Creating order from chaos: encouraging long term thinking about rapid response work
11 February 2021
This month, Jo Hickman Dunne, Project Officer at the Centre, reflects on how we can begin to make clearer decisions about what our services should look like as we move towards the ‘new normal’.
How can we best advance meaningful engagement with evidence, when acceptance of evidence is optional?
14 January 2021
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.
As part of the legacy of the Youth Investment Fund, and particularly the importance of collaboration with practitioners through the evaluation design process, the Centre for Youth Impact is establishing a new Practitioner Panel.
BLOG: Something New: Learning from organisations enabling youth social action for the first time
5 November 2020
Different types of organisations are enabling youth social action as part of the #iwill Fund – youth social action looks different, and has different benefits in each. This blog by Jenny North of Dartington Service Design Lab shares findings from the #iwill Fund’s recent report into the new directions for youth social action suggested by the #iwill Funded activity.
Diving into COVID survey data, part 3 – ‘Education’
3 September 2020
Since the start of the pandemic, NYA and the Centre for Youth Impact have been gathering a range of the surveys focused on the impact of coronavirus on young people and the organisations that exist to support them.
Step by step - reflections on the youth sector data standard, v 1.1
1 September 2020
Back in April, Ed, our Director of Practice Development, marked the launch of the first version of the youth sector data standard by referring to the old joke about asking directions and being told that “you don’t want to start from here”.
Lessons from the Listening Fund (Part 5): Listening during COVID-19
19 June 2020
Over the past two years, the Centre for Youth Impact has been working with the funders and youth organisations involved in the Listening Fund, a collaborative effort to support organisations to listen and respond to young people – and make this the norm.
Lessons from the Listening Fund (Part 4): Reflecting on fund design
18 June 2020
Over the past two years, the Centre for Youth Impact has been working with the funders and youth organisations involved in the Listening Fund, a collaborative effort to support organisations to listen and respond to young people – and make this the norm.
Lessons from the Listening Fund (Part 3): Designing a diagnostic tool for organisational listening
17 June 2020
Over the past two years, the Centre for Youth Impact has been working with the funders and youth organisations involved in the Listening Fund, a collaborative effort to support organisations to listen and respond to young people – and make this the norm.