TESTIMONIALS

Service Users with a language need have frequently come forward to give us more information about their relationship with SIS.  Some of these client journeys have been published in our Annual Reviews.  Others are quoted and published in project reports.  Three Service Users spoke eloquently at the 2016 SIS AGM.

FOCUS GROUPS

SIS has frequently met with language specific focus groups to gain a better insight into the needs of specific communities.   Most recently in 2017, we have visited the Moulescoomb Bengali Womens Group and the Hangelton and Knoll Multicultural Womens Group

SIS SERVICE USER DAYS

The SIS AGMs are our flagship engagement event at which we go beyond the necessary and required official business to  showcase and celebrate our work.

Community Interpreters work on the day to ensure that Service Users are able to make the most of the event.  We have used voting handsets to great effect to undertake simple surveys and get feedback and opinion from attendees. The SIS AGMs are our flagship engagement event at which we go beyond the necessary and required official business to  showcase and celebrate our work.  Community Interpreters work on the day to ensure that Service Users are able to make the most of the event.  We have used voting handsets to great effect to undertake simple surveys and get feedback and opinion from attendees. Over the past 3 years, SIS has been a partner in delivering an Annual Health and Well-being Event for BME individuals at which there are presentation, workshops and consultation groups.

Every year we hold Service User Days attended by nearly 80 individuals speaking 9 languages.

The feedback collected at these events led to SIS developing the Health Promotion Project (HPP) and Bilingual Advocacy Project (BAP).