Bright Impact CIC:
Driving positive change through creative research and evaluation
What’s Bright Impact all about?
Sometimes using traditional research and evaluation methods, like surveys or interviews, feels like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
They just don’t work.
There can be lots of different reasons for this…. they might feel tedious and extractive, leading to disengagement or lack of interest in research or evaluation activities. Then there are practical issues like literacy challenges and language barriers. Sometimes traditional methods just aren’t appropriate.
So, Bright Impact CIC is on a mission to cultivate joy and creativity in evaluative work. We want to celebrate diverse ways of knowing! To achieve this, we’ll be offering training, programmes, and bespoke consultancy aimed at those who want to build their knowledge, skills and confidence using creative methods.
As a CIC, we also want to make a positive contribution to the world! As part of our own social impact, we’ll be providing opportunities for young people from diverse backgrounds to work in evaluation-related careers. Watch this space for more about our plans!
what people are saying
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At Together for Children, we worked with Bright Impact as the independent evaluator for the Breathing Space project. Jami’s approach was rigorous and innovative, enabling meaningful engagement with a diverse range of stakeholders, including young people with neurodiverse needs, parents and carers, as well as colleagues in Education and Social Care. The evaluation outputs were wide-ranging and impactful. Jami worked with our Young Commissioners to co-produce a digital exhibition, an inclusive and creative method that reflected the ethos of the project and elevated the voices of young people. Jami was able to navigate the complex model, language and wider context associated with the 3-year DfE funded project, and her written outputs were clear, well-structured, and insightful. Her evaluation has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of the project’s impact and has supported our ongoing development of inclusive and informed practice for young people and families in Sunderland."
Sarah Erasmus, Together for Children
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"I'd been looking for an opportunity to learn more about creative and interesting methods for learning and evaluation and I was delighted when I found out about Jami's creative methods course. I'd known Jami from previous work together, and I knew that she always encourages creativity and curiosity - so I hoped the Creative Methods course would do the same. It fully met my expectations: I learned about new approaches or about new ways to apply or use approaches I'd come across. I loved participating in the course with other like-minded people who were happy to share their own expertise, experience and opinions. Overall, the course was inspiring and totally engaging, and Jami brought great energy, insight and enthusiasm to it. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in broadening out their approaches to be more creative."
Sabina Peck, UnLtd
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"Was an amazing project to work on and Jami just had a natural ability to come up with and create a very special piece of art and after many many sessions we came up with a very simple idea that looks clean classy and stunning.. A natural creative person - it was a pleasure to work with Jami."
Alison Paterson, Blackhall Community Centre,
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