Measuring Impact

How do you know what the impact of an intervention is,  when you are working on a preventative agenda? Sometimes the long-term effects of an intervention will not be visible for many years. How would you know if the person you are working with would develop the thing...

A Welcome Opportunity to Respond

Last week I wrote about my issues with the way Birmingham City Council were consulting with the Third Sector on their draft strategy  – you can read that post here Following that post, the Corporate Strategy team got in touch and asked me to feedback directly to...

Third Sector Consultation – Birmingham City Council

I really want to respond to the Third Sector Draft Strategy, currently out for consultation by Birmingham City Council, but much like I did when I ran a Third Sector organisation in Birmingham I feel stifled and unable to contribute fully. My blogposts may often seem...

What difference do you make?

I recently ran a workshop for Local Government Information Unit on how we know that what is being commissioned is actually making a difference for individuals and communities.  I made the point that all too often outputs (what organisations did) are reported on rather...

Impact Assessment – 16th September – Camden

Engaging Communities – Impact & Evaluation: A Developmental Approach Join us in our Workshop on September 16th on Engaging Communities – Impact & Evaluation: A Developmental Approach. We recently held a workshop on community resilience and many there asked...

Groundhog Day

If David Cameron wants family-centred policies, why doesn’t he simply shut up and let the health and third sectors get on with doing what they do best? Recently, I have been researching the way the government is aiming  to reduce inequalities. I have looked at...

Are we missing a trick?

As I near the end of my first quarter of being ‘Inside Outcomes’ I have built in some reflection time.   It is a different perspective. I’m not from an organisation, I am not really an individual – so I see myself as part of a sector – although sometimes...

Inside Outcomes – Workshop 17th June 2014

Thanks to everyone who came to the Inside Outcomes workshop today, It was really interactive and everyone participated. I will be shortly writing a post to follow on from the topics we covered today. In the meantime – here is a link to the presentation….....

Ingredients for collective impact

Much of the work, ethos and approaches I have developed over the years have been influenced by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, I was lucky enough to attend one of their programmes – which had a positive and lasting impact . Below are the five key factors...