Hello, My name is Kirsty, the Founder and Director of The Evaluator. Occasionally I write a Director’s blog to include general thoughts and interesting pieces of information that we are currently working on. Presently, I am working on trying to come up with a solution for measuring how our clients have adapted to Covid-19. It […]
In 2020, for the project 72 Seasons, we are working with a group of volunteers – our seasonal seekers – to rename the year in nature. Every 4 or 5 days we start a new season. Our seekers are helping us to notice the changes in nature. Throughout they project they complete health and wellbeing […]
72 Seasons is open for Winter sign ups. Would you like to join us? Would you like to take part in a creative and relaxed wellbeing project and come and seek the seasons with us? It is all completely free, this research is part of the Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership range of projects, and […]
Social Return on Investment (SROI) has been around for quite a while, but it’s still not that well understood. Our director, Kirsty Rose Parker, completed the training back in 2010 and has used it on many occasions. Carrying out a SROI is a robust framework for writing and describing a wider context of value. It […]
We are delighted to be working with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council on their Townscape Heritage Project, Blakey Moor. The Blakey Moor Townscape Heritage Project is an ambitious £3 million joint investment by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This heritage-led regeneration project is working to transform the historic heart […]
We were talking to a client earlier and sharing a newly adapted evaluation for Covid-19 times. None of us know what is coming next or when a return to face-to-face work may be possible. For our clients who often work with really vulnerable individuals this means worry, and feelings of frustration and helplessness. Many charities […]
72 Seasons is now open for Summer sign ups. Join us in our beautifully calm and easy nature project. We ask you to fill in some simple online surveys all about health and wellbeing, and then take you on a journey to seek the seasons with us. During Summer we will be looking out […]
The world is changing. Here in the UK we are being asked to stay at home, to work from home, and to minimise our movement and travel down to the necessities. We are being asked this to ease pressure on the NHS, to stop the spread of the virus and to save lives. It’s a […]
18 reasons to love Winter; a creative evaluation of wellbeing 72 seasons is a year-long research project, designed by Kirsty Rose Parker (founder & director of The Evaluator), to measure how being more connected to nature makes us feel. We do that through working with a team of volunteer seasonal seekers. We have planned a […]