The Calm Project 134 Langton Road Pollok Glasgow

The Calm Project 134 Langton Road, Pollok, Glasgow 0141 892 0430 Mission Statement YMCA Glasgow’s Calm Project is committed to delivering a range of confidential, inclusive person centred support services to young people and the wider community, within a safe and welcoming environment which honours and promotes respect, empowerment, equality and positive choices

Calm Project Managed by Y People (formerly YMCA Glasgow) Youth support service bereavement, loss violence, violent crime anti-social behaviour Befriending, Mentoring, Counselling and Group Work

Calm Project Monitoring & Evaluation To measure: • Efficiency • Effectiveness • Impact To: • Review progress • Identify problems in planning or implementation • Makes adjustments so that more likely to ‘make a difference’.

Calm Project – Befriending/Mentoring Service Referral form received at project Referral logged/ID no allocated/file set up for young person Home visit arranged Young person matched with befriender Introductory meeting Regular befriending sessions – weekly Progress notes completed Quarterly evaluations – young people/parents & carers/referrers Closure questionnaire

Calm Project Monitoring & Evaluation Paper Systems • Referral form • Referral logbook • Screening form • Initial assessment form • Progress note form • Quarterly evaluation form (young person, parent/carers, referring agencies) • Closure questionnaire

Calm Project Databases MAIN DATABASE BEFRIENDING PROGRESS NOTES COUNSELLING PROGRESS NOTES EVALUATION DATABASE GROUP WORK

Calm Databases

Calm Project Progress Databases Notes Database

Databases

Calm Project Evaluation Database – Databases Young Person Feedback

Calm Project Evaluation Database – Databases Parent/Guardian Feedback

Calm Project Evaluation Database – Agency Feedback. Databases

Calm Project Evaluation Database – Databases Agency Feedback

Calm Project Databases & Funders Comic Relief - mental health related outputs and outcomes Fairer Scotland Fund – domestic violence, exercise/physical activity, violence and antisocial behaviour outputs and outcomes SW CHCP – counselling, befriending and health related outputs and outcomes

Calm Project Advantages/Disadvantages Advantages Disadvantages Collate qualitative & quantitative info quickly Skills/training of staff Can be time consuming to design Analyse info quickly Potential IT issues Access records easily Have to be constantly updated Keeps info in the one place Info can be portable Data protection/security of Information View data in different formats Storing of information/backing up Potentially costly