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Agile Analysis and Evaluation

“Agile” is a popular phrase in workplaces these days, particularly in the fields of technology and product management. This approach,...

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Choosing Confidently: A Checklist for Informed Decision-Making About Commissioning

Deon Simpson

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Choosing Confidently: A Checklist for Informed Decision-Making About Commissioning

Faced with choosing whether to self-evaluate or commission an evaluator? This blog provides a checklist to help you to decide.

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Commissioning Evaluation: A Cocktail Choice that can Lead to Fruitful Results or a Bad Headache.

Jo Haffenden

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Commissioning Evaluation: A Cocktail Choice that can Lead to Fruitful Results or a Bad Headache.

Jo Haffenden discusses the strategic considerations behind the Masonic Charitable Foundation's decision to commission evaluations.

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Moving toward more equitable evaluation practice in the UK

ChEW

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Moving toward more equitable evaluation practice in the UK

In recent years the social sector has given increased focus towards equity in grant making and in how programmes are designed and...

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Announcing the launch of Equitable Evaluation Collective in the UK

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Announcing the launch of Equitable Evaluation Collective in the UK

The EEC has been established to advance thinking and practice on more equitable evaluation practice in the UK social sector.

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Introducing ChEW's new Co-chairs

Introducing our new Co-chairs, Dave Salisbury and Jami Dixon.

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ChEW Member Consultation: How Your Feedback Has Informed Our Strategy

Vinal Karania

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ChEW Member Consultation: How Your Feedback Has Informed Our Strategy

ChEW Trustee Vinal Karania outlines how the feedback from our Member Consultation has informed our new strategy.

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Spot the Difference – Service Evaluation and Systems Change Evaluation

Emma Roberts

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Spot the Difference – Service Evaluation and Systems Change Evaluation

What is Systems Change? As an external evaluator I’ve done heaps of service evaluations – whether it’s a sports programme aimed at young...

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Kerry McCarthy

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Complexity Evaluation... How Do We?

I have spent nearly twenty years working as an evaluation practitioner in many different contexts. For about the first ten years of my...

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Learning Through Evaluation

It has been a massive time of change for many in the charity evaluation sector. For many charities projects have been stopped and...

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Co Production at Scope

At our first ‘Bitesize’ event in February the evaluation team from Scope shared their experience of taking a co-production approach. The...

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Catryn Ladd

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Our New Membership Area is Now Live!

We are so excited to be launching our new members area which we hope will bring members closer together to share information and connect.

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Reflecting on Equitable Evaluation: Being a Change Agent

Dave Salisbury

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Reflecting on Equitable Evaluation: Being a Change Agent

Chew Board Member Dave Salisbury reflects on 2020 and how we respond to the need for equitable evaluation and change in the evaluation secto

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From words to action: towards equitable evaluation

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From words to action: towards equitable evaluation

Back in October 2020, we ran a workshop aimed to help us move from conversations about anti-racism in evaluation towards action. Building...

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Want to Learn Something New?

Apply to our Learning and Resource Fund to support a piece of training or resource for your organisation?

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Black Lives Matter: Our Commitment as CHEW

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Black Lives Matter: Our Commitment as CHEW

ChEW is a small organisation run by a Board of Trustees. We believe in being open and welcoming to all.

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Steve Miller

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We're recruiting - Events Associate

We've got some exciting news - ChEW is looking to increase our events programme for members. We are looking for a highly organised Events...

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What are most effective ways of supporting people out of Homelessness?

Steve Miller

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What are most effective ways of supporting people out of Homelessness?

Which elements of Crisis' housing support are most effective for supporting people out of homelessness? Using a Sucess Case Methodology

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Evaluating Online - Panel Discussion

Last month we like many organisations hosted our first online meeting. It was great to be joined by over 70 members of the CHEW Community...

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How confident are you? A framework for thinking about the strength of evidence

Dave Salisbury

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How confident are you? A framework for thinking about the strength of evidence

How do we judge the quality of evidence we use to make decisions? CHEW Trustee David Salisbury shares his thoughts

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