The Impact & Insight Toolkit is a project run by Counting What Counts. We work with our partners, Culture Counts and Arts Council England, to provide evaluation tools to ACE funded organisations. Find out more about us, our commitments and meet the team.
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Since opening up to National Lottery Project Grants in 2023, the Impact & Insight Toolkit has seen growing engagement from organisations keen to evaluate and reflect on their work. But…
We were fortunate enough to speak with 100 organisations (yes, exactly 100!) in the winter of 2024 as part of our consultations offer. Something we found that we were repeatedly…
What is an API? Put simply, an Application Programming Interface (API) is like a bridge which connects different software. By having this ‘bridge’ in place, data can be passed between…
Author: John Knell Outcome Measurement Since the Impact & Insight Toolkit’s inception in 2019, Counting What Counts (CWC) has been continually working with our project participants to co-create outcome…
The full report can be accessed here, and we recommend that you read it to obtain a detailed understanding of the research undertaken and the findings achieved. Cultural organisations…
This blogpost accompanies the launch of the new Reporting Dashboard for the Impact & Insight Toolkit (Toolkit), released December 2024. The dashboard has been developed by Counting What Counts, specifically…
The completion of surveys can be influenced by various factors, including: the order of questions, question type, and question choice. Introduction Working with many people that are new to quality…
We are pleased to announce that we have published a dataset of updated benchmarks for the Impact & Insight Toolkit dimensions on our website! This blogpost is about the benchmarks…
This blogpost considers the background to the development of the Culture Counts to Illuminate Conversion Service. It doesn’t provide information on how to use it. For that, please see the…
Many Impact & Insight Toolkit users appreciate the flexibility of conducting quality evaluation with the Toolkit; however, there have been some questions about the consequences of this. One of the…
Does the survey delivery method affect results to dimension questions? Introduction The Impact & Insight Toolkit (Toolkit) approach to evaluation supports 4 delivery methods: Online (designed to be used…
By investing in peer review, the receiving organisation will achieve a well-rounded understanding of how their work is perceived. Ambition and Quality Investment Principle and Peer Review Peer review…