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Tender for Target 1000 Project Evaluation
Tenders are now invited from appropriately skilled and experienced individuals to document an
overview of the impact and successes of LINC’s Target 1000 Suicide Intervention Project. Tenders are
invited from interested consultants with:
Expertise in conducting similar project evaluations
Knowledge and experience of working inside/with communities
Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
The evaluation will begin mid November 2012 and continue until April 2013. The researcher will
submit draft and final reports to the Target 1000 working group. The researcher(s) will report at
designated stages of the project, to be agreed. A maximum of €2,000 is available for this research,
inclusive of V.A.T and all expenses.
When tendering for this piece of work the following criteria should be followed:
Contractors should detail their proposed approach to the project. They should also furnish the
following information: Name of applicant(s) and/or organisation who will be carrying out the evaluation
A proposed evaluation methodology including key tasks, deliverables and timelines
Relevant samples of previous work
Tenders should be submitted by email, no later than Wednesday, October 31st, to:
Toddy Hogan, Target 1000 Project Co-ordinator at [email protected]
Conditions of participation:
Appropriately knowledgeable, skilled and experienced applicants please.
Proposals within available budget only please.
Experience of both quantitative and qualitative evaluation of projects
For further information regarding this project please contact Toddy Hogan at [email protected]
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Context for the Evaluation
LINC has been working with statutory and voluntary agencies, including HSE South, local
services and the Gay & LB Equality Network (GLEN), to develop this project, called Target
1000 which aims to:
o Promote good mental health within the LB and bisexual (hereafter referred to as LB
women) community in Cork
o Enhance the capacity of LINC to further engage in suicide prevention work
o Enhance the capacity of local agencies and practitioners to provide an accessible and
appropriate service to LB women at risk of self-harm and suicidal behaviour in Cork.
Target 1000 is based on the model of community-based, local suicide prevention work
described in Reach Out Action 7, where the project aims to meet local needs through local
partnerships. By promoting mental health resilience, the community education programme
will have a direct impact on the mental health of LB women in Cork. This in turn will
promote the reduction of self-harm and suicide risk among the women targeted. By
increasing practitioner awareness and understanding of the issues facing LB women andsupporting them to provide a more inclusive service, this will also support the mental health
and well-being of these women. It will also promote women’s’ engagement in mainstream
services, which in turn will promote their mental health resilience. The combined effect of
both the community education and practitioner’s education programmes will be to reduce
social isolation, enhance mental health resilience and drive good practice in LB suicide
prevention.
The Target 1000 project is targeting 440 LB women and 560 practitioners in Cork during the
two years of the project. The majority of targeting during the project will be achieved
through the development of:
o The mental health guide targeting LB women
o The good practice guide targeting practitioners
Once these resources are developed they will be available for ongoing distribution by LINC,
thus sustaining the impact the project will have in the mid- to long-term. In addition to this,
LINC engagement with mainstream service providers will build the capacity of agencies to
engage LB women in using their services. The project is also very likely to generate a
number of diversity champions within mainstream services who can be supported by LINC
to provide training within their services on LB mental health needs and provide accessible
and appropriate services.
Project Aims and Objectives
Target 1000 builds on previous mental health promotion and suicide prevention work
carried out by LINC since 2002, with a specific focus on LB women in the Cork area. The
aims of the project are:
1. To promote coping skills and help-seeking behaviour among LB women at risk of
self-harm or suicidal behaviour in Cork
2. To promote awareness and understanding among mental health and other support
services in Cork of the issues facing LB women and how to provide an accessible
service that is appropriate to their mental health needs
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Project Activities
Aim 1: To achieve the aim of promoting coping skills and help-seeking behaviour among
women at risk of self-harm or suicidal behaviour, a community education programme is
being targeted at LB women in Cork. The key components of this community education
programme are:
o Providing a series of seminars on mental health topics to promote mental health
awareness and understanding for LB women. Running coping skills courses to help
women learn how to deal with stress, improve their problem-solving abilities and
how to seek help and support when they are in distress
o Developing a range of information leaflets targeting LB women on topics such as
self-harm, depression and coping skills for community-wide distribution to further
promote coping skills and help-seeking behaviour among LB women in Cork
AIM 2: To achieve the aim of promoting awareness and understanding among service
providers of the particular issues facing LB women, a practitioner education programme isbeing targeted at local statutory and voluntary mental health and other support agencies in
Cork, including psychiatrists, A&E staff, GPs, social workers, counsellors, family support
workers and other mental health support organisations. The key components of this
practitioner education programme are:
o Providing training to local practitioners on LB mental health and how to provide an
accessible service that is appropriate to their needs
o Developing a good practice guide for practitioners, in collaboration with local
services, to promote LB women’s use of mainstream mental health services and to
provide practitioners with good practice guidelines
o Establishing stronger links between LINC and local mental health and other supportagencies to improve referral pathways for LB women at risk of/or engaging in self-
harm and suicidal behaviour in Cork
Proposed Targets and Outcomes:
1. Support a reduction in self-harming and suicidal behaviour among LB women in Cork
by promoting good mental health, increasing support networks and providing
resources targeted at their mental health needs.
2. Many LB women report receiving a service that is not appropriate to their needs when
they use support services, leading to decreased mental health outcomes. Because
they often perceive practitioners as not understanding the particular needs of LBwomen, many are therefore reluctant to engage with mainstream services when
they are in distress. By highlighting the development of the practitioner education
programme among the Cork LB community, this aim will also support help-seeking
behaviour among LB women in Cork and their use of mental health services.
Project Management
Target 1000 is managed by a Working Group made up of: LINC Steering group members;
Community members, Director of Mental Health (GLEN); Psychologist and Project Co-
ordinator. A project co-ordinator was employed one day per week to oversee the roll-out of
the project.
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Project Evaluation
Final Evaluation
Suitable evaluation mechanisms to be developed in partnership with consultant
psychologist and mental health service providers in relation to overall impact
assessment
An overview of the impact of the project on the participants, LINC as the funded
organisation and the mental health and service agencies
A numerical breakdown of the project participants and details on the types of
training delivered to them
An account of the project stakeholders, including the level and type of
engagement with them and their overall contribution to the work
A synopsis of relevant project reviews/documentation, including the types of
evaluation methods used and the number and types of publications arising fromthe work
An account of the strategies in place for mainstreaming the project and an
outline of key mainstreaming achievements
The final report and evaluation will identify:
Impacts of the Community Education Programme
Impacts of the Practitioner Education Programme
A numerical breakdown of the project participants and details on the types of
inputs delivered An account of the project stakeholders, including the level and type of
engagement with them and their overall contribution to the work
A synopsis of relevant project reviews/documentation, including the types of
evaluation methods used and the number and types of publications arising from
the work
An account of the strategies in place for mainstreaming the project and an
outline of key mainstreaming achievements
Project Initiation Document
A Project Initiation Document with be agreed between LINC and the successful applicant
prior to the commencement of the evaluation that will detail agreed project parameters
including:
Evaluation methodology
Key deliverables including interim and final report
Key tasks and timeframes
Project management and reporting
Contractor responsibilities