Evaluations

The Academy: a report on outcomes for participants

An evaluation of the two-year experimental phase of Dance United’s Academy project, this report showed that the Academy’s dance-led education programme delivered measurable increases in their capacity to learn and imparted a range of so-called ‘soft’ skills, which can, in turn, be linked to very favourable ‘hard’ outcomes in criminal ... read on →

Authors Andrew Miles, Paul Srauss (Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change, University of Manchester)

Published 2008

Artform Dance

Organisation Dance United   Project venues Askham Grange, Bradford, Leeds, Wetherby

Participant type Male and Female Juvenile Offenders, