This blog is co-authored by Bethia McNeil, our Chief Executive, and Mary McKaskill, our Practice Development Manager. In it, they explore terminology used across the charity sector lexicon and share some reflections on the Centre’s approach to ‘impact terminology​.

This blog was written by Sarah Williams, Research and Learning Officer at the Centre. As we enter the third and final year of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF), this blog reflects on what we have learnt about the collection and management of impact data, and how these lessons can be applied across the youth sector.

This blog is co-authored by Bethia McNeil, our Chief Executive, and Ed Anderton, our Acting Director of Practice Development. In it, they share some reflections about the use of cost-benefit analysis in the youth sector, with reference to programmes such as the National Citizen Service, and the Youth Investment Fund.

This blog was written by The Centre’s first Chair, Thomas Lawson, who stood down last month in order to focus on his new role as CEO at Turn2Us, part of the critical fight against poverty in the UK today. In it, Tom shares his reflections on the need for a culture of practice that focuses on learning how to make continual improvements to our work.

In this blog, Sydney Church (the Centre’s Research and Learning Officer), focuses on the concept of a ‘pedagogy of discomfort’ to explore how disruptive feelings and emotions can offer valuable insight into evaluation across the youth sector.

At their Annual Gathering in September, The Centre for Youth Impact hosted a workshop on “Equality and Equity in Evaluation: Applying an Identity Lens”. During a morning and afternoon session, we listened to writer, cultural producer and an award-winning arts educator, Farzana Khan; researcher Julie Temperley; and educational researcher and consultant Nusrat Faizullah discuss and explore their perspectives on the topic.

At the Gathering 2018 Rashid Iqbal, CEO of The Winch, spoke as part of a panel titled 'Reframing power, impact and change: the role of quality, voice and collective action'.

The Centre for Youth Impact recently hosted its fourth annual Gathering, and a clear theme that resonated throughout the conference was the need to invest in and improve longitudinal research in the youth sector.

At the Gathering 2018 Aston Wood, Youth Development Manager at St Mary’s, responded to Polly Neate’s opening keynote address. This blog captures some of Aston’s response.

In this blog, Bethia McNeil, CEO at the Centre for Youth Impact, shares her reflections on our annual conference. This year's conference explored the relationship between impact, power and change.

This blog was written by Polly Neate, CEO at Shelter. Polly delivered the opening keynote address at the Gathering 2018, which explored the role of power, impact and change in the UK youth sector.

This blog was written by Mariyam Farooq, Senior Advisor – Programme, Impact and Evaluation at Black Thrive. Mariyam was part of a panel at the Gathering 2018 titled 'Reframing power, impact and change: the role of quality, voice and collective action' and this blog provides a shortened version of her contribution.