The Evaluator is delighted to be working on a new project, Healing Arts for All (HAFA) from Community Arts by ZK. This project is place focused and based in Pendle, on our doorstep! HAFA describes itself as a “3-year people powered art and heritage project”, funded jointly by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the […]
In a previous blog, we described quantitative data as data that can be counted or measured in numerical values. A spreadsheet is a good basis for organising data ready for analysis. Now let us imagine you have some data to hand, this is how you might want to try and use it. Ways to analyse […]
What is Quantitative Data? Quantitative data is data that can be counted or measured in numerical values. As with qualitative data, there’s a good chance that you already have some collected for your organisation. You might have collected some of the following: Sign-in sheets Feedback forms Surveys Polls Social media statistics Reports We often find […]
The Evaluator is delighted to be working with a new client, Love Withington Baths. The Evaluator is working with the community leisure centre to carry out a Social Return On Investment (SROI). You can read our blog post all about SROI here, but it’s basically a formal process of identifying what matters to people taking […]
The Evaluator is delighted to be starting a new evaluation; Chip In. Isn’t that a great name? Northern, does what it says, and everyone loves chips! Helping people, building community, changing lives! Chip In is a place- based project which aims to engage and mentor young people aged 16-30 in volunteer opportunities across Blackburn with Darwen’s […]
Earlier this year, The Evaluator worked with Climate FORTH (Furthering Our Resilience Through Heritage) on their application to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, where we developed an evaluation framework for the whole project. They have just announced they were successful. That’s always a lovely day, sharing in the success of our clients. The details are […]
From time to time, we share a director’s blog post, where we share some learning about how to use your data (information) better. This is a post all about how to use qualitative data, that’s the information that is made up of words rather than numbers. The chances are that your organisation already has a […]
Social Return on Investment (SROI) has been around for quite a while, but it’s still not that well understood. Our director, Kirsty Rose Parker, completed the training back in 2010 and has used it on many occasions. Carrying out a SROI is a robust framework for writing and describing a wider context of value. It […]
The Evaluator is delighted to be starting a new project with National Trust, the Urban Forest Accelerator. We are excited to be working on measuring concepts of urban tree cover, tree equity, environmental justice and developing a new approach to measuring connections. Just as joined up canopies can be more that the sum of their […]
At The Evaluator, we are committed to learning and improving our work over time. To make sure we achieve this we do evaluate ourselves and ask our clients to give us feedback. Here are some recent results. And let’s end on a detailed client testimonial, from when The Evaluator worked in partnership with Simon […]