The ChEW Blog

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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