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Ripple effect

Uploaded: 27th February 2025 | Topic: Thinking about monitoring and evaluation

Resource was added by: Bec Hanley

Ripple effect mapping is a technique that is designed to capture the ‘ripples’ of impact that are hard to measure by traditional methods or that don’t happen immediately. It’s participatory and interactive, adaptable to unique contexts and, best of all, it’s really easy to do! As shared by Vision for Volunteering. Here are the training slides. There's also a 20 minute training video - link is here: https://www.visionforvolunteering.org.uk/event-recordings/v/ripple-effect-mapping-webinar

Involvement in research funding – a brief survey of CRIG members

Uploaded: 18th February 2025 | Topic: Involvement strategies

Resource was added by: Ben Morrison

As part of a project at Breast Cancer Now, we wanted to gather some insights into if and how other funders are incorporating involvement into their research funding activities.

We did this by creating a brief survey covering (among other things):
- If people with lived experience (PLE) are involved in research funding activities
- How PLE are involved
- How PLE are recruited and trained/guided/supported
- How grant applicants are trained/guided/supported
- Payment policies
- Impact evaluation
- Challenges

22 CRIG members, who fund research, were kind enough to complete the survey and agreed for their responses to be shared with the network. Attached is a spreadsheet containing the survey questions and responses received.

Capturing the impact of involvement in research: review of tools and frameworks

Uploaded: 5th November 2024 | Topic: Impact

Resource was added by: Bec Hanley

What is this resource?
A report of the short life working group set up to identify and review tools that would help CRIG members to capture the impact of involvement in research. The group met three times over a 5 month period and presented its findings to the CRIG in September 2024.
This paper summarises the work of the group and makes recommendations to CRIG members about how to take this issue forward in their own organisations.

Who was it developed by?
The CRIG Impact Toolkits Working Group

When might it be useful?
When you're thinking about how to capture the impact of involvement in research.

Public Involvement in Research Impact Toolkit

Uploaded: 20th February 2023 | Topic: Impact

Resource was added by: Bec Hanley

What is this resource?
This toolkit is a set of tools aiming to support researchers to plan and integrate public involvement in research, track public contributions and the difference they make and report impact against the National Standards for Public Involvement.

Who was it developed by?
This toolkit was developed by the Marie Curie Research Centre and Cardiff University.

When might it be useful?
This resource can be shared with researchers to support them to capture the impact of their involvement activities. It may also be used by charities to record internal involvement activities.

Methods for capturing impact of involvement in research – journal paper

Uploaded: 3rd January 2023 | Topic: Impact

Resource was added by: Bec Hanley

What is this resource?
A paper published in the journal Research Involvement and Engagement that explores the different methods used to capture the impact of involvement in research.

Who was it developed by?
The paper was written by Anmol Shahid, Inara N. Lalani, Brianna K. Rosgen, Bonnie G, Shelly Longmore, Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Henry T. Stelfox and Kirsten M. Fiest.

When might it be useful?
Refer to this resource when developing ways to capture the impact of involvement activities that you support.