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What your colleagues have learned about involving people from ethnic minority communities – some helpful tips (18 Feb 08)
We recently ran our course How to research the views of black and minority ethnic communities in London and Manchester.
You won’t be surprised that as usual delegates learnt a lot from each other, so I thought I would share some of their ideas with you.
They came up with eight new ways to reach community members and encourage them to take part in consultations or research projects:
- School councils for young people
- Nurseries to find young mums
- Women’s prayer meetings at mosques
- Letting agencies for Eastern European migrants
- College courses and English classes for recently arrived migrants
- Nail salons for women
- Hold a community event or festival to generate contacts, who you can then follow up in more structured consultations
- Conduct community outreach work in shopping centres
There were six imaginative and involving ideas:
- Photography projects where residents create images of their local areas
- Having informal conversations in local cafes or restaurants once a month
- Using other activities to attract people - such as yoga classes, cooking activities, music lessons and fashion shows
- Interactive web-based approaches, text messaging and creative drama techniques which can be especially good for working with younger people
- Working with artists to create images that spur ideas among community members
- Combining consultation with information, e.g. hold a consultation about health needs then have a education session with a community nurse
The last idea is very good because it gives people something worthwhile rather than just asking them to do something
There were seven ideas for how consultations could be managed better
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