The ChEW Blog

Turning Learning Into Action: Reflections from the ChEW Festival 2025

Three months on, Charlotte Turner shares her reflections from the ChEW Festival 2025

Charlotte Turner

3 min read

Better data, stronger buy-in: The case for bottom-up evaluation

ImpactEd Evaluation share how bringing 'on the ground' voices into evaluation early on improves the quality of the evaluation as well as the culture around it

Nina Vafea & Corina Fung

5 min read

Agile Analysis and Evaluation

“Agile” is a popular phrase in workplaces these days, particularly in the fields of technology and product management. This approach,...

Kristy Evers

3 min read

Choosing Confidently: A Checklist for Informed Decision-Making About Commissioning

Faced with choosing whether to self-evaluate or commission an evaluator? This blog provides a checklist to help you to decide.

Deon Simpson

4 min read

Commissioning Evaluation: A Cocktail Choice that can Lead to Fruitful Results or a Bad Headache.

Jo Haffenden discusses the strategic considerations behind the Masonic Charitable Foundation's decision to commission evaluations.

Jo Haffenden

4 min read

What do we need evidence for?

And how exactly do we use evidence in decsion making CHEW Trustee David Salisbury shares his thoughts

Dave Salisbury

3 min read

Defining 'evidence' and it's role in decision making

How do we understand evidence and use it effectively? In his second blog of the series Dave Salisbury shares his thoughts.

Dave Salisbury

7 min read

From Concept to Culture: Using Evidence in Your Organisation

Thinking beyond Covid-19 how do we embed a culture of evidence in organisations to help them thrive in the future?

3 min read