Welcome to Autumn, our final adventure in nature. This season has an added layer of poignancy, as there is a sense of ending running throughout. Our seasonal seekers were really engaged this season though, there was a lot of spotting and sharing. Maybe they were making the most of the project while it lasted? Maybe […]
Summer! It wasn’t the sunniest and warmest of Summers in the main. Maybe all the sunshine was allocated to Spring? I think if I’m honest this season struggled a bit more than the others. Lots of people did manage to go on holidays, including me, and staff shortages meant an extremely busy Summer when not […]
The Evaluator is delighted to announce a new client, and will be evaluation partner on The Cairngorms Capercaillie Project. The Cairngorms Capercaillie Project is the coming together of communities in the Cairngorms National Park to help secure the long-term future of capercaillie in the UK. The UK capercaillie population is in serious decline, but communities […]
The pandemic continues and it has certainly been a tough start to many in 2021. We have felt it ourselves, continually having to make changes, feeling anxious about our health and family and friends, it is not the best situation to be in. But, we wanted to reassure you – you might be doing much […]
We are taking a Christmas break, and shall be back, refreshed, on the 4th January 2021. Happy Holidays.
We have just made a film all about our 72 Seasons project. This is one of our own projects, funded by the Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership. With artwork by Cath in the Attic, and filmed and edited by Huckleberry Film, this is a lovely video to share. This whole year, 2020, we created a way […]
We are delighted to be working with a new client, Attitude is Everything, evaluating Beyond the Music. Beyond the Music is an ambitious programme, funded by Reaching Communities from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to encourage more Deaf and disabled people to work in the music industry. Here is an extract from the Attitude is […]
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 […]