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Fast Track Impact
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Developing a theory of change

Map the route from research to impact

  • Online, hybrid or in person, dates to suit your schedule
  • Hands-on training for your team to apply practical guidance and tools
  • Up to 90 participants
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Without a clear map of how your work will create change, even well-intentioned projects can lose focus or fail to achieve their goals.

Many research projects struggle to articulate how their work leads to impact. Without a clear theory of change, funding pitches, evaluation plans, and stakeholder conversations all suffer.

This workshop walks you through building a theory of change you can apply the same week, drawing on evidence from impact-leading research programmes and tested across hundreds of research teams.

What you’ll walk away with

  • A complete theory of change for one of your current projects
  • Tested frameworks for connecting activities, outputs, outcomes and impact
  • Methods for surfacing assumptions and risks early
  • Tools to communicate your theory of change to funders and stakeholders

Your booking includes

  • Pre-workshop scoping call to tailor delivery to your team
  • Practical worksheets and templates for each participant
  • Take-home framework cards and reference material
  • Post-workshop email follow-up with curated resources

Choose your format

Every format covers the same core method. Pick the depth that fits your team’s time.

Express session
1 hour
  • A focused one-hour introduction to the essentials
  • Plenary briefing with a quick applied prompt
  • The most accessible way to bring the topic to your team
  • Ideal as a first taste or a tight refresher
Up to 90 participants
from £11 per person
£990
per team
Rapid session
1.5 hours
  • Focused on the most essential guidance
  • Plenary discussion + brief applied activity
  • Builds capacity and introduces practical tools
  • Ideal when time is especially limited
Up to 90 participants
from £15 per person
£1,390
per team
Popular
Half-day session
3 hours
  • In-depth practical guidance
  • Guided individual + group work to apply key skills
  • Develops practical skills through hands-on practice
  • Ideal for teams ready to move to active application
Up to 90 participants
from £28 per person
£2,490
per team
Full-day session
6 hours
  • Advanced, detailed practical guidance
  • Extended practical activities + detailed examples
  • Builds advanced skills + supports applying insights to current and future work
  • Suggested: split over two days
Up to 90 participants
from £54 per person
£4,890
per team

This is a VAT-exempt educational service provided by a non-profit, charitable organisation.

We deliver online or in person across the UK, with growing international availability.

Not sure where to start?

Book a 30-minute call with one of our trainers. We’ll talk through your situation and help you choose the right next step.

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