Research and analysis

Community learning mental health research project

A project to understand how adult and community learning courses can help people manage and recover from mild to moderate mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 10 October 2018

Documents

Community learning mental health research project phase 2 evaluation report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-946-3, DFE-RR612

PDF, 1.11 MB, 89 pages

Annexes for phase 2 evaluation report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-947-0, DFE-RR612

PDF, 2.29 MB, 137 pages

Details

This report evaluates phase 2 of the community learning mental health research project, which started in 2016.

The report looks at 52 adult learning providers. It examines the potential for this learning to support individuals with mild to moderate mental health problems and includes:

• surveys with learners before, during and after their course
• depth interviews with learners 6 to 9 months after their course

See an explanatory infographic and video animation on the Ipsos website.

Published 10 October 2018