In this latest blog, the Centre's Catherine Mitchell shares final thoughts and reflections on the Impact Accelerator as we wrap up our work with the third and final cohort.

This month, Bethia McNeil, CEO at the Centre for Youth Impact, ponders the meaning and emerging focus of ‘learning’ within evaluation.

Looking to the future and building on the learning from the Youth Investment Fund (YIF),  the Centre's Research Fellow Kelly Bradshaw-Walsh looks at ways to make measurement of youth provision meaningful.

For this month's 'Our thoughts', the Centre's Data Lead Josef Fischer shares what he’s been working on and how our outlook may be affected by our ‘cultural lens’.

Dr Jo Hickman-Dunne reflects on lessons learned from The Listening Fund Scotland evaluation and the ways in which young people can have a greater say in shaping the provision they receive.

Each month, our team members set out what’s currently occupying their thoughts. For May's 'Our Thoughts', Enterprise Development Manager Soizic Hagege reflects on her first few weeks at the Centre and the power of enterprise when embedded into youth organisations.

This month, Catherine Mitchell, the Centre's Organisational Learning Lead, reflects on barriers to evaluation practice and the steps we can take to create 'good thinking environments' for all.

In late 2020, the Centre for Youth Impact commissioned Sarah-Jane Danchie, Director at The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) Africa, to explore and draw together resources focused on equitable and anti-racist evaluation, and frame some priority questions to guide our future work. 

This month, Dartington Service Design Lab's Leanne Freeman, coming to the end of her secondment role at the Centre, reflects on the importance of strong relationships in project delivery.

Spoiler alert: I don’t have an answer to this question, but it’s something that’s been weighing heavy on my mind and I think should be examined within the evaluation field specifically.

"It’s tough at the top - whatever sector you’re in. But in the social sector, including the youth sector, there are some distinct challenges for leaders."

"The aim is to move on from the failed approach of waiting to find out if an intervention is effective before thinking about scalability."