Masterclass - Involving children and

young people in evaluation and impact

How we do it in... Play Torbay

Play Torbay is a small charity which delivers 20,000 free opportunities every year, championing children’s right to play

We find lots of different ways for young people to tell us what they think about the activities on offer and what they would like to do in the future...

Photographs Interviews Video Sound recordings Case studies Report cards Vox Pops Feedback sessions Reflective diaries Practical ideas such as pebbles in jars, sticky

dots on a bull’s eye sheet

Evaluation methods include

The FUNk story

Young people help to tell the story   http://youtu.be/CPSRH

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The Young Inspectors’ Story

  http://youtu.be/I1K-fI-o

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The cultural offer for young people in Torbay

Main findings

Lack of information about what is on offer for young people in Torbay

More opportunities for children and young people in the holidays – not just for tourists

Cultural opportunities that were not too expensive

The cultural offer for young people in Torbay

Youth Cultural Partnership

NEW WAVE

But there are some things which are difficult to

quantify. For example: Interest in life, happiness and satisfaction Sense of personal power Sense of one’s own competence Ability to cope with stress and frustration Resilience

Measuring children’s self confidence and well-being

Problem solving skills Decision making skills Creativity Actualisation Belonging Acceptance Participation

Measuring children’s self confidence and well-being

Measuring soft outcomes

Introducing the sticker book

Finally the story of how young people developed ‘Questing in Torbay’

QUEST PLAY I have learned a lot of new technical things (film making, digital art, filming, recording, etc.).

I have learned there is a lot more to acting than just being in the audience eye; there is a lot of preparation, a lot of things to think about, and sometimes a lot of lines to learn but I did it, I enjoyed it and the audience liked it too.

Ayesha (11 years)