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Cassie Robinson, Deputy Director of Funding Strategy at The National Lottery Community Fund, welcomes the drive for transformational change.

Peninah Wangari-Jones, Director at the Racial Justice Network, calls for a greater focus on anti-racism and an analysis of the global forces driving displacement.

Dylan Fotoohi, Director of Refugees for Justice, calls for a shared theory of change to support funders and the sector to work more effectively together.

Sophie Ahmad and Shelley Dorrans (PHF learning partners) discuss with Alex Sutton (Head of Programme – Migration) the thinking behind the updated version of the Shared Ground Fund Theory of Change and its significance for colleagues working in the migration sector as well as potential applicants.

Catherine Sutton, PHF’s Head of Programme – Education, reflects on what the TDF projects have learned over the last year and how the productive challenges they’ve faced can help shape a new and better ​‘normal’.

Lauren Meadows, Director of Education for Greenfields Education and external evaluator for Sidegate Primary School’s TDF project, Active learning in and through the arts, describes the principles that underpin her approach to evaluation. 

External evaluation consultants Pat Cochrane and Vicky Storey share some of the challenges, opportunities and learning from the last year.

Ten EYFS teachers and SLTs in primary schools from the Southerly Point Co-Operative Multi-Academy Trust in Cornwall are working with artists from Music and Dance Education and the Minack Theatre. Provocations in music, dance and drama are designed to support language, communication and PSED. Their evaluation is being managed by the project team and this blog highlights some of their evaluation techniques and reflects on their impact.

Ruth Pryce, Head of Programme – Young People, introduces our latest resources shining a light on the approach three organisations take that champions young people’s strengths and potential.