Rethinking Impact, Evaluation and Accountability in Youth Work, 2018-2021 [dataset]

This is a dataset for the research project 'Rethinking Impact, Evaluation and Accountability in Youth Work'. The research investigated the policy and practice of evaluation and accountability in youth work. It collaborated with young people, youth workers, managers, funders and policy makers/influencers, to understand the effects of impact measurement, and develop approaches to evaluation that are congruent with youth work practice. This three-year research project involved 143 participants in 87 qualitative interviews and focus groups, including flexible and creative approaches to interviewing (e.g. photovoice, peer interviewing, music elicitation).