Making Evaluation Matter: Designing, Delivering and Using Evidence for Better Social Care Practice and Services DescriptionHow do we move beyond monitoring activity to understanding what difference services make for children, families and communities? This interactive workshop will provide social care leaders, managers and practitioners with practical tools and approaches to design, commission and use evaluation effectively. DATE: Monday 26 April 2027 TIME: 2pm-5pm PRICE: £60 per person, or Buy Five Get One Free £300 (6 tickets) Online via MS Teams TARGETED AT: Professionals working in leadership roles in the public sector Speaker: Lisa Holmes, Professor in Applied Social Science, and Robyn Long, Head of APP Research and Evaluation How do we move beyond monitoring activity to understanding what difference services make for children, families and communities? This interactive workshop will provide social care leaders, managers and practitioners with practical tools and approaches to design, commission and use evaluation effectively. Drawing on extensive experience of evaluating a range of policy initiatives and service innovations, participants will explore how to develop meaningful evaluation questions, select appropriate methods, use data intelligently, and ensure findings inform decision-making and service improvement. The workshop will combine practical examples, real-world case studies and hands-on exercises to support participants to strengthen evaluation capacity within their own organisations. We will email you the access link to this workshop, and instructions on how to join, few days before the workshop scheduled date. All attendees will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the workshop. If you are booking for multiple attendees, or on behalf of someone else, please email us at socialchangehub@sussex.ac.uk to let us know the names of the attendees. For enquiries, please contact us at socialchangehub@sussex.ac.uk. By purchasing the ticket, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and cancellation policy. Please read out terms and conditions and cancellation policy on Sussex Social Change Hub website. Evaluation £60 – single ticketEvaluation £300 – Buy five, get one free (6 tickets) |