Cardiff -30th June 2005

Name	Organisation	Job Title	Comments
Sarah O'Brien	Miskin Project - Rhondda Cynon Taff Borough Council	Senior Social Work Practitioner	Very powerful, dramatic and real - the way the course was run enabled people to empathise with how real victims/survivors may feel.
Cath Williams	Miskin Project - Rhondda Cynon Taff Borough Council	Social Worker	A fantastic tool for portraying the messages of the impact of domestic abuse on all members of the family group. Extremely well done and an intensive story telling technique. Exhaustive and emotive but very, very powerful!
Jemma Walker	Miskin Project - Rhondda Cynon Taff Borough Council	Project Worker	Excellent portrayal of the impact of domestic violence on all family members. Powerful and very real.
Sharon Davies	Swansea Womens Aid	Community Development Worker	Completely dynamic and extremely interactive. Engages interest more consistently, challenges and evokes more feeling and empathy.
Mary-Anne Rees	Bridgend Local Authority	Domestic Abuse Co-ordinator	A powerful reminder that reinforces my work. Theatre is a very effective medium. Forceful.
Ann Evans	Rhondda Cynon Taff Local Authority	Domestic Abuse Co-ordinator	A powerful experience which obviously brings home what it is like to live with domestic abuse
Claire Sharp	Welsh Women's Aid	Children and Young People's Issues Co-ordinator	Very hard hitting and emotive training event that really highlights how domestic violence impacts on all members of the family.
Debra Kennedy	Wrexham Youth Services	Youth Worker and Domestic Abuse Project Worker	A realistic and experiential approach.
Linda Harle	Swansea Women's Aid	Child Worker	Very informative and thought provoking. One of the best training events I have attended.
Fiona Campbell	Swansea Women's Aid	Resettlement Worker - Women and Children	Excellent, dynamic, emotional - exceptional piece of theatre with very talented and skilled actors!
Kevin Hogan	NHS Direct Wales	Lead Nurse Child Protection	This proved to be very challenging, realistic and memorable training event and quite unique in my experience.

Liverpool - 28th April 2005

Name	Organisation	Job Title	Comments
Michelle Phillips	Victim Support & Witness Service	District Manager	An interesting and useful insight into the lives of family members experiencing domestic violence. Incredibly moving and unbelieveable acting. Overwhelming.
Jade Warke	Staying Put Childrens Services Owlet Family Centre	Childrens Support Worker	Very moving - it takes you to the centre of the families lives - an emotional rollercoaster.
Tracey Keery	Worst Kept Secret	Helpline Officer	Brilliant. "Mary "was amazing. For women they would leave feeling stronger in themselves.
Una Goulding	Stockport Primary Care Trust	Community Development Officer	Stimulating - not fighting to keep awake in the afternoon. A thought provoking well acted drama which addresses some of the complicated issues involved in domestic and sexual abuse.
Anne Summers	Connexions	Community PA	The whole day was fantastic, heartbreaking experience. Fortunately the end showed that with the right support people can get their lives back together.
Traci Rabaco	Connexions Greater Merseyside	Personal Adviser	It was fantastic as it was visual and addresses the issues in a realistic manner. There was no shirking from the abuse that was displayed.
Elaine Benson	St Helens Council - Social Services	Domestic Violence Co-ordinator	Powerful drama - very realistic, very emotional and very informative.
Bernadette Mutch	Knowsley Domestic Violence Support Services	Perpetrator Worker	Informative - covered all aspects and impact of domestic violence on the family
Julie Booth	Victim Support Stockport	Volunteer Social Work Student	Brings the ordeal of domestic abuse alive. The effect on the whole family, a very powerful piece that I wont forget in a hurry. Inspirational way to provide training.
Chris Boden	Connexions - Bebington	Personal Adviser - Community	It was like looking through the curtains of a real situation but you are able to ask "Why?"
Nicola Shanahan	Domestic Violence Team Manchester Council	Childrens Worker	Brilliant insight into the complicated abuse that is domestic violence. Very well written.
Bobbie McNerney	Knowsley Domestic Violence Support Services	Senior Childrens Programme Worker	Excellent course for people with less knowledge. The drama was excellent and made the whole story so believable. Recognised so many of my clients.
Jo Redmond	Knowsley Domestic Violence Support Services	Assistant Children's Programme Worker	Powerful drama which shows all side. e.g. woman, child and man
Carol Wakefield	Victim Support and Witness Service	Witness Service Manager	A very emotive, enlightening and unmissable experience.
Collette Rice	Worst Kept Secret	Project Co-ordinator	Excellent - thought provoking - wonderfully presented.
Norma Nolan	Greater Manchester Connexions	Personal Adviser	Raw and emotional. What a wonderful service you are providing, taking this highly sensitive subject out into the public arena. Keep up the great work.
Cllr Margaret Sidebottom	Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council	Cabinet Secretary Lifelong Learning Co-ordinated services	It was very emotive and frightening - very true to life - brilliant acting. Informative and fantastic.
Nikki Morrison	Victim Support Shropshire	Scheme Manager	The play makes the issue much more powerful than other learning events. It helped to hammer home the severity of domestic abuse and its lasting effects.
Bridget West	Worst Kept Secret	Helpline	Much more impact - don't normally work with or deal face to face with perpetrator and victim. Vivid - excellent characters portrayed - great learning tool.
Paul Duffy	Victim Support - City of Manchester	Support Staff	More interactive, very well portrayed, excellent.
Doreen Nixon	Connexions	Senior Project Worker	Powerful, raw and totally draining but all agencies working in supporting victims of domestic violence should have the opportunity to attend.
Brenda Racle	Trafford Council	Domestic Violence Co-ordinator	Dramatic, in your face, real issues, powerfully portrayed. A representation of how complex domestic violence issues are and how multiple issues emerge once you start to work with families.
Liz Stewart	Worst Kept Secret	Helpline Officer	Powerful, thought provoking, emotional, gripping, frightening, brilliant.
Gaynor Parkinson	Connexions Halton	PAYP Worker	It was excellent and really made you feel part of Mary, Paul and Tom's experiences. You must go and take part in it. It was mind blowing!
Steve Ryan	Knowsley Domestic Violence Support Services	Male Perpetrator Worker	All people who work at any level with domestic violence should attend.
Elke Crunden	Owlet Family Centre	Deputy Manager	Powerful, challenging, moving - made the haiors on my neck stand-up! It is the most effective training I have ever experienced. Thank you!