An Arts & Health South West Members Meeting

Venue: Gloucestershire Resource Centre, City Works,

Alfred Street, Gloucester  GL1 4DF

11.00am - 3.00pm (10.45 am registration)

This Arts & Health South West day set out to learn from examples of evaluation and how it can improve standards, accountability and best practice.

Programme 

11am-11.10am - Welcome 

11.10am-11.30am  
Introduction to the day - Setting the context: Overview of Research, Approaches to Evaluation, Types of Evaluation, the Evidence Base, the National Context. Presentation by Jane Willis , Chair of Arts & Health South West.  Download presentation   

11.30am-11.50am  
Presentation by Jayne Howard , Director of Arts for Health Cornwall.  Examines why Evaluation is important and how it is used at AFHC.  Case studying Older People’s Project.  Download presentation   

11.50am-12.10pm  
Presentation by Lisa Otter-Barry , Co-ordinator, Soundwell Music Therapy Trust and Emma Weatherup , Music Therapist.  Lisa and Emma will present an independent study of Soundwell's adult mental health music therapy work, done by Bath University Mental health R&D team.  Download presentation   

12.10pm-12.30pm - Q & A 

12.30pm-1.45pm – lunch and an opportunity to network!  

1.45pm-2.45pm - A choice of 3 breakout sessions:

• Evaluation on a Budget: a basic guide to evaluation techniques with Norma Daykin , University of the West of England  Download Handout   
• Undertaking an Inclusional Evaluation with Dr Marion Naidoo , Naidoo & Associates/University of Bath.  This simple step-by-step guide provides a process for evaluating the impact of the work of arts projects.  It will also assist arts practitioners and organisations to build capacity for self-evaluation.  Download presentation
• Evaluation Toolkit for practitioners to use with NHS Staff. Workshop with Jayne Howard , Arts for Health Cornwall.  

2.45pm-3.00pm - Comments, questions, and close  

Other documents

Understanding Evaluation Flyer  

AHSW Understanding Evaluation Signposting sheet