Impact measurement, evaluation and learning
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.
Our next training events are:
- Survey design in the charity sector on 7 July
- Developing a measurement framework for your charity on 20 October
- Theory of change in ten steps on 2 July and 24 September.
NPC’s insight, experience and practical advice is helping us to re-focus our organisation so we can continue to improve our approach to achieving outcomes that matter to people affected by and at risk of diabetes. Their thoughtful and flexible approach to working collaboratively and supportively with us as a critical friend during this key time for the organisation has been incredibly useful and well received at all levels of the organisation.
Louise Russell
Head of Strategy and Planning, Diabetes UK
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.
Resources
Equitable evaluation
Introducing the ideas that underpin equitable evaluation, explaining how it connects to other approaches that you may be more familiar with.
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Resources
Five types of data framework
This resource introduces five types of data that can help organisations measure, understand, and improve their impact.
Event
Theory of change in ten steps
This seminar taking place on 2 July 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 seminar 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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