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LEGACY LEARNING PARTNERS

To ensure our decade of learning and evidence continues to inspire meaningful change after Spirit’s chapter comes to an end, we partnered with four Legacy Learning Partners to carry forward our insights and learning.

Appointed in 2023, our Learning Legacy Partners were carefully chosen to align with our impact areas of wellbeing, social connection and disability inclusion. Their role is to review and build upon our evidence base, and use these learnings to create new resources for their audiences. 

We opened up our archive so partners had access to evidence from 230 funded projects and research, and were able to use it alongside their own evidence and learning. In this way, Spirit’s legacy will be transferred to these partners to ensure our learnings last beyond the life of the organisation.

Loughborough University

Loughborough University is translating the knowledge we’ve gained into a digital learning resource designed for early years and primary education settings. By using digital storytelling, they aim to challenge stereotypes about sport and disability. Their work fosters positive perceptions of activity, inclusion and capability from an early age. Their team, drawn from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and the School of Design and Creative Arts, uses the voices and experiences of contributors – turning research into engaging tools for educators and young people.

Belong – The Cohesion and Integration Network

Belong created a practical guide for anyone designing and delivering events with an aim to strengthen social connection and cohesion. Whether it’s a small neighbourhood gathering or a regional event, their resource aims to help organisers use arts, culture, sports or volunteering to unite communities and help support lasting connections.

PBE

PBE analysed wellbeing data from three of our projects to understand the value for money their impact represents. Their methodology is being applied by HM Treasury to measure the value of national policies, showing the importance of using these established wellbeing metrics to measure impact. This work will be of interest to funders, policymakers and events legacy planners who are keen to measure the wellbeing impact of their work or funding. In the future, PBE will also explore the challenges of using these wellbeing measures for people with learning disabilities so we can find a measure that works for everyone.


What Works Centre for Wellbeing

Prior to their closure in April 2024, the What Works Centre for Wellbeing conducted a companion piece of research that brought together practice evidence from ten creative projects to draw out ‘how’ and ‘why’ activities support wellbeing, using case study synthesis methodology. Together, the PBE and What Works reports identified the strengths of our evidence-led approach as funders on both qualitative and quantitative data collection. They set out highly replicable methodologies for proportionate evaluation that can – and should – be used for many years after we have closed.

OTHER CASE STUDIES

EUROVISION 2023: MUSIC, PRIDE AND BELONGING IN LIVERPOOL

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OUR LIVES, OUR LEGACY: ONE PROJECT, TWO COMMUNITIES AND 15 AGENTS OF CHANGE

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PLAYING OUT: THE MORE THE MERRIER IN THE MIDLANDS

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LEGACY LEARNING PARTNERS

To ensure our decade of learning and evidence continues to inspire meaningful change after Spirit’s chapter comes to an end, we partnered with four Legacy Learning Partners to carry forward our insights and learning.

Appointed in 2023, our Learning Legacy Partners were carefully chosen to align with our impact areas of wellbeing, social connection and disability inclusion. Their role is to review and build upon our evidence base, and use these learnings to create new resources for their audiences. 

We opened up our archive so partners had access to evidence from 230 funded projects and research, and were able to use it alongside their own evidence and learning. In this way, Spirit’s legacy will be transferred to these partners to ensure our learnings last beyond the life of the organisation.

Loughborough University

Loughborough University is translating the knowledge we’ve gained into a digital learning resource designed for early years and primary education settings. By using digital storytelling, they aim to challenge stereotypes about sport and disability. Their work fosters positive perceptions of activity, inclusion and capability from an early age. Their team, drawn from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and the School of Design and Creative Arts, uses the voices and experiences of contributors – turning research into engaging tools for educators and young people.

Belong – The Cohesion and Integration Network

Belong created a practical guide for anyone designing and delivering events with an aim to strengthen social connection and cohesion. Whether it’s a small neighbourhood gathering or a regional event, their resource aims to help organisers use arts, culture, sports or volunteering to unite communities and help support lasting connections.

PBE

PBE analysed wellbeing data from three of our projects to understand the value for money their impact represents. Their methodology is being applied by HM Treasury to measure the value of national policies, showing the importance of using these established wellbeing metrics to measure impact. This work will be of interest to funders, policymakers and events legacy planners who are keen to measure the wellbeing impact of their work or funding. In the future, PBE will also explore the challenges of using these wellbeing measures for people with learning disabilities so we can find a measure that works for everyone.


What Works Centre for Wellbeing

Prior to their closure in April 2024, the What Works Centre for Wellbeing conducted a companion piece of research that brought together practice evidence from ten creative projects to draw out ‘how’ and ‘why’ activities support wellbeing, using case study synthesis methodology. Together, the PBE and What Works reports identified the strengths of our evidence-led approach as funders on both qualitative and quantitative data collection. They set out highly replicable methodologies for proportionate evaluation that can – and should – be used for many years after we have closed.

