Meaningful measurement for community health and wellbeing
Schedule
Wed Jul 01 2026 at 10:00 am to 03:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Old Fire Station | Oxford, EN
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.
Where is it happening?
Old Fire Station, 40 George Street, Oxford, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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