In March 2019 The Audience Agency delivered a series of evaluation workshops for libraries, commissioned by the DCMS Libraries Taskforce and supported by Arts Council England. Four workshops were delivered across England; in the North West, North East, South West, and London / South East regions. This Resource Pack brings together the evaluation workshop slide set and notes, themed resource links … More
It can be challenging to make time and resources available for evaluation, which can sometimes seem costly in relation to the overall project costs. However, it is increasingly important to factor in evaluation costs when planning projects, particularly if these are envisaged as having a role to play in supporting health and wellbeing or meeting … More
Good practice can be demonstrated in relation to each stage of the evaluation cycle (Daykin et al. 2013). Although there are no agreed codes of practice or ethics for evaluators, as there are for researchers, some key principles emerged from the Creative and Credible Project.
This document by Creative and Credible outlines the different purposes of evaluation and explains the differences between different evaluation models and approaches.
Support for third sector organisations to develop capacity for evaluation from Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Examples of Creative Evaluation Techniques.
This toolkit has been created for the Family Arts Campaign by Catherine Rose’s Office, for use by organisations participating in the Get Creative Family Arts Festival. It provides guidance, information and ideas on evaluating your Festival events and researching your audiences
This toolkit details a selection of creative techniques that practitioners can use to enable participants to engage in understanding and share their feelings and opinions in a reflective manner. It gives guidance on how the material gained through creative techniques can be used to prove the value of our work.
Self evaluation is a vital first step towards improving your work. It can also help with self confidence and resilience. Arts Council England have developed a Self Evaluation toolkit for people, companies and partnerships in the arts, cultural and creative sectors.
This is a tool to make the daily evaluation in a funny and impressive way: each participant will draw a scene that represent the day, then all the scenes will be put together to create a film about the liking of the activities for the whole group.
