Impact measurement, evaluation and data
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A magical thing called ‘impact measurement’
By Rachel Tait .
On 4 December 2019.
Inspiring Impact is helping more charities figure out what impact measurement is right for them.
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Shared measurement: Not a magic bullet…yet
By Shubh Sharma .
On 5 November 2019.
Here Shubh Sharma, NPC Consultant sets out the ways measuring collaboratively can improve our work and break down power dynamics.
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The State of the Sector 2020
By Theo Clay .
On 31 October 2019.
State of the sector, our comprehensive survey of the opinions of charity leaders is returning for 2020.
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Big words, big numbers, and big ideas
By Will Hanford-Spira .
On 16 October 2019.
Will Hanford, detected a strong theme of power, particularly the power wielded both consciously and unconsciously by funders, at his first NPCIgnites.
Resources
Mechanisms – A missing component in your theory of change?
On 9 October 2019.
A realist approach to evaluation, which stresses how contexts interact with mechanisms to achieve outcomes.
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Shared measurement: Tackling evaluation together
By Oliver Carrington.
On 9 September 2019.
Oliver Carrington, Impact and Evaluation Manager at Imperial Health Charity shares findings from a shared measurement pilot.
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The Building Connections Fund: Co-design and community spaces
On 5 August 2019.
NPC has conducted a qualitative evaluation of the role of co-design and community spaces in reducing loneliness for young people.
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Implementing and evaluating co-design
On 1 July 2019.
Our five-stage roadmap for planning and implementing your co-design, with tips and tools for each of the five stages.
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Troubled Families is not the Holy Grail
By Dan Corry .
On 8 May 2019.
The evaluation of the Troubled Families program is one the biggest ever attempted of a government social program.
Resources
Youth Investment Fund learning and insight paper one
On 30 April 2019.
This paper describes the shared evaluation framework that has been developed across the 90 YIF-funded organisations.
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10 tips to help your project reduce loneliness
By Anne Kazimirski, Thomas Abrams, and Michelle Man .
On 11 April 2019.
This paper brings together emerging findings from the existing evidence to offer practical help to projects working on reducing loneliness.
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NPC Ignites: People, Impact, Purpose
By Rebecca Goodbourn .
On 2 April 2019.
What can you expect from our annual conference NPC Ignites 2019 and why you should signup now.
