Evaluation of Shakti Women's Aid's Domestic Abuse Outreach Service for Black and Minority Ethnic Women

Shakti Women's Aid have commissioned research into the impact their specialist domestic abuse service for black and minority ethnic women make in Edinburgh & the Lothian's, Fife, Tayside and Falkirk We are interested in your views on the difference these services make to women, children and young people, to other services/organisations and the community and would appreciate you taking 10 minutes to complete this survey, responses are anonymous. Responses will be used within the final research report.

1. Which Outreach service have you come into contact with?

2. Please tell us your area of work

3. Please tell us how you interact with the outreach service (tick all that apply)

Make referrals to the services
Recommend women, children or young people make contact with the services
Involved in partnership working in relation to service delivery
Involved in partnership working in relation to policy development
Involved in partnership working on a strategic level
Receive training from the services
Other (please specify):

4. Please tell us what impact you think specialist the outreach service has in the following areas

	Extremely valuable	Very valuable	Somewhat valuable	Not so valuable	Not at all valuable	Don't know
Providing crisis support to women, children and young people	Providing crisis support to women, children and young people Extremely valuable	Providing crisis support to women, children and young people Very valuable	Providing crisis support to women, children and young people Somewhat valuable	Providing crisis support to women, children and young people Not so valuable	Providing crisis support to women, children and young people Not at all valuable	Providing crisis support to women, children and young people Don't know
Supporting women, children and young people to recover from their experiences	Supporting women, children and young people to recover from their experiences Extremely valuable	Supporting women, children and young people to recover from their experiences Very valuable	Supporting women, children and young people to recover from their experiences Somewhat valuable	Supporting women, children and young people to recover from their experiences Not so valuable	Supporting women, children and young people to recover from their experiences Not at all valuable	Supporting women, children and young people to recover from their experiences Don't know
Improving the wellbeing of BME women affected by domestic abuse	Improving the wellbeing of BME women affected by domestic abuse Extremely valuable	Improving the wellbeing of BME women affected by domestic abuse Very valuable	Improving the wellbeing of BME women affected by domestic abuse Somewhat valuable	Improving the wellbeing of BME women affected by domestic abuse Not so valuable	Improving the wellbeing of BME women affected by domestic abuse Not at all valuable	Improving the wellbeing of BME women affected by domestic abuse Don't know
Providing women with the information about their rights and choices	Providing women with the information about their rights and choices Extremely valuable	Providing women with the information about their rights and choices Very valuable	Providing women with the information about their rights and choices Somewhat valuable	Providing women with the information about their rights and choices Not so valuable	Providing women with the information about their rights and choices Not at all valuable	Providing women with the information about their rights and choices Don't know
Reaching women and children who might not otherwise approach agencies	Reaching women and children who might not otherwise approach agencies Extremely valuable	Reaching women and children who might not otherwise approach agencies Very valuable	Reaching women and children who might not otherwise approach agencies Somewhat valuable	Reaching women and children who might not otherwise approach agencies Not so valuable	Reaching women and children who might not otherwise approach agencies Not at all valuable	Reaching women and children who might not otherwise approach agencies Don't know
Using their expertise to support staff in partner organisations to respond appropriately to BME women	Using their expertise to support staff in partner organisations to respond appropriately to BME women Extremely valuable	Using their expertise to support staff in partner organisations to respond appropriately to BME women Very valuable	Using their expertise to support staff in partner organisations to respond appropriately to BME women Somewhat valuable	Using their expertise to support staff in partner organisations to respond appropriately to BME women Not so valuable	Using their expertise to support staff in partner organisations to respond appropriately to BME women Not at all valuable	Using their expertise to support staff in partner organisations to respond appropriately to BME women Don't know
