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09.07.2024

Why it isn’t a Case of Step 1, Step 2, Step 3…

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

15.05.2024

The Impact of Delivery Method on Results

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

25.04.2024

Ambition and Quality, Peer Review, and the Toolkit

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

25.03.2024

Revisiting The Toolkit and Ambition & Quality

Updated March 2025   A change in season is the ideal time for reflection, and, with the new Financial Year upon us, there’s no better time to pause and take

08.01.2024

Evaluating Place-Based Work - A Research Project

This blogpost accompanies the report on Evaluating Place-Based Work. We recommend that you read the report to obtain a detailed understanding into the work that was undertaken and the findings

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

Updated April 2025 This blogpost refers to the original Impact & Insight Toolkit Reporting Dashboard which was launched in October 2023. This dashboard and associated reports were replaced by the

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

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.

12.12.2022

A Handful of Lessons

We’ve learned a tremendous amount over the past 4 years of delivering the first iteration of the Toolkit

04.11.2022

A Statement from the Director

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

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