Meaningful measurement for community health and wellbeing

Schedule

Wed Jul 01 2026 at 10:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Old Fire Station | Oxford, EN

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Be part of the change shaping meaningful, inclusive ways to measure community health and wellbeing that demonstrate your impact.
About this Event

Meaningful measurement for community organisations and service providers

Are you working to improve community health and wellbeing and want to show your impact in more meaningful and inclusive ways? Join us in person for a participatory session all about meaningful measurement for community organisations, evaluators, artists and service providers. We'll share practical tips and real-world strategies to make your impact easier to communicate to funders and communities. Be part of a network that tests new approaches. Come ready to learn, share, and connect!


Agenda

🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Introductions, what is meaningful measurement and why is it challenging?

Info: Small group activities to discuss and refine what we mean by meaningful and inclusive measurement and the challenges of doing it in the real world


🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
What is Storytelling and how do we do it?
Host: Will Long, OFS

Info: Presentation on the key philosophy behind Storytelling, how it was developed and why and the processes used in this evaluation method


🕑: 11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Q and A with community organisations : Storytelling in practice
Host: Stephanie Tierney

Info: Examples of how Storytelling can be used in the real world - two community organisations and one research project that have used Storytelling talk about the benefits and challenges


🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Feedback and activity on challenges of measurement

Info: What did you think of these examples? What is happening in your world that makes it challenging - all views are important so we will capture them in a creative way


🕑: 12:20 PM - 01:00 PM
LUNCH

Info: Delicious food prepared on site by the Damascus Rose Kitchen


🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:20 PM
Meaningful measurement and how it can impact policy and practice

Info: Two leaders from Oxfordshire will talk about how they are developing ways to rewrite evaluation and measurement strategies to inform policy


🕑: 01:20 PM - 02:00 PM
Hands on: what can meaningful measurement look like?
Host: Caroline Potter; Henry Mulhall, Debra Westlake

Info: Creative ways of measuring impact with different communities - move around the room to try card games and interactive tools


🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Problem solving: solutions to introducing meaningful measurement

Info: Overcoming the challenges of the real world - learning from experience


🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Moving it forward: next steps to supporting each other

Info: Let's not leave it here. How can organisations support each other? Exploring everyone's ideas : maybe forming a community or practice, directory of resources, future studies together.


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Old Fire Station, 40 George Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

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