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Our thinking shapes our work and helps us to create the right solutions for our clients. Explore our latest news and blogs to find out what we have been up to and how we are developing solutions through creative thinking and methods.

How illustration helped us to uncover the intangible “magic” of asset based working
28 March 2022
The core principle of asset-based working is that everyone has strengths, gifts or assets. This should...
Spot the Difference – Service Evaluation and Systems Change Evaluation
28 March 2022
We are working on numerous systems change evaluations here at Cloud Chamber. We’ve been reflecting on...
Three things we are taking with us from 2021 into 2022….and beyond!
01 January 2022
As we approach a new year the Cloud Chamber team have been reflecting on what has gone well in 2021 and...
Evaluation report published! Helping services to improve the experience of people accessing crisis support
16 December 2021
At Cloud Chamber we are celebrating the publication of our evaluation report of Year 2 of the Coordinated...
Our Associate Pool
16 December 2021
We are always looking to grow our network. We work with Associates on a project-by-project basis.  We...
Two ways to approach evaluating charity-led systems change
15 September 2021
This is the first of a two part blog focusing on lenses for evaluating systems change. The second post,...
Ethnography: what is it and how can we use it in evaluation and service design?
14 September 2021
This blog posts advocates for increased use of ethnographic approaches in evaluation and service design. Ethnography...
Asset-based working: our research with Paul Hamlyn Foundation
09 June 2021
Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) have published our research into what asset-based working looks like in...
Making the case: case studies for meaningful evaluation
26 May 2021
As evaluators we are often asked – or suggest – preparing case studies as part of our evaluation methodologies....
New evaluation: Diabetes UK
02 November 2020
We are delighted to have started working with Diabetes UK on evaluating their new Live Well Move More...
Evaluation and behaviour change
17 September 2020
A lot of initiatives we evaluate have one thing in common: they seek to change people’s behaviour. Whether...
Reflecting on evaluation
19 August 2020
How reflective are we as evaluators? That’s a question I’ve been asking myself recently as I’ve been...
Would you accept an evaluation without a final report?
11 August 2020
A community artist came to one of my evaluation courses a few years ago. She had previously been asked...
Variety is the spice of (evaluation) life
03 August 2020
Last week saw us close out the eighth year since I created Cloud Chamber. I’m very grateful to all those...
How can we increase physical activity to tackle obesity?
27 July 2020
Obesity is this week’s hot topic because it increases the risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19....
New evaluation: House of Mercy
24 July 2020
We are delighted to be working with a new client, the House of Mercy, to evaluate their work tackling...

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