PhotoVoice designs and delivers community engagement activities using its methodology on participatory photography. It also provides training, undertakes commissions, and delivers consultancy services to a range of partners to help them incorporate the use of ethical photography for engagement, advocacy, and research, amongst others. During the financial year ending 31st January 2026, PhotoVoice CIC delivered the following activities: -Provided training in participatory photography, ethics, and community engagement to a range of individuals, through the running of seven online training courses, and one in- person training courses. These were available for anybody to attend. -Bespoke training, project development and consultancy with the University of Lancaster, leading to them successfully running a programme addressing reproductive justice and rights in the North of England -Bespoke training, project development and consultancy with the San Diego Zoo and Wildlife Association, leading to them successfully delivering a programme of community engagement for students from disadvantaged backgrounds enrolled in a free summer internship programme. This programme also involved facilitation of the final sessions of that course with the young people -Finishing a project in Scotland with Stirling University to assess the impact of a homeless shelter providing controlled access to alcohol, leading to a publication sharing and promoting their work and advocating for improved provision of services PhotoVoice also published new methodological papers and website content throughout the year, providing wider support and advice for institutions and individuals wishing to use participatory photography methodologies. All of these activities have directly contributed to the use of participatory photography, community engagement, and ethical image use for a wide range of community members and practitioners.

Our stakeholders are: - practitioners of participatory photography methods and approaches - institutions and organisations which seek to use participatory photography for community engagement - community members who are underrepresented and/or issue affected and attend Workshops As PhotoVoice works on an array of self-contained activities and projects, consultation and response to feedback has been undertaken in advance of and upon completion of each discreet activity. More details are provided below: Online and In-Person Training Courses Prior to both online and in-person training courses, online surveys are undertaken with those attending to understand their specific needs and expectations from the course. The course is then tailored to meet these expectations. Post training feedback has been collated after each course, and course materials have been amended as a result, with the following outcomes: - Many respondents have expressed desire for new training materials, many of which - have been developed and incorporated into the training course. - Respondents have expressed a continuing desire to deliver in-person training courses - (rather than solely online), which was factored into activities during the year, and will continue to be offered. Evaluations continue to be used as the basis of understanding the impact of our training courses. These responses provide the following data for 2025: -The online training courses receive an overall score of 4.56 out of 5, with 96.2% of responding attendees agreeing or strongly agreeing that they would recommend the course, and 98.1% of attendees agreeing or strongly agreeing that they have learnt skills that they will use in the future. - The in-person training courses receive an overall score of 4.89 out of 5, with 100% of responding attendees agreeing or strongly agreeing that they would recommend the course, and 100% of attendees agreeing or strongly agreeing that they have learnt skills that they will use in the future. Given that one of PhotoVoice’s objects is the promotion, support, and education about the ethical use of photography for social change, these results indicate high levels of success Institutional and BespokeTraining Courses Prior to institutional training courses, all attendees complete an online survey to ensure that the course meets their needs. As this can change from institution to institution, the results are used to tailor the curriculum to the specific requirements of the commissioning organisation. New modules have been incorporated into PhotoVoice’s training curricula, making them available for future activities, and based on these interactions. - The bespoke training courses receive an overall score of 5 out of 5, with 100% of responding attendees agreeing or strongly agreeing that they would recommend the course, and 100% of attendees agreeing or strongly agreeing that they have learnt skills that they will use in the future. - Activities resulting from bespoke courses have emphasised principles of co-production, resulting in commissioning partners delivering localised activities which best the communities they are working with. Projects A range of consultation and evaluation activities were incorporated into the design and delivery of projects, including online survey, video call, and face-to-face meetings. As stakeholders on these activities involved both project participants and project partners, approaches differed from project to project, and include: - Consultation meetings – both online and in-person - with researchers at the University of Stirling, and staff at the Managed Alcohol Programme in Glasgow to ensure that additional workshops would support the previous workshop sessions undertaken in 2024, and were scheduled in line with existing service provision. - Consultation meetings (online) with staff at the San Diego Zoo and Wildlife Association, establishing activities based on their insights related to community member needs - Consultation meetings (both online and in-person) with academics at the University of Lancaster, to establish the most appropriate ways to deliver engagement with training and project attendees As a result of all of these, the CIC has: - Developed new training materials and resources, including a new training handbook - Updated its available portfolio of workshop activities -Improved its online content and information - We have also continued to publish collated evaluation material from our training courses, - available at: https://photovoice.org/trainingevaluations/

£65,234.05

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration