Lost Opportunities: We can only access a service if we know about it Leicester Youth Group Introduction What have we done so far? What’s it like doing research? What have we found out so far? How will it help us in the future? How will it help young people? How will it help youth workers? What did we do on the two day training? What research techniques did we learn about? (interviewing, questionnaires) In what way did we feel professional? What did we carry out first? What did we already know? What was our response to the wasted opportunities? What do these groups offer young people? What have the results shown us so far? How many groups are young people aware of? No. of known courses n % 0 25 66 1 7 18 2 1 2.6 3 2 5.3 4 1 2.6 5 0 0 6 1 2.6 7 1 2.6 8 0 0 9 0 0 What is the best way of finding out about the courses? Best way n Speaker 17 Staff 0 Flyer 3 Poster 14 Other 0 What are the benefits of young people doing research? What did we learn from doing research? What new skills did we gain from it? Do we recommend carrying out research?