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Collaborative evaluation approaches were key to the success of the YDance programme, Step It Up. Linzi McLagan, Head of Education for YDance, discusses the importance of their collaboration with the Robert Owen Centre (ROC) at the University of Glasgow and shares some of the approaches used within their programme. 

Using a games-based approach to evaluation, Grimm & Co in partnership with Astrea Academy Trust created an imaginative way to ensure that reflective discussion mirrored the ethos of their Teacher Development Fund project. Gemma Thornton, Head of Learning and Impact for Grimm & Co shares their learning.

Pat Cochrane and Vicky Storey, evaluation support consultants for rounds 3–6 of the Teacher Development Fund, reflect on the differing approaches to evaluation across TDF projects and share some of the ways that colleagues have enabled genuine exploration as an integral part of programme design.

The renewed Backbone Fund will enable us to contribute towards strengthening civil society as a whole. Michelle Palmer outlines the changes we’ve made to the Fund.

Shoubhik Bandopadhyay outlines our vision for the Arts Fund and explores what a regenerative and expansive cultural sector might look like.

Ruth Pryce, Head of Programme – Young People, and Sarah Eberhardt, Evidence and Learning Analyst, reflect on the results of our latest racial justice audit.

Shreya Gautam reflects on how funders can provide support beyond grants to organisations working working on migration, asylum and refugee issues.

Step It Up explored the use of dance and kinaesthetic learning to support and challenge pupils to achieve their full potential, with support from the Teacher Development Fund.

Nic Bailey, headteacher of Victoria Park Primary School in Bristol shares his Teacher Development Fund journey which built upon an existing relationship with Travelling Light Theatre.