Extending Creative Practice was a pilot project funded by the EU Grundtvig Adult Learning program... more Extending Creative Practice was a pilot project funded by the EU Grundtvig Adult Learning programme. The project involved 5 partners from 4 European countries: Finland (Laurea), Romania (The Progress Foundation), Slovenia (Mitra) and the UK (DigiTales and CUCR, Goldsmiths). The project involved DigiTales training trainers from each of the partner organisations in the DigiTales digital storytelling method. These trainers then used the method in working with older people with the primary aim of increasing their ICT skills and therefore digital inclusion. Goldsmiths role was to evaluate the piloting of this in each of the countries and draw out common themes, differences, learning and key findings.
This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's ver... more This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Published version CRABBE, Tim, BAILEY, Gavin, BLACKSHAW, Tony, BROWN, Adam, CHOAK, Clare, GIDLEY, Ben, MELLOR, Gavin, O'CONNOR, Kath, SLATER, Imogen and WOODHOUSE, Donna (2006). Knowing the score: Positive Futures Case Study Research: Final Report. Project Report. London, Positive Futures.
This report is an evaluation of Silver Stories , a research and training partnership of nine orga... more This report is an evaluation of Silver Stories , a research and training partnership of nine organisatio ns from six countries. The project brought together expertise in digital storytelling, community engagement and education to train professionals working with community groups and elderly people. Silver Stories ran from October 2013 to September 2015 and was funded by the Eu ropean Commission’s Learning Programme, under the Leonardo da Vinci Lifelong Transfer of Innov ation sub -‐ programme . This programme seeks to adopt and transfer existing innovative practices to new settings that included sectors, target groups and countries, made achievable by working with transnational partners. This evaluation report is a key proj ect deliverable to explore the efficacy of the project in delivering its aims , namely to: • Adapt and transfer learning methods from E xtending Creative Practice (E CP ) across the whole partnership and to two new countries and, working to provide VET for a new...
It is one of the problems of policy research and evaluation reports, not least in the arts and me... more It is one of the problems of policy research and evaluation reports, not least in the arts and media sector, that many readers only read the executive summary of reports. They often look for a bold, headline finding, preferably digestible in the form of an arresting statistic. This means that the nuance and detail of the research is often lost. This report argues for a more considered and qualitative approach to evaluation and research, taking seriously the complexity of the outcomes of participatory media, which is the subject of our research. However, if we were to summarise the report in four sentences, this is what we would say. First, media activity is particularly good at attracting a diverse range of people, so there is a need for flexibility in approach for project delivery, responding to individual needs. Second, a key ingredient is media professionalism and industry kudos, combined with a developmental whole-person approach, a combination which brings benefits far beyond e...
The Changing Places, Changing Lives research into L&Q’s ‘community impact’ demonstrates the uniqu... more The Changing Places, Changing Lives research into L&Q’s ‘community impact’ demonstrates the unique position of housing associations as social landlords. It examines seven neighbourhoods, which span two periods in urban governance: the area-based initiatives of the last Labour government, which aimed to regenerate and ‘renew’ specific neighbourhoods characterised by large swathes of public housing; and the current housing policy of the coalition government, which places an emphasis on decentralisation and localism (rather than centralised spatial strategies). With the demise of regeneration monies, such as the Single Regeneration Budget and New Deal for Communities, and the considerable cuts to the budgets of local authority services, the ability of social landlords to attract mobile capital, nurture indigenous capacity and talent and provide community resources at this time is particularly significant as they shape urban neighbourhoods. The research clearly points to extensive impac...
This report represents the culmination of the first phase of the Positive Futures (PF) Case Studi... more This report represents the culmination of the first phase of the Positive Futures (PF) Case Studies Research Project rather than a definitive set of findings as such. Rather like the PF programme itself it is very much a work in progress which is evolving all the time in the context of the action research approach we have adopted. This approach involves a cycle of action and reflection, with both the projects and research adapting in relation to the themes that emerge from the study as it progresses. Nevertheless whilst this element of the research has been concerned as much with the establishment of relations with projects and participants as investigating the relationships between them, we have begun to identify a number of tentative themes and findings. These themes are presented in a fashion which is intended to guide the future direction of projects every bit as much as to gain abstract theoretical insight. Yet this recognition of the importance of practicality and direction sh...
An evaluative study of Creative Families, an arts and mental health partnership between South Lon... more An evaluative study of Creative Families, an arts and mental health partnership between South London Gallery and the Southwark Parental Mental Health Team
The research explored the impact of public service modernisation agendas as these were being expe... more The research explored the impact of public service modernisation agendas as these were being experienced by public service professionals and volunteers engaged in Law Centres. Law Centres were providing front-line advice to individuals and communities in disadvantaged areas, information and advice services that have been identified as centrally important to public service modernisation agendas, as governments have been aiming to shift the balance of power and accountability away from public service providers towards more active and informed citizens and service users. Were these policy agendas facilitating the development of more effective, more accountable services? Or conversely were they being experienced as demotivating and demoralising, potentially undermining the occupational values and identities of those involved? More specifically the research also aimed to identify the ways in which these changes were being addressed, what strategies were being adopted to manage competing ...
