Collaborative Touring Network - Evaluator

Fourteen young adults sitting in a circle with their backs to each other. In the middle of them is a large patterned rug. Each person sits on a different kind of chair, some hard, some soft. In front of each person is a tv screen, and everyone is wearing headphones. The lighting is very dark except for the light coming from the screens.Caroline Williams & Reem Karssli 'Now is The Time to Say Nothing' (CTN 2019 tour)
After six years and forty eight festivals by nine partners, the Collaborative Touring Network knows its audiences, but felt evaluation had happened 'to' them. Following their major Arts Council England investment, I've joined their next phase, spent a lot of time listening, and put a developmental evaluation approach together which will be flexible, reflective, inclusive and participatory. It
A) helps the nine partners to capture and share their own local impact - specific to the activity and people they involve.
B) evaluates what being part of the network does for the organisations themselves.
​I'm helping them through the process with templates, toolkits, guidance, mentoring, training, facilitation and reporting.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Bradford Urban Discovery Impact Evaluator

PicturePhotography: Laura Darn
Bradford Urban Discovery is a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust project supported by Reaching Communities (National Lottery Community Fund) and Bradford Council. The team help local people across Bradford reclaim and improve local green spaces so that nature and children have better places to thrive. I'm quality assuring their evaluation by making data collection methods more user friendly; monitoring the data on Upshot; advising on methodologies; collecting case studies from local families, communities and partners; and writing annual progress and final reports. The first year's progress report can be read here

Charterhouse London - Engagement Consultant

A very large very grand historic hall is lined with red leather chairs. A huge dark wooden fireplace is in the middle of the wall, with enormous tapestries either side. The tapestries look faded. The ceiling is very ornate with lots of carved white plasterwork, and some more modern chandeliers hang from the ceiling. The light from the chandeliers and windows reflect off the floor and the chairs.
The Charterhouse is a centuries old former monastery and mansion tucked away in central London. With National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) investment, the team are restoring their Great Chamber. By working with local under-represented communities and young adults, they want to welcome more of the public and become better known as a historic site. I'm contracted by NLHF to help the  Charterhouse team stay on track, support them through this new avenue of community engagement with monitoring, practical advice, and nudging them beyond what they were previously capable of.