Creative Fuse North East Conference 2022

Evaluation identifies what works and where problems occur, highlights best practices, unintended consequences or unexpected outcomes, and is expected to demonstrate value for funders and funding bodies. 

We can all agree that evaluation is essential for every organisation and project. 

Common fears and concerns about the actual implementation, relevance, and competency to conduct evaluation exist across the sector, however. Effective evaluation can benefit from a mixed-methods, holistic, collaborative and participatory approach, which can be better embedded in the community and creative sector work, which often intertwine. 

In this strand, we consider different perspectives and methods for evaluation within the creative sector, the long-term impact, and ways to inform outreach and respond to the outcomes for sustained community impact and transformation.