Measuring real success in your community work

*We have a few spaces available on this event next week. Hope to see you there!

Date:            Thursday 7 April 2011
Time:           9.45am - 3:30pm (We will start promptly at 10am)
Venue:          St George’s Centre, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3BR

Cost:            £20 per person, including lunch

Booking:        Book and pay online in advance – this is essential

• Are you required to complete lengthy forms for funding or monitoring?
• Are you concerned about the gap between funder 'outputs' and real transformation?
• Do you want to be clear about the difference your project is making?
• Do you want to communicate better the successes of your work to your funders?

At Livability, we are aware of concern within churches and community projects about how to assess whether a project is successful or not.  Funders and statutory agencies often insist churches and projects complete lengthy forms but often these just give a statistical side of the story.  Church culture often goes the other way - assessing work through the way it is presented by charismatic individuals who are good at sharing stories and anecdotes.  Both of these are important but generally do not give the whole story. 

 “Very professional, as ever. Humorous but caring”

-Linda White from the Anchor Project attended our last ‘Measuring real success in your community work’ event

“What I can apply is the variety of ways to evaluate- we can do it in a fun group way, not just laborious report writing”

-Helen Stephenson from Grindon Church Community Project also attended our last event

• Assess and measure whether your community project is being as effective as it could be
• Communicate more effectively and authentically the success of your project to stakeholders and funders
• Grow in confidence about the overall effectiveness of your community work

We will...

• Use a wide range of interactive exercises to help you reflect on your work
• Use practical assessment tools that you can use after the training day with your project staff and volunteers
• Ensure that the day is fun, focused and dynamic and will help your community work be as effective as possible

In our training survey last year many of you asked for ‘Measuring success in my community project’. We are hoping this day will help you.

Hayley Teague and David Arscott from Livability’s Community Mission team.  The team work with a wide range of churches and Christian projects wrestling with these issues and bring experience and reflection sharpened by engagement and lively debate. 

Directions to St George’s Centre, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3BR:

St George’s is in the city centre next to the Leeds General Infirmary. We suggest that if possible you come by public transport - the railway and bus stations are about 8 minutes walk away. All day parking is limited to city centre multi-storeys. 

Join us at Livability’s other 2011 events:

Check out the Community Mission events calendar for training on other topics: Christian distinctiveness, Managing Volunteers, Community Development and others.

Jill Clark
Community Mission Coordinator 
  
Livability
50 Scrutton Street
London
EC2A 4XQ
www.communitymission.org.uk
 
Tel: 020 7452 2018
Mb: 07747 036 777