Extending Creative Practice was a pilot project funded by the EU Grundtvig Adult Learning program... more Extending Creative Practice was a pilot project funded by the EU Grundtvig Adult Learning programme. The project involved 5 partners from 4 European countries: Finland (Laurea), Romania (The Progress Foundation), Slovenia (Mitra) and the UK (DigiTales and CUCR, Goldsmiths). The project involved DigiTales training trainers from each of the partner organisations in the DigiTales digital storytelling method. These trainers then used the method in working with older people with the primary aim of increasing their ICT skills and therefore digital inclusion. Goldsmiths role was to evaluate the piloting of this in each of the countries and draw out common themes, differences, learning and key findings.
This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's ver... more This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Published version CRABBE, Tim, BAILEY, Gavin, BLACKSHAW, Tony, BROWN, Adam, CHOAK, Clare, GIDLEY, Ben, MELLOR, Gavin, O'CONNOR, Kath, SLATER, Imogen and WOODHOUSE, Donna (2006). Knowing the score: Positive Futures Case Study Research: Final Report. Project Report. London, Positive Futures.
This report is an evaluation of Silver Stories , a research and training partnership of nine orga... more This report is an evaluation of Silver Stories , a research and training partnership of nine organisatio ns from six countries. The project brought together expertise in digital storytelling, community engagement and education to train professionals working with community groups and elderly people. Silver Stories ran from October 2013 to September 2015 and was funded by the Eu ropean Commission’s Learning Programme, under the Leonardo da Vinci Lifelong Transfer of Innov ation sub -‐ programme . This programme seeks to adopt and transfer existing innovative practices to new settings that included sectors, target groups and countries, made achievable by working with transnational partners. This evaluation report is a key proj ect deliverable to explore the efficacy of the project in delivering its aims , namely to: • Adapt and transfer learning methods from E xtending Creative Practice (E CP ) across the whole partnership and to two new countries and, working to provide VET for a new...
It is one of the problems of policy research and evaluation reports, not least in the arts and me... more It is one of the problems of policy research and evaluation reports, not least in the arts and media sector, that many readers only read the executive summary of reports. They often look for a bold, headline finding, preferably digestible in the form of an arresting statistic. This means that the nuance and detail of the research is often lost. This report argues for a more considered and qualitative approach to evaluation and research, taking seriously the complexity of the outcomes of participatory media, which is the subject of our research. However, if we were to summarise the report in four sentences, this is what we would say. First, media activity is particularly good at attracting a diverse range of people, so there is a need for flexibility in approach for project delivery, responding to individual needs. Second, a key ingredient is media professionalism and industry kudos, combined with a developmental whole-person approach, a combination which brings benefits far beyond e...
The Changing Places, Changing Lives research into L&Q’s ‘community impact’ demonstrates the uniqu... more The Changing Places, Changing Lives research into L&Q’s ‘community impact’ demonstrates the unique position of housing associations as social landlords. It examines seven neighbourhoods, which span two periods in urban governance: the area-based initiatives of the last Labour government, which aimed to regenerate and ‘renew’ specific neighbourhoods characterised by large swathes of public housing; and the current housing policy of the coalition government, which places an emphasis on decentralisation and localism (rather than centralised spatial strategies). With the demise of regeneration monies, such as the Single Regeneration Budget and New Deal for Communities, and the considerable cuts to the budgets of local authority services, the ability of social landlords to attract mobile capital, nurture indigenous capacity and talent and provide community resources at this time is particularly significant as they shape urban neighbourhoods. The research clearly points to extensive impac...
This report represents the culmination of the first phase of the Positive Futures (PF) Case Studi... more This report represents the culmination of the first phase of the Positive Futures (PF) Case Studies Research Project rather than a definitive set of findings as such. Rather like the PF programme itself it is very much a work in progress which is evolving all the time in the context of the action research approach we have adopted. This approach involves a cycle of action and reflection, with both the projects and research adapting in relation to the themes that emerge from the study as it progresses. Nevertheless whilst this element of the research has been concerned as much with the establishment of relations with projects and participants as investigating the relationships between them, we have begun to identify a number of tentative themes and findings. These themes are presented in a fashion which is intended to guide the future direction of projects every bit as much as to gain abstract theoretical insight. Yet this recognition of the importance of practicality and direction sh...
An evaluative study of Creative Families, an arts and mental health partnership between South Lon... more An evaluative study of Creative Families, an arts and mental health partnership between South London Gallery and the Southwark Parental Mental Health Team
The research explored the impact of public service modernisation agendas as these were being expe... more The research explored the impact of public service modernisation agendas as these were being experienced by public service professionals and volunteers engaged in Law Centres. Law Centres were providing front-line advice to individuals and communities in disadvantaged areas, information and advice services that have been identified as centrally important to public service modernisation agendas, as governments have been aiming to shift the balance of power and accountability away from public service providers towards more active and informed citizens and service users. Were these policy agendas facilitating the development of more effective, more accountable services? Or conversely were they being experienced as demotivating and demoralising, potentially undermining the occupational values and identities of those involved? More specifically the research also aimed to identify the ways in which these changes were being addressed, what strategies were being adopted to manage competing ...
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