London Local Authority

A bespoke evaluation framework, designed with the team rather than handed over, measuring the impact of meanwhile activation and local economic programmes in a central London regeneration area.

The challenge

The authority was running an ambitious regeneration programme but needed a clearer, more credible way to understand and evidence what it was achieving for local people. Off-the-shelf measurement frameworks did not reflect the realities of meanwhile use, community activity and local economic change on the ground.

How we worked

We worked closely with officers and local partners to understand the programme from the inside, building a tailored evaluation approach around what success actually looked like for the area. This meant spending time with the people delivering the work, testing assumptions together and shaping a framework that the team could genuinely own and use, rather than a report that sat on a shelf.

Outputs

• A bespoke programme review and evaluation framework
• Practical recommendations to strengthen long-term impact
• Stakeholder engagement, analysis and capacity-building with the team

This project was delivered by Theodora and Georgia in a previous role.