2016 Room to Heal Annual Summary & Evaluation
News 10 February 2017
Each year, we produce an Annual Members’ Survey to evaluate the impact of our work at Room to Heal, gathering feedback from our members to reflect on what is working, or not working, and to inform our activities in the coming year. We have incorporated the results of the Survey with feedback from partner organisations as well as insights from our staff team, and have compiled the 2016 Annual Summary & Evaluation, which you can read in full here.
What comes across most strongly, as in previous years, is the sense of RtH as a family, a place of belonging and safety on which people can rely.
“They show me love. RtH treats nicer than anyone has treated me all those years. I didn’t think of myself as a human being before but RtH has made me see myself as a human being.”
| 95% felt their quality of life had improved
95% felt life was more meaningful 96% felt less isolated 100% reported improvements in their mental health 100% felt more able to cope with the effects of trauma 94% felt more aware of their rights & entitlements |
Furthermore, from our partners, 100% felt RtH complemented the work of their organisation; 100% of those working with mutual clients observed positive changes; 100% felt RtH makes a unique contribution to the field.
Senior Partner Damien Hanley, of Wilsons LLP, wrote that one of the unique strengths of RtH is:
“The ability to provide a variety of support services to clients that would otherwise not be met or would only be met in a piecemeal fashion.”
Sarah-Jane Savage, Senior Protection Associate, UNHCR said:
“From what I understand of the studies of psychotherapeutic benefits to people who have suffered displacement, torture or other serious harm, community is so important to re-building trust — this is not something that individual therapy alone can achieve. Room to Heal understands this and community is a key feature and quite unique to RtH.”
The following were the words most used to describe Room to Heal by our members:
