Developing Your Theory of Change

Training Course • YMCA George Williams College

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This workshop will enable you to create a theory of change for your organisation as a whole or for specific services or projects within it. The resulting theory of change can inform your organisational strategy and support fundraising; staff development; programme planning and monitoring and evaluation activities. The workshop is practical involving small and whole group discussions and activities. Areas of learning include: identifying your aim; context; activities; mechanisms of change; short-term and long-term outcomes. To gain your CPD hours you will demonstrate your learning on worksheets that are designed to support your application of knowledge back in your workplace.

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