This list of articles by Creative Choice covers important considerations for any freelancer.
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Arts Council England, Shared Intelligence and the National Foundation for Educational Research published a detailed literature review in July 2012 that compares 31 different arts evaluation tools that are currently in use.
CultureHive is a free resource to help you discover and share best practice in cultural marketing, and a lot more.
When planning and delivering an arts project, it is important to consider health and safety issues from the outset.
At the planning stage one needs to consider participants, supporting adults, artists and visitors as well as likely venues, potential hazards arising from the immediate environment and the project itself.
Inspiring Impact is an international collaborative programme, working with the charity sector to help organisations know what to measure and how to measure
This short handbook on measuring well-being is produced by the Centre for Well-being at nef (the new economics foundation), and is designed primarily for voluntary organisations and community groups delivering projects and services, to help them kick-start the process of measuring well-being outcomes.
Youth Music has created a practical guide for all those planning or running a music-making project for children and young people. This guide will help you through your entire project, from the initial proposal right through to sharing your findings.
Individuals and small organisations may have little experience of developing a business plan, feel daunted at the prospect and be unsure of what information is required or how to present it. Funding organizations will want to know who you are, what you want to do, how you want to do it, where the money/resources will be coming from and finally, when and how the money will be spent.
LEAN can offer extensive help with monitoring and evaluation; there is also additional help on offer in the borough from the Community Services Directorate and Voluntary Action Lewisham who run occassional courses - check our Professional Development section for any current courses.
Since 2012, Arts Council England have been working with a range of arts and cultural organisations, devising and testing a set of principles to underpin high quality work by, with and for children and young people.
The Arts Council has published a new self-evaluation tool to help arts organisations evaluate their performance and plan for the future
Make a case for your creative project by using this new research complied by the Cultural Learning Alliance.
When surveyed, 97% of small businesses claimed visual content is important to their marketing strategy. 'Images can be a great help in communicating your message, but it’s crucial it’s done right!' says the Technology Trust.
ArtWorks commissioned research into the perspective of employers, commissioners and hirers of artists working in participatory settings.
This study considers, amongst other things, 'What is the impact of young people's participation in structured arts activities on their learning outcomes?'
Guide to using volunteers in the arts
Impact measurement is rightly very topical at the moment; it is of course vital to consider how you assess the impact you make through your work.
More and more organisations are self-evaluating the work that they do, with a greater emphasis on assessing their outcomes and impact. This means collecting data.
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