This document brings together 18 examples of evaluation tools, methods and approaches, including creative evaluation, from across the Creative People and Places programme. 

It will be of interest to artists and arts organisations planning evaluations, particularly participatory projects in community contexts.

These Audience Agency reports analyse the audiences we reached in year 3 of the programme (January to December 2016).

Audience postcode data is analysed using Mosaic profiling, Audience Spectrum profiling and profiling by social grade.

Across all CPP projects in 2016:

These case studies by Ecorys explore how Transported in Boston and South Holland, Heart of Glass in St Helens and East Durham Creates are developing collaborations with a range of partners outside the arts. Ecorys is producing a number of case studies as part of the national evaluation of Creative People and Places.

These five case studies explore how different CPP projects are engaging local people in the arts. The case studies feature Appetite in Stoke-on-Trent; Right Up Our Street in Doncaster; Creative Barking and Dagenham; Made in Corby; and Ideas Test in Kent. Ecorys is producing a number of case studies as part of the national evaluation of Creative People and Places.

This report by Mark Robinson of Thinking Practice identifies key learning from the Creative People and Places programme up until December 2016. This is the second learning summary for Creative People and Places (CPP), following 2015's  Building Whilst Flying by Ruth Melville and Ben Morgan.

This case study by Ecorys explores how Super Slow Way in Pennine Lancashire is supporting the development of artists working in socially-engaged practice. Ecorys is producing a number of case studies as part of the national evaluation of Creative People and Places.

This case study by Ecorys explores how Creative Black Country worked with the Midlands Pub Association and 'Desi' pub landlords to bring a series of artistic commissions to pubs in Sandwell. Ecorys is producing a number of case studies as part of the national evaluation of Creative People and Places.

This case study by Ecorys explores how bait in South East Northumberland is increasing the well-being of local people and levels of social energy and activism within communities. Ecorys is producing a number of case studies as part of the national evaluation of Creative People and Places.

This report by Jamie Buttrick and Andy Parkinson of Consilium Research in partnership with Mark Robinson of Thinking Practice was commissioned as part of the national evaluation of Creative People and Places.

It explores the approaches developed across the CPP programmes, and relates them to other ‘quality frameworks’ developed in recent years. Main findings show that:

These Audience Agency reports analyse the audiences we reached in year 2 of the programme (January to December 2015).

Audience postcode data is analysed using Mosaic profiling, Audience Spectrum profiling and profiling by social grade. The event type report explores the audience profile by event type, including location, cost, artform, participation, type of venue and time of day.

Headline findings

• In year 2 Creative People and Places (CPP) reached 456,138 participants.