Summary
Inspiring Communities is a network of experts in community-led change and development in New Zealand with a vision to support communities in creating and implementing change to improve their well-being. The organization builds capacity and influences change by sharing community insights, training, frameworks, and tools for community activators and organizations.
The Evaluating and Learning about Community-Led Change Toolkit offers five principles for community-led evaluation and tools for putting each principle into action. It enables local community leaders and changemakers to build on the strengths of each place to create locally grounded insights and solutions.
Policy & Practice Implications
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The toolkit offers a principle-based framework that community non-profit organizations and local decision-makers can use to understand what’s working, why and how to support collaborations and capacity building.
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Resources include: a framework, a tool for developing an evaluation plan, resources for collecting different types of data, a reflection guide, tools for getting conversations started, Idea boards, asset mapping, appreciative inquiry and more.
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Community and organizational leaders can use the toolkit to support a learning culture and enable strategic learning.
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The Toolkit provides practical approaches to ensure different perspectives are included in evaluation and the resulting decisions and actions benefit multiple interest holders.
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