Practitioners’ Training and Development Survey

Our aim is to gain an understanding of practitioners’ experience working on community engaged projects; their familiarity with arts-based approaches to community work; and the types of learning programmes and resources that would be helpful for their personal and professional development.

This will allow ArtsWok to develop a range of training opportunities for practitioners interested in working with communities through arts approaches.

We look forward to your participation!

Our survey runs from September to October 2024, and you are welcome to participate in two phases.

Phase 1: Online Questionnaire
(9–30 September)

Phase 2: In-Person Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)
(11–20 October) [Optional]

If you would like to participate in an FGD, you will first need to complete the questionnaire. When prompted, provide your contact information and we will reach out to you to confirm your place.

If you have questions about the survey, please contact Jennifer Kwan at jennifer@artswok.org.

Our questionnaire delves into three crucial areas:

1. Experience and training in community-engaged work
2. Familiarity and training of arts-based approaches
3. Desired learning programmes and resources for working with communities through arts approaches

The questionnaire will take about 12–16 minutes to complete, subject to the length and depth of your written responses.

We will be conducting in-person focus group discussions with 3 groups of practitioners to gather insights about their skills and competencies, and to understand how we might support them in their learning and development. The 3 groups are:

• Practitioner with arts training and 0–3 years of experience working with communities
• Practitioner with arts training and more than 3 years of experience working with communities
• Practitioner without arts training but has more than 3 years of experience working with communities

All comments and viewpoints shared during the FGDs will be kept confidential.

To sign-up for an FGD, you must first complete the questionnaire and indicate your availability for these times:

• 11 Oct, Friday 2:30pm or 7pm
• 12 Oct, Saturday 10am or 2:30pm
• 13 Oct, Sunday 10am or 2:30pm
• 18 Oct, Friday 2:30pm or 7pm
• 19 Oct, Saturday 10am or 2:30pm
• 20 Oct, Sunday 10am or 2:30pm

Key Details:

• Small groups of 3-6 participants for in-depth discussions
• Up to 2.5 hour sessions with refreshments provided

Responses gathered through the questionnaire and focus group discussions will be consolidated and analysed as a part of ArtsWok’s ongoing mission to develop and deliver useful programmes and resources for the field. We may quote or paraphrase anonymised survey responses when sharing insights with funding bodies, researchers, and training partners that work with us to develop our programmes and resources. If you choose to register for our focus groups, your name and email will only be used to contact you about our focus group discussions.

All data gathered for this survey will be kept confidential. Access to personally identifiable data (such as names and contact details) will be limited to ArtsWok’s staff managing the survey. No personally identifiable information will be included in the survey analysis, nor shared alongside survey findings.