For many years until recently, Preston had consistently failed to deliver its full economic potential. It attracted very little inward investment between 2004 and 2008 and suffered after the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent austerity measures. In 2013, Preston… Read more
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Reimagining Evaluation: Understanding the Impact of Youth Mentoring in London
What does it really take to understand whether mentoring changes young people’s lives? At the Centre for Public Impact, we set out to answer this question — and what we found transformed how we think about evaluation itself. Read more
Funding Systems Transformation in Cities: Lessons from Dublin
This is the second blog in a series covering the activities of the TransCap Initiative and the Centre for Public Impact on piloting a systemic approach to urban climate finance with Dublin City Council. Find out more about… Read more
Collaborative Governance for a Stronger Democracy
Why collaborative governance matters today When a city floods, wildfires force mass evacuations, or a health system is overwhelmed by disease outbreaks, the question is rarely whether government should act, but whether it can… Read more
Strengthening Political Inclusion in Costa Rica: Inclusive Voices
The Inclusive Voices Digital Platform for People with Disabilities addresses a persistent democratic deficit in Costa Rica: despite a robust normative framework guaranteeing the political rights of persons with disabilities, women, and young… Read more
Strengthening Accountability and Political Inclusion in Colombia: Voices that Count
Voices that Count: An Accountability Service that Listens and Returns Value addresses a structural political problem in Colombia: while citizens contribute extensively to public policy processes, they receive little feedback on how their participation influences… Read more
Strengthening Responsiveness and Political Inclusion in Colombia: Circles of Inspiration
Circles of Inspiration: Women Who Activate Conversations with their Local Governments focuses on a specific public problem: the absence of spaces for meeting, dialogue, and collaboration between women community leaders and local government officials in… Read more
Piloting Systemic Finance for City Climate Action
Cities around the world are under pressure to act on the climate crisis. Targets are becoming increasingly ambitious, but the pace of delivery and flow of funding often lags behind. Two years ago, the Centre for… Read more
Brave spaces for storytelling and storylistening
The Stories and Systems Learning Circle is a learning space hosted by the Centre for Public Impact for people exploring how stories shape systems and change. Across four sessions, participants shared tools, practices, and reflections on how storytelling… Read more
Why data needs a good story
Introduction The methods and approaches used to measure systems change can often feel out of sync with the complex, relational realities unfolding in communities on the ground. What is measured and learned can feel disconnected from the stories… Read more