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How effective is Dance4Life at supporting its franchisees in the aims of the programme?

On the whole, franchisees perceived Dance4Life support as effective. A key limitation in answering this question stemmed from the fact that the financial relationship between Dance4Life and the pilot franchisees was not a 'fully-fledged' social franchise, as Dance4Life was providing financial support to franchisees. That said, franchisees still tried to engage potential funders, but found a key barrier was convincing potential funders about the model and its value for money.

While bearing that in mind, the start-up package and support for implementation appear to be sufficient for the franchisees to implement the model. Contextualisation of the programme was seen as successful overall. Finally, areas for improvement suggested by franchisee and Champion4Life responses include more extensive translation and piloting of the curriculum.

How effective are the franchisees at supporting Champions4Life in the aims of the programme?

Champions4Life reported that they were effectively supported by franchisees. They had positive feedback about the training and ongoing support, saying it helped them become effective facilitators. In terms of motivation, Champions4Life reported a number of factors, including the stipend they received.

There were a number of areas for improvements to different aspects of the programme that Champion4Life pointed to. For instance, training was not always seen as sufficiently long enough to cover content on SRHR, and did not include specific guidance on managing large groups. In addition, the majority of Champions4Life described challenges with finding sufficient time to deliver sessions and challenges in referring Agents4Life to health services.