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Speakeasy Project
Background
Speakeasy is an educational programme which aims to support and encourage parents/carers to communicate with their children about sex, sexual health, and relationships. The course is run over a number of weeks and delivered directly by fpa Speakeasy trained facilitators.
The fpa have commissioned TSA to evaluate the impact that Speakeasy has upon parents/carers attending the educational programme. In addition, the evaluation also intends to assess the effects that Speakeasy has upon organisations in receipt of the course. The evaluation consists of many different parts and is currently ongoing.
Research
The research consists of three main parts:
a) Parents/carers who took part in Speakeasy during 2005
All immediate pre-course and post-course questionnaires completed by parents / carers who attended Speakeasy in 2005 will be analysed. Also, a sample of 40 parents have been interviewed in 2005 and 2006, with a third interview scheduled for 2007.
b) Parents/carers who took part in Speakeasy prior to 2005
Five parents/carers who took part in Speakeasy prior to 2005 were re-interviewed again in 2006.
c) Organisations in receipt of Speakeasy
Speakeasy has now been extended to organisations and professionals who work with parents (e.g. Sure Starts). To evaluate this component, pre-course questionnaires were compared to those completed 6 to 9 months after an organisation had received the Speakeasy intervention.
Overall the impact of Speakeasy has found to be highly positive. It is likely that the evaluation research will continue. This will provide some more detailed insights on the impacts of Speakeasy on parents/carers, children and other family members, and professionals. The impacts upon different types of parents/carers (e.g. by number and age of children) will also be shown.
Project staff
Dr Nigel Sherriff and Suzanne Cater undertook the fieldwork (to date) and the project is managed by Dr Lester Coleman.
More information:
Please contact Young People in Focus
Email: info@youngpeopleinfocus.org.uk
Tel: 01273 693311
November 2006