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About ChEW
The Charity Evaluation Working Group is a community for people involved in evaluation and learning across the charity sector. We are run by evaluation practitioners who volunteer their time to coordinate the network.
Our members include in-house evaluators, consultants, researchers, funders, academics, and charity professionals working in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), data and evidence, strategy, and impact. They work across a wide range of roles and organisations, helping charities understand their impact, strengthen decision-making, build learning cultures, and use evidence in meaningful and practical ways.
What brings us together is a shared belief that evaluation should be useful, meaningful, ethical, and grounded in the realities of practice.
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Why ChEW exists
Evaluation in the charity sector is rewarding and important work, but it is not always easy. People are often balancing competing expectations from funders, leadership teams, boards, colleagues, and communities. They are trying to ensure evidence is robust while also practical and actionable. Many are working in fast-changing environments where time and resources are limited. The work can sometimes feel isolating, particularly for those working as the only evaluator in an organisation.
ChEW exists to support those working through these challenges by creating opportunities for connection, reflection, and shared learning.
What we do
We create spaces where people can share ideas, discuss challenges openly, and learn from one another. Through events, peer learning, and community conversations, we help members strengthen evaluation practice, build supportive connections, and explore new thinking across the sector.
We believe better evaluation happens when people have the opportunity to learn together, test ideas, and reflect honestly on both the challenges and the opportunities in their work. We value practical insight alongside methodological rigour, and recognise that strong evaluation depends on relationships, trust, and organisational culture as much as technical expertise.
Above all, ChEW is a community where people can ask questions, share unfinished ideas, and support one another in doing better work together.
