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Uncovered: assessing media and communications needs and capacity of marginalised communities5 CONCLUSIONS 385.1 Attitudes to media and communications 395.2 Current availability of training 395.3 Training needs 405.4 Training delivery 405.5 Evaluation 416 RECOMMENDATIONS 426.1 Engage with the media 426.2 Engage with local infrastructure and support organisations 426.3 Design training courses 426.4 Promote training 436.5 Address capacity constraints 436.6 Special issues 436.7 Evaluation 436.8 Suggestions for further research 43Appendix 1 – Organisations contacted for this research 44Appendix 2 – National organisations offering media training 45Appendix 3 – Media Trust survey 46Figures and TablesFig.1 Paid officers 18Fig 2. Communication outputs 19Fig 3. Contact with the media 20Fig 4. Knowledge about contacting the media 21Fig 5. Satisfaction with media coverage 22Fig 6. Reaching people of influence 23Fig 7. Aims of communications activities 24Fig 8. Frequency of communications strategies 25Fig 9. Extent of media training 27Fig.10. Available budgets for media training 28Fig 11. Preferences for targeting 31Fig 12. What sort of training would you like to receive? 33