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To ensure we had enough participants to meet the minimum target of ten, the
recruitment for participants was extended to include:
Wellington Regional Council staff through an advertisement on the staff
intranet
WREMO volunteers through their established network. These are people who
have completed WREMO volunteer training and have an on-going relationship
with WREMO.
Eight expressions of interest were received from WREMO volunteers. One potential
participant was declined on grounds of ill health in the family and one person decided
not to proceed with the trial.
This resulted in twelve participants, and although one later withdrew due to a family
illness eleven participants commenced the trial. Table 3.1 summaries the process to
identify participants for the trial.
Table 3.1: Summary of the recruitment process
Date
Action
Number of
responses
Number that actual
participated in the trial
23 August 2012 Facebook post (teaser) N/A N/A
24 August Facebook post (request
for volunteers)
8 6
27 th August Wellington City Council
website 0 0
28 th August Newspaper article
31 st August 2012 Facebook post (follow-up
request for volunteers)
3 0
3 September 2012 WREMO Volunteers 8 5
3 September 2012 Greater Wellington
Regional Council intranet
0 0
The participants were located between Newtown and Tawa (Figure 3.6), within
Wellington City Council boundaries.
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