Spark2Life measure the impact of our work against eight outcomes, each describing an area where we want to see young people change as a result of the mentoring we deliver.
Our outcomes are:
Offending & Desistance
The ability to reduce and ultimately avoid offending.
Agency
The ability to make positive decisions and choices.
Health & Wellbeing
The ability to manage physical fitness and feelings.
Citizenship
The ability to contribute to local and wider communities.
Employability
The ability to plan and pursue a career pathway.
Substance Abuse
The ability to move away from substance misuse.
Relationships
The ability to make decisions and form positive peer relationships.
Independent Living
The ability to build a life away from offending.
Each outcome is measured in practice through its measurement ‘indicators’. These are statements of what we’d ‘expect to see’ if the outcome was being achieved in practice.
Taken together, these outcomes inform how we ask our young people impact questions (through surveys, for example), the evaluation designs for our programmes, and provide the end goals for our theory of change. Over the course of 2025-2026 we will be evaluating all of our mentoring programmes (school based; community; and therapeutic), and each evaluation report will be listed here. Our Theory of Change model can be accessed here.
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