Bringing disabled women together, mobilising
and sharing through lived experiences

We would like between 8 – 15 women who access / are a part of Sisters of Frida to be participants in one of our focus groups.

We would provide all women service users who participate in the focus group £30 as a small thank you.

WRC are updating their Why Women-Only research, originally completed in 2007. WRC’s members want this research updated because the need for robust, concrete evidence of the importance and value of women-only services remains vital. The link to the original research is here:

Click to access whywomenonly.pdf

We are running 6 focus groups, with a range of diverse women-only services. In the focus group I will ask questions about why accessing a ‘by women for women’ service is important to them, and what difference coming to a women-only service has made to their lives; what being in a peer-led group means to them, and what kind of issues they are exploring through Sisters of Frida. I will be facilitating the focus groups, which will each run for a maximum of two hours.

The focus groups will be completely confidential. No service user will be identified in the research. I will record focus groups on a Dictaphone, and transcriptions will be used to outline themes, and to use quotes. You can get a copy of the focus group transcript if you wish.

The research is due to be published in March 2017.

Focus groups conducted by Darlene Corry. Please send n email to hello@sisofrida.org if interested.