Increasing understanding of issues and forms of abuse affecting BME women	Increasing understanding of issues and forms of abuse affecting BME women Extremely valuable	Increasing understanding of issues and forms of abuse affecting BME women Very valuable	Increasing understanding of issues and forms of abuse affecting BME women Somewhat valuable	Increasing understanding of issues and forms of abuse affecting BME women Not so valuable	Increasing understanding of issues and forms of abuse affecting BME women Not at all valuable	Increasing understanding of issues and forms of abuse affecting BME women Don't know
Working in partnership with other organisations to help ensure women and children's needs are met	Working in partnership with other organisations to help ensure women and children's needs are met Extremely valuable	Working in partnership with other organisations to help ensure women and children's needs are met Very valuable	Working in partnership with other organisations to help ensure women and children's needs are met Somewhat valuable	Working in partnership with other organisations to help ensure women and children's needs are met Not so valuable	Working in partnership with other organisations to help ensure women and children's needs are met Not at all valuable	Working in partnership with other organisations to help ensure women and children's needs are met Don't know
Helping prevent VAWG	Helping prevent VAWG Extremely valuable	Helping prevent VAWG Very valuable	Helping prevent VAWG Somewhat valuable	Helping prevent VAWG Not so valuable	Helping prevent VAWG Not at all valuable	Helping prevent VAWG Don't know
Advocating for changes in policy and practice to help ensure women, children and young peoples needs are better met	Advocating for changes in policy and practice to help ensure women, children and young peoples needs are better met Extremely valuable	Advocating for changes in policy and practice to help ensure women, children and young peoples needs are better met Very valuable	Advocating for changes in policy and practice to help ensure women, children and young peoples needs are better met Somewhat valuable	Advocating for changes in policy and practice to help ensure women, children and young peoples needs are better met Not so valuable	Advocating for changes in policy and practice to help ensure women, children and young peoples needs are better met Not at all valuable	Advocating for changes in policy and practice to help ensure women, children and young peoples needs are better met Don't know
Helping to achieve local and national outcomes in relation to VAWG	Helping to achieve local and national outcomes in relation to VAWG Extremely valuable	Helping to achieve local and national outcomes in relation to VAWG Very valuable	Helping to achieve local and national outcomes in relation to VAWG Somewhat valuable	Helping to achieve local and national outcomes in relation to VAWG Not so valuable	Helping to achieve local and national outcomes in relation to VAWG Not at all valuable	Helping to achieve local and national outcomes in relation to VAWG Don't know
Helping ensure that local policies around VAWG are implemented	Helping ensure that local policies around VAWG are implemented Extremely valuable	Helping ensure that local policies around VAWG are implemented Very valuable	Helping ensure that local policies around VAWG are implemented Somewhat valuable	Helping ensure that local policies around VAWG are implemented Not so valuable	Helping ensure that local policies around VAWG are implemented Not at all valuable	Helping ensure that local policies around VAWG are implemented Don't know
Improving the approach and practice in relation to VAWG through providing training and supporting other professionals	Improving the approach and practice in relation to VAWG through providing training and supporting other professionals Extremely valuable	Improving the approach and practice in relation to VAWG through providing training and supporting other professionals Very valuable	Improving the approach and practice in relation to VAWG through providing training and supporting other professionals Somewhat valuable	Improving the approach and practice in relation to VAWG through providing training and supporting other professionals Not so valuable	Improving the approach and practice in relation to VAWG through providing training and supporting other professionals Not at all valuable	Improving the approach and practice in relation to VAWG through providing training and supporting other professionals Don't know

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Evaluation of Shakti Women's Aid's Domestic Abuse Outreach Service for Black and Minority Ethnic Women

1. Evaluation of Shakti Women's Aid's Domestic Abuse Outreach Service for Black and Minority Ethnic Women

1. Which Outreach service have you come into contact with?

2. Please tell us your area of work

3. Please tell us how you interact with the outreach service (tick all that apply)

4. Please tell us what impact you think specialist the outreach service has in the following areas

5. Please tell us about any improvements you think Shakti could make to their service delivery in your area?

6. What do you think the impact on women and girls would be if these services were not available?

7. What do you think the impact on your service/organisation would be if these services were not available?

8. Pleas use this space to tell us anything else you'd like to about the impact the outreach services make