Overview
High-quality research and frontline experience do not automatically translate into practice and impact. Turning research evidence and organisational experience and lessons into accessible and practice-informed communication is an essential skill to inform and improve sector standards.
This course aims to strengthen participants’ ability to convert research findings, frontline service data and organisational experience into clear, compelling outputs tailored to decision-makers, funders and standards-setting bodies. It seeks to strengthen participants’ capacity to craft strategy and impact statements and translate service trends into evidence-informed recommendations, engage media responsibly and communicate across academic, statutory and third sector environments.
The course also supports frontline organisations to identify patterns emerging from their service provision—such as recurring risk factors, barriers to access or systemic gaps—and translate these into relevant strategic insights and messages for action. Participants develop practical skills in stakeholder mapping, message framing and strategic dissemination, ensuring that lived realities and service-based evidence inform wider structural change.
Our unique value: This training integrates research translation with cultural and contextual awareness, ensuring communication strategies are ethically grounded, audience-specific and responsive to complex migration, religion and violence-related environments.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Translate complex research data and frontline practice into clear, compelling formats for donors and standards-setting bodies.
- Write briefs and impact statements, executive summaries and tailored communications for different audiences.
- Identify and synthesise emerging trends from services provision to inform sector standards and practice.
- Map stakeholder landscapes, identify entry points and timing windows for effective communication.
- Use storytelling, media and communication strategies to amplify research findings and impact.
- Adapt messaging and formats to regional, cultural and language contexts in migration and domestic violence settings.
Who It’s For
- Academics and researchers working on GBV/VAWG seeking to increase research impact
- Communications and advocacy teams
- Frontline VAWG and domestic violence service providers
- ‘By-and-for’ and community-based organisations
- Local authority strategy and research teams
Format
Delivered as a 3-hour online module or in-person workshop
Writing exercises, peer review, stakeholder mapping and presentation tasks
Certificate of completion issued by IDVRM
Price: Half day £400
T&Cs:
All courses are costed at £200 per 90 minutes, which includes preparation time, trainer fee and internal administrative costs (but please note that this is subject to change based on market competitiveness, internal costs and trainer availability). We recommend that courses should have a duration of at least 3 hours to achieve in-depth analysis, interactivity and learning outcomes.
Courses are delivered online by the IDVRM team and affiliated specialists. The specific trainer/group of trainers can be agreed with the client at the time of curating our services.
All courses are online and limited to 15 participants. It is possible to expand participation and course duration, but this will be reflected in the price to capture additional time of preparation, number of trainers and training duration.
Courses can be delivered in person, but in that case, clients must provide a venue and reasonable travel and accommodation arrangements for the trainer(s). If delivering the course requires international travel, the cost must be covered by the client and sufficient time must be allowed for travel arrangements to be made.
Low-income and charity clients: In line with our decolonial mission, we offer special discounts for charities and organisations working at the grassroots level who are under-funded and work in low-income environments. Please contact us to discuss the possibilities.
