Author Archives: Sally Cupitt
Evaluating under fire: Managing impact during coronavirus
Ideas on how to adapt your impact and evaluation practices during the covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading
10 tips for developing a theory of change
Our guide to developing a great theory of change for your organisation. Continue reading
Eight reasons to love theory of change
Why many organisations, including NCVO, use theory of change to plan their work and evaluate their impact. Continue reading
Evaluation: A matter of faith?
Learn about the Quakers first major external evaluation, undertaken by the Charities Evaluation Services team at NCVO, and understand how we helped them. Continue reading
Using evaluation findings for communicating with funders
Your evaluation findings are a tool to help you maximise your impact. We explore how one charity used theirs to make a difference. Continue reading
Evaluation in a post-truth world
The head of NCVO's charities evaluation services explains why evaluation research is still crucial for voluntary sector organisations. Continue reading
Want trust and confidence? Demonstrate your impact
Why proving your impact is more important now than ever and some guidance for doing this Continue reading
The ’10 minute theory of change’ challenge
Learn how to produce a simplified theory of change to help you communicate your impact; all in 10 minutes Continue reading
A quarter-century of evaluation
Sally Cupitt reflects on 25 years of Charities Evaluation Services (CES), looking at how the sector has changed and setting out a vision for the future. Continue reading
So you want to assess impact?
What we mean by impact, and what do qualitative methods have to offer? Continue reading