event evaluation

[Esther Ewing]

Kerry:
Congratulations!

Hi


Open Futures is pleased to announce that the long awaited academic
evaluation of our event for 127 mental health service users in Dundee on June  22/23,
2004 is available as a pdf file on our web site,  www.openfutures.com


The evaluation was sponsored by the Scottish Executive's Department of
Health and was written by Dr. Rosemary Chesson, Professor of Health Services
Research, Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.  Please click on the  report within
the red border on the home page entitled User, Consumer,  Survivor, Refuser
... to download the 55 page report.


The report's summary states "There were high rates of attendance  throughout
the event, high commitment to group processes and widespread  contributions to
discussions ... It was apparent that there was a goodness of  fit between the
approach of open space with its emphasis on democracy, future  focus and
complexity, and the aims of the group.


"Over the two days considerable headway was made in, not only developing  a
structure for a national mental health service users' organisation, but also
creating an agenda to take forward.


"The event organised by the SiN (Scottish informal Network) group
demonstrated that user-led strategic planning can be achieved effectively and
efficiently."


In other words, it was a bloody good event!


Cheers


Kerry, Eddie & Maggie
Open Futures Ltd.
Edinburgh
www.openfutures.com
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