MTG Engage and Staging Change Projects: Evaluation Aims Overview
MTG Engage and Staging Change Projects: Evaluation Aims Overview
MTG Engage:Evaluation Aims, Timescale & Fee/Expenses available / MTG Engage: Venue partners & geographical focus / Staging Change:
Evaluation Aims, Timescale & Budget / Staging Change Venue partners & geographical focus / Common skills needed for both evaluation projects / Key questions to address through the Evaluation process
- Analyse barriers to PWLD arts participation
- Effectiveness of project’s interventions in increasing LD people’s participation
- Engage directly with venue staff as part of evaluation process – identify and track 3 tangible objectives
- Engage directly with and incorporate LD people’s views and experiences
- Evaluation findings to inform “tool-kit”
- Share learning & best practice
(33 months)
£12,000 fee plus £2,400 expenses / Confirmed:
Albany (London)
Arena Theatre (Wolverhampton)
Gulbenkian (Canterbury)
Lowry (Salford)
Square Chapel (Halifax)
Northern Stage (Newcastle)
West Yorkshire Playhouse (Leeds) /
- Analyse attitudes towards LD arts and artists
- Effectiveness of project’s interventions in increasing LD artists leadership & advocacy skills
- Engage directly with venue staff as part of evaluation process – identify and track 3 tangible objectives
- Engage directly with and incorporate LD artists’ views and experiences
- Evaluation findings to inform “tool-kit”
- Share learning & best practice
£10,000 fee plus £2,000 expenses / Confirmed:
Gulbenkian (Canterbury)
Square Chapel (Halifax)
West Yorkshire Playhouse (Leeds)
Target:
3 of following:
- Albany (London)
- Arena Theatre (Wolverhampton)
- Attenborough Centre, Leicester
- Hull Truck, Hull
- Lowry (Salford)
- Northern Stage (Newcastle)
- Create evaluation framework
- Conduct interviews with relevant venue staff
- Conduct interviews with LD participants and/or artists
- Consult & interview MTG staff including LD artists
- Gather and analyse quantitative / qualitative data
- Create interim and final reports
- Work with MTG to create easy read reports for PWLD
- Work collaboratively with MTG with aim of achieving sustainable, lasting change
Staging Change (EFF funded) asks has project: Improved skills of LD artists? Improved career progression routes for LD artists by increasing visibility, challenging low expectations & improving levels of understanding among venue staff including programming / producing personnel?
These two projects focus on different areas of arts engagement for LD people i.e. access & participation at Engage level, and professional artistic practice at Staging Change level. Irrespective of whether the evaluation commissions are united into one commission, or separately - MTG aims to ensure that: 1) the learning and outcomes of both projects can inform and benefit each other, and that there is a joined up approach that looks across the continuum from participation to professional practice; 2) there is efficiency for participating venue personnel and that we encourage a holistic approach to developing excellent inclusive practice for LD audiences, participants and artists; 3) there is sufficient consistency of approach across the two projects so that we can work towards the objective of establishing a replicable model for future projects, as well as helping to ensure project management efficiency for MTG staff team.