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How do I know if I’m making a difference? What should I measure? How can I make the most of data? How can I use data ethically?
Whether you’re a business, charity or funder, impact measurement and evaluation is all about helping you improve the good work you’re doing. By understanding what’s going well, and learning from what’s not, you can take steps to better serve the people and causes you support. What’s more, you can pool insights together through shared impact measurement. This helps you get the bigger picture on what is often a complex story.
You might be just starting out on all this. Or perhaps you need in-depth advice on a specific area, like handling data or conducting qualitative research. Whatever your situation, we have guidance for you.
Our Understanding Impact guide takes you through how to create an impact measurement framework. To dig deeper, we run regular training events, and our consultants can provide independent measurement and evaluation services.
Introduction to charity impact measurement
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Starting to measure your impact
Take your first steps into measuring, understanding, and improving your impact through good impact practice.
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Featured resources on measurement, evaluation and data
Resources
Understanding Impact
Turning your theory of change into a plan for measurement, the five types of data you will need to focus on, and how to prioritise what to measure.
Resources
Theory of change in ten steps
Our ten step handbook to creating a theory of change is built on many years of developing them for charities and funders.
Blog
What does ‘impact measurement’ really mean?
We use the terms ‘impact’ and ‘impact measurement’ a lot. But what do they really mean? James Noble breaks it down for us.
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Event
How to make evaluation more proportionate
This interactive workshop is for charities who want to evaluate their work and measure their impact, but have limited resources.
Event
Theory of change in ten steps
This seminar will run through how to develop a theory of change, based on our guidance 'Theory of change in ten steps'.
Event
Survey design in the charity sector
This Leading Impact webinar will be exploring survey methodologies and questionnaire design.
Find out how we can help you
You might be just starting out on all this. Or perhaps you need in-depth advice on a specific area, like handling data or conducting qualitative research. Whatever your situation, we have guidance for you.
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