effectiveness:Establishing Monitoring frameworks

No further work has been on this module during this period

Efficiency: Documenting & disseminating project activities

The AWETU website was launched in 31 January 2002. The BE4 project is a collaboration between AWETU and the University of Glamorgan and the AWETU website will house the BE4 webpages after December 2003. Both websites are maintained by Roiyah Saltus - Blackwood. From December 2003 both sites will be maintained by AWETU staff. The frontpage reads as follows:
AWETU ('Our Unity' in Swahili), is the first national organisation dedicated solely to working with the public and private sector, user and survivor groups, and voluntary agencies to promote and foster the mental health of Black and Minority Ethnic individuals, families, and communities in Wales.
You can use this web site to gather information about AWETU's programme of services, learn about the various research project and initiatives currently underway, and find out about the outreach and educational activities we offer.
You can search and browse information about projects, initiatives and organisations in Wales that are concerned about the mental health needs of Black and Minority Ethnic people and the links AWETU is making with similar organisations in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
There are also access points to regional, national and international organisations, as well as links and 'spotlight' articles and summaries.
  • December 2002:number of visits 110
  • January 2003 : number of visits 141
  • Number of members: 60

Action Points for February 2003

  • Process data collectors applications
  • Work on proformas
  • Schedule discussion groups and interviews
  • Set up work station in Cardiff


Dr Roiyah Saltus - Blackwood

1 February 2003