The Pave Project Report - Queen's University Belfast

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The PAVE Project Report
SERVICE USERS
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n total, an estimated 6,000 or 7,000 people used the services of the groups in this
study. Most groups served between 100 and 1,000 people (n=15), although some
served fewer than 100 (n=9), and one group served as many as 2000+. In all, over the
years an estimated over 15,000 people had been served by these groups. Staffing
stood in direct relation to the number of services users, i.e., larger groups generally
employed more staff than the smaller groups (Figure 3).
Number of staff
members
Figure 3: Number of staff * Number of service users
Number of service users
fewer than
35-65 66-99 100-1,000
35
more than
1,000
Total
N/A 1 1 2
None paid 2 1 3
1-3 2 6 8
1-2 paid & 8-11
volunteers
1 1 2
1 paid & 10
manag.committee
1 1
4-6 1 1 6 1 9
37 1 1
Total 3 4 2 15 2 26
The majority of service users were female, although the vast majority of the groups
worked with men as well as women (n=23). Most groups worked with adults aged
between 18 and 64, although some worked also with children or young people.