During June of 2002, the Norfolk Learning Partnership (NLP) approached The Research Centre at City College Norwich (CCN) with a view to commissioning research training for a range of Norfolk community groups but particularly the Norfolk Learning Communities.
A training programme was negotiated and designed by members of staff from NPL and CCN and the Partnership took responsibility for widely publicising the opportunity to organisations and communities within its field of influence.
It was decided that:
• The training programme span 3 months in order that preparation, implementation and reflection could occur within the boundaries of the supported training and be shared with other participants
• Two groups would meet and run in parallel on the same day; one morning and one afternoon; this would increase the flexibility and opportunity for attendance by busy community practitioners
• Two members of staff from The Research Centre with specific expertise in qualitative research methods and group facilitation, take responsibility for the delivery of the programme which would be held in the Conference Centre at Easton College.
Following dissemination of the course details by NLP (Norfolk Learning Partnership) to a wide and diverse range of community based organisations both public sector and voluntary sector), forty individuals expressed an intention to participate; by good fortune the split into the two morning and afternoon groups fell roughly equally.
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