A practical guide for anyone who wants to approach evaluation in an inclusive and meaningful way. The guide offers easy-to-use tools that can be applied straight away. It provides examples and reflections to help rethink what evaluation can be, and how it can strengthen projects, partnerships and relationships with communities.

Whether part of a community organisation, a research team, a charity, a public sector project or a grassroots initiative, this guide offers practical and collaborative approaches to evaluation that are grounded in real world experience. 

The guide brings together practical tips for reimagining evaluation, each grounded in real examples from community organisations, researchers and practitioners, that allow:  

• planning and adapting with confidence
• making evaluation inclusive
• choosing methods that fit the context
• capturing what really matters.