Lighthouse Project Evaluation 2015
The Lighthouse Project has been running for over 5 years, it first opened in June 2010 and was started by Inspire Middleton as a brand new project designed to support local people and satisfy local community needs.
As our work has grown considerably since we first started it was decided, earlier this year, to carry out an evaluation of the work that we have been doing, particularly focusing on the last 3 years activities between June 2010 – May 2015.
The evaluation had the aim of:
- Identifying the differences our work is making to local people, and
- Identifying the impact it is having on their lives, and
- Identifying the effectiveness of our Community Hub approach in meeting local needs.
Headlines from the evaluation include:
We managed to grow our annual visitor footfall by 54% to an average of 28,200 per year. Footfall during the 3 years of the evaluation was 84,600, and total footfall since we first started has just reached 120,000 (sept 2015).
99% reported that they felt welcomed and supported, and 97% reported that they had a good experience from their visits.
We added and developed 29 new services and activities during the evaluation period and now run a total of 46 different different activities/events in conjunction with partner organisations.
We increased the number of organisations that use the Lighthouse Project from 7 to 23. This is in addition to the 40 referral organisations who we work with through the foodbank.
The Evaluation Report (Nov 2015) is now available for viewing and copies of this can be downloaded from the links below:
- Full report (web) – Nov 2015
- Executive Summary (web) – Nov 2015
- Appendices documents Combined (web) – Nov 2015
- Petition of Support comments from the community (web) – Aug – Oct 2015
- Lighthouse Community Hub model v3 (web)
- Lighthouse Project Digital toolbox (web)