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29.11.2023

Demystifying Dimensions

‘Dimension’ questions are a central component of the Impact & Insight Toolkit.  But what are these ‘dimensions’ and where do they come from?   What are ‘dimensions’? Dimensions are standardised

25.10.2023

Reporting On-Demand

This blogpost provides the background and additional information regarding the Reporting Dashboard.  If you are looking for guidance on how to create the reports and interpret charts, please look at

01.06.2023

Ambition and Quality: Putting it into Practice

Introduction At the beginning of April, Counting What Counts (CWC) launched the updated version of the Impact & Insight Toolkit (Toolkit) to support the National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) cohort in

28.03.2023

The ‘New’ Toolkit Project – Your Questions, Our Answers

Having recently been chatting more about the ‘new’ Impact & Insight Toolkit, some great questions have been presented to us.  Whilst we have responded directly, we would like to share

26.01.2023

Preparing for the 2023-26 ACE Funding Period

Check out the process by which we will be providing access to the new and improved Impact & Insight Toolkit, alongside the gradual termination of the current Toolkit project.

19.01.2023

Ambition & Quality; Quality Evaluation Frameworks

Establishing an evaluation framework is incredibly useful when it comes to evidencing commitment to the Ambition and Quality investment principle.

13.12.2022

The Ambition & Quality Investment Principle ‘All Wrapped Up’ in the Toolkit

Whilst Christmas it not yet upon us, Counting What Counts (CWC) already has its eyes firmly on the New Year, and we want to share with you exciting news about

04.11.2022

A Statement from the Director

The Impact & Insight Toolkit will continue to be a resource available to NPOs from April 2023

13.09.2021

What's your question?

Your results achieved through using the Toolkit can be insightful across the organisation, as long as you know where to start. That’s why a question has been allocated to each department, with the intention of prompting a conversation.

25.08.2021

Demonstrating Ambition & Quality with the Toolkit

Consider the Toolkit to measure and evaluate individual pieces of work in ways aligned with the Ambition & Quality Principle.

07.07.2021

Making a question 'Required'

When designing your surveys, you can opt to make a question ‘required’.  If you choose to make a question ‘required’, the respondent will not be able to progress through the

01.06.2021

Using the Toolkit with Arts Council’s Ambition & Quality Investment Principle in mind

John Knell, Director at CWC, reflects on how the inherent flexibility of the Impact & Insight Toolkit provides for a good fit with ACE’s new Ambition & Quality Investment Principle