OTHER CASE STUDIES

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UK CITIES OF CULTURE: TURNING CITY LIFE INTO COMMUNITY HAPPINESS

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OUR DAY OUT: CREATIVE JOY AND CONNECTION IN LATER LIFE

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LEGACY LEARNING PARTNERS

To ensure our decade of learning and evidence continues to inspire meaningful change after Spirit’s chapter comes to an end, we partnered with four Legacy Learning Partners to carry forward our insights and learning.

Appointed in 2023, our Learning Legacy Partners were carefully chosen to align with our impact areas of wellbeing, social connection and disability inclusion. Their role is to review and build upon our evidence base, and use these learnings to create new resources for their audiences. 

We opened up our archive so partners had access to evidence from 230 funded projects and research, and were able to use it alongside their own evidence and learning. In this way, Spirit’s legacy will be transferred to these partners to ensure our learnings last beyond the life of the organisation.

Loughborough University

Loughborough University is translating the knowledge we’ve gained into a digital learning resource designed for early years and primary education settings. By using digital storytelling, they aim to challenge stereotypes about sport and disability. Their work fosters positive perceptions of activity, inclusion and capability from an early age. Their team, drawn from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and the School of Design and Creative Arts, uses the voices and experiences of contributors – turning research into engaging tools for educators and young people.

Belong – The Cohesion and Integration Network

Belong created a practical guide for anyone designing and delivering events with an aim to strengthen social connection and cohesion. Whether it’s a small neighbourhood gathering or a regional event, their resource aims to help organisers use arts, culture, sports or volunteering to unite communities and help support lasting connections.

PBE

PBE analysed wellbeing data from three of our projects to understand the value for money their impact represents. Their methodology is being applied by HM Treasury to measure the value of national policies, showing the importance of using these established wellbeing metrics to measure impact. This work will be of interest to funders, policymakers and events legacy planners who are keen to measure the wellbeing impact of their work or funding. In the future, PBE will also explore the challenges of using these wellbeing measures for people with learning disabilities so we can find a measure that works for everyone.


What Works Centre for Wellbeing

Prior to their closure in April 2024, the What Works Centre for Wellbeing conducted a companion piece of research that brought together practice evidence from ten creative projects to draw out ‘how’ and ‘why’ activities support wellbeing, using case study synthesis methodology. Together, the PBE and What Works reports identified the strengths of our evidence-led approach as funders on both qualitative and quantitative data collection. They set out highly replicable methodologies for proportionate evaluation that can – and should – be used for many years after we have closed.

OTHER CASE STUDIES

CAMP GLASGOW: GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A SPORTING CHANCE

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CRITICAL MASS: DANCING INTO A NEW ERA OF INCLUSIVE EVENTS

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GET OUT GET ACTIVE: CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT INCLUSION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

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LEGACY LEARNING PARTNERS

To ensure our decade of learning and evidence continues to inspire meaningful change after Spirit’s chapter comes to an end, we partnered with four Legacy Learning Partners to carry forward our insights and learning.

Appointed in 2023, our Learning Legacy Partners were carefully chosen to align with our impact areas of wellbeing, social connection and disability inclusion. Their role is to review and build upon our evidence base, and use these learnings to create new resources for their audiences. 

We opened up our archive so partners had access to evidence from 230 funded projects and research, and were able to use it alongside their own evidence and learning. In this way, Spirit’s legacy will be transferred to these partners to ensure our learnings last beyond the life of the organisation.

Loughborough University

Loughborough University is translating the knowledge we’ve gained into a digital learning resource designed for early years and primary education settings. By using digital storytelling, they aim to challenge stereotypes about sport and disability. Their work fosters positive perceptions of activity, inclusion and capability from an early age. Their team, drawn from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and the School of Design and Creative Arts, uses the voices and experiences of contributors – turning research into engaging tools for educators and young people.

Belong – The Cohesion and Integration Network

Belong created a practical guide for anyone designing and delivering events with an aim to strengthen social connection and cohesion. Whether it’s a small neighbourhood gathering or a regional event, their resource aims to help organisers use arts, culture, sports or volunteering to unite communities and help support lasting connections.

PBE

PBE analysed wellbeing data from three of our projects to understand the value for money their impact represents. Their methodology is being applied by HM Treasury to measure the value of national policies, showing the importance of using these established wellbeing metrics to measure impact. This work will be of interest to funders, policymakers and events legacy planners who are keen to measure the wellbeing impact of their work or funding. In the future, PBE will also explore the challenges of using these wellbeing measures for people with learning disabilities so we can find a measure that works for everyone.


What Works Centre for Wellbeing

Prior to their closure in April 2024, the What Works Centre for Wellbeing conducted a companion piece of research that brought together practice evidence from ten creative projects to draw out ‘how’ and ‘why’ activities support wellbeing, using case study synthesis methodology. Together, the PBE and What Works reports identified the strengths of our evidence-led approach as funders on both qualitative and quantitative data collection. They set out highly replicable methodologies for proportionate evaluation that can – and should – be used for many years after we have closed.

OTHER CASE STUDIES

CREATING THE GOLDEN THREAD

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INQUIRY INTO THE POWER OF EVENTS

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