alliance 4 useful evidence webinar, 1 september 2015
TRANSCRIPT
Northern Ireland programmeBuilding Change Trust - £500k + DSD - £188kTwo year Programme: 2014 - 2015Leaders for Impact - Planning for Impact Practice
VC&SE• 13 Network
Organisations supporting groups
Funders• 5 Public Sector
Demonstration Projects
• 1 Independent funder project
Impact Exchange• Learning papers• Dissemination• conferences events
Inspiring Impact promotes:
Impact Practice - A way of workingChanging a culture by systematically working
through the stages outlined below:
PlanClarify impact
we want to achieve and
develop impact practice plan to
capture this
Do Identify and
apply measures & tools that best suit our evidence
needs
AssessAnalyse data
and draw conclusions
about impact (or otherwise)
ReviewLearn from & communicate
findings to improve future programmes/
practice
13 VCSE organisations - Cascade• 13 Infrastructure orgs supported to
understand cycle and use resources• They then support client groups to:
‐ understand impact practice‐ Use resource to self-assess against
plan/do/assess/review
Focus on Planning stage• Prepare groups to plan for impact: ‐ identify their impact practice needs‐ focus on collecting relevant and
proportionate evidence
5 Public Sector Funders• Identify discrete funding programme• Review current practice and barriers
to impact i.e. culture, systems
Focus on Planning stage• Engage key funder personnel• Develop Theory of Change• Draft of Outcomes & Indicators• Consult funded groups • Co-design final outcomes framework• Co-design plan for data collection inc
evidence, methods required
Demonstration Projects
Context
• Grant programme < £250k
• Providing Infrastructure support on thematic area
• 51 objectives - Lack of clarity on what it meant to achieve
• Application & monitoring focussed on compliance
• Internal systems not designed to handle outcomes
• Therefore no focus on or means to generate useful evidence
Public Sector Funder: Case study
Support Process• Internal process to develop a Theory of Change
• Draft of outcomes framework & indicators
• Engagement with Funded stakeholders
• Co-design of final framework and data collection plan:‐ monitoring evidence and design of forms‐ outcome evidence required ‐ Data collection methods and support needed
Planning for Impact / Evidence
Means to generate useful evidence to demonstrate impact & inform future programming