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Steps to develop a community partners impact report
Step 1: Using CLASS data and CLE records, set out the key statistics on your community partnerships and initiatives.
Step 2: Using the community partner survey data, create a chart to present the spread of responses about the types of community partners and their relationship with your CLC.
Step 3: If you are missing the participation of one or more key community partners, add notes to explain the context, and indicate whether and how this might influence overall results.
Step 4: Using the community partner survey results, summarise the survey responses and their links to the immediate outcomes, as shown in the table below:
Step 2: Using the community partner survey data, create a chart to present the spread of responses about the types of community partners and their relationship with your CLC.
Step 3: If you are missing the participation of one or more key community partners, add notes to explain the context, and indicate whether and how this might influence overall results.
Step 4: Using the community partner survey results, summarise the survey responses and their links to the immediate outcomes, as shown in the table below:
Domain |
Questions |
Agree % |
Strongly agree % |
Relevant Outcomes (from Outcomes Measurement Framework) |
Increased legal knowledge and education |
Improved knowledge and self-confidence around legal issues |
[insert value] |
[insert value] |
|
Increased community access to legal services |
Increased competence and knowledge in making appropriate referrals Service makes appropriate client referrals We are confident in referring clients to the CLC |
[insert value] |
[insert value] |
|
Optional steps:
Step 5: There may be relevant comments or quotes from the community partner survey that can illustrate the intermediate outcomes achieved by your CLC’s work that can be reproduced.
Step 6: There may be other information that you have collected that is appropriate to include that further demonstrates the outcomes achieved. This could include summaries of data or material from any other surveys, feedback from CLE activities or CLE resources, or other formal evaluation of CLE activities or resources.
Step 5: There may be relevant comments or quotes from the community partner survey that can illustrate the intermediate outcomes achieved by your CLC’s work that can be reproduced.
Step 6: There may be other information that you have collected that is appropriate to include that further demonstrates the outcomes achieved. This could include summaries of data or material from any other surveys, feedback from CLE activities or CLE resources, or other formal evaluation of CLE activities or resources.
Step 7: Include one relevant community partner case study.
Step 8: Make some conclusions about how the data is demonstrating the impact of your CLC’s work on community partners and highlight where future work may need to be done.
Step 8: Make some conclusions about how the data is demonstrating the impact of your CLC’s work on community partners and highlight where future work may need to be done.