Impact and Evaluation
Best practice guides and useful tools for measuring the impact of your charity.
Impact networks and sources of support
10 ways to improve your charity's impact report
One of the best ways to show that your charity delivers value is by demonstrating high impact. In this blog and infographic, Cranfield Trust volunteer, Stuart West, shares his top tips for producing an impact report that inspires action.
Impact measurement support from the OR Society
Pro Bono OR enables third sector organisations to benefit from Operational Research (OR) and reach their full potential. OR is about finding ways to apply analytical methods to make better decisions. We can support you with strategic planning, data analysis and insight, decision making, impact measurement and more.
The OR Society pro bono insight and impact support
Inspiring Impact
Inspiring Impact resources now on the NPC website, including the Cycle of Good Impact.
NCVO Charities Evaluation Services
NCVO Charities Evaluation Services provides consultancy on evaluation and impact measurement, including developing a theory of change.
Tools and approaches for impact measurement
How to build a theory of change
NCVO's Knowhow Nonprofit resource explains how to develop a theory of change.
Theory of change
New Philanthropy Capital is a think tank and consultancy working with individuals and organisations to maximise their impact. This guide is a ten step handbook to creating a theory of change, built on many years of developing them for charities and funders. It focusses on the basics, our core approach. It gives you the information you need to do any theory of change and is directly applicable to smaller projects and charitable services.
Developing a measurement and evaluation framework
A comprehensive guide to developing a measurement and evaluation framework, based on a theory of change.
Principles of good impact reporting
The principles of good impact reporting: NPC's 2012 report on communicating impact.
Evaluation tools from Social Value Lab
Tools and resources for measuring social impact to drive decisions, attract support, and accelerate positive change.
Better Evaluation
Tools, information and resources about how to better plan, manage, conduct and use evaluation.
Measuring the Good
The Coalition for Efficiency used to offer support to implement an impact framework in your organisation. Although no longer in operation, below are links to some of their 'Learning Lab' webinars and video training sessions, which maybe of interest. You will also find some of the useful documents, frameworks and templates they offered available to download.
Learning Lab videos (links to our YouTube channel)
Learning Lab: Introduction to Theory of Change
Learning Lab: Creative data collection tool
Learning Lab: Getting the best out of your surveys
Learning Lab: Qualitative Data Essentials
Learning Lab: Qualitative Data Analysis
Learning Lab: Quantitative Data Essentials
Learning Lab: Introduction to Impact Measurement and Management
Measuring the Good Impact Framework
Measuring the Good Handbook
Theory of Change template
