Year 2 Study Visit Brochure 2017

To help us capture the impact of our work at NTW, we have created a bespoke database. This allows practitioners from all of the funded partner organisations to record interactions, introductions, collective outcomes and monitor contributions to collective targets. We report these back to the Big Lottery fund. Qualitative and quantitative recording like this helps us to build a picture of what things are like, aids understanding of complex and multifaceted circumstances, aids us in identifying impact, and importantly helps us to spot where systems could be improved.

Numbers and statistics are key to measuring progress and making a case for change. Stories connect us and create empathy, highlighting nuance, changing the way we see things and challenging our assumptions. Through collecting and sharing stories, and through presenting our NTW Theory of Change through a story, we create new ways of seeing people, ourselves, and the wider system- ultimately making space for developing newly informed ways of working, together.

The University of East Anglia is the evaluation partner for NTW. Throughout the lifetime of the programme they will be gathering data from our monitoring and evaluation records, collecting stories from local residents and other stakeholders, and analysing it all to demonstrate effectiveness and impact. Through this work we aim to show the pivotal relationship between the creation of stronger communities, service transformation and inclusive economic growth.

• 1592 people making new connections within their community
• 2893 people participating in at least one community event
• 739 people reporting new friendships
• 40 self-help resident-led community groups supported to development
• 302 people progressing to join a new group or network
• 115 volunteers reporting they feel more active in their community
• 40 people maintaining first-time involvement in community activity/employment
• 458 beneficiaries receiving first step support via community based groups/networks
• 183 people with complex needs report improved confidence competing for jobs following at least one volunteer position/'taster' day/work placement
• 81 people supported to overcome at least one personal challenge
• 212 people experience smooth seamless referrals into services from one contact point
• 183 people report improved well-being from having issues addressed
• 324 people complete at least one training session
• 302 people report improvement in skill level following completion of at least one training session
• 65 people will have overcome issues preventing them from getting and holding down a job, resulting in them sustaining employment
• 42 local employers report being engaged and involved with their local community