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Monitoring & Evaluation of Livingwell

Monitoring & Evaluation of Livingwell. Workshop at Annual Conference. Workshop Structure. Part 1: Presentation GHK and this study Challenges facing us Two possible approaches The one we used Part 2: Group Discussion. Who are GHK? What are we doing?. GHK: Employee-owned research firm

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Monitoring & Evaluation of Livingwell

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  1. Monitoring & Evaluation of Livingwell Workshop at Annual Conference

  2. Workshop Structure Part 1: Presentation • GHK and this study • Challenges facing us • Two possible approaches • The one we used Part 2: Group Discussion

  3. Who are GHK? What are we doing? • GHK: • Employee-owned research firm • Multi-disciplinary: work in most policy areas • Specialism in evaluation • Local • Livingwell Project: • WMRA • Quarterly monitoring • Ongoing evaluation • Of projects, but at regional level

  4. Inherent Challenges • All the usual evaluation challenges, plus… • Diversity of projects: • £ • target groups • desired outcomes • interventions • contexts • capacity at project level • The need to ‘add it up’ to regional level: • Inputs (£) are easy…outputs more problematic…outcomes the real challenge

  5. One Possible Response & Our Approach • Possible Response: • Decide what a wellbeing is • Give projects a tool to measure it • Advantage: can add this up easily (compare approaches??) • Disadvantage: ignores complexity / reality • Our Approach: • From the ‘project up’ (not ‘programme down’) • Based on individual project plans • Guidance and support to projects’ self-evaluation • Backed by some external evaluation

  6. Basis of Approach: Theories of Change Rationale for intervention (problem / opportunity – and most appropriate response - identified) Inputs (what you have) Impact (wider societal change) Outcomes (the effect this has) Activities (what you do) Do this for each project, then add-up each element ...

  7. Applying this Model • Project M&E plans: • Project-level theory of change • Specific quarterly / annual indicators • Common tools for common outcomes, e.g. Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale • Common outcomes at ‘theme’ level • But – not a blanket approach (e.g. adults with learning difficulties / low project capacity) • Where does this leave us? • Allows aggregation, but retains flexibility • Makes our job more complex, but more like the real world!

  8. Final Reflections • Needs different skills: • More collaborative • More facilitative • Understand constraints facing practitioners • Requires a balance between: • Adding things up (quantitative) • Explaining and learning (qualitative) • Overall, a sound approach - given challenges outlined at start

  9. Thank-you for Listening Questions & Group Discussion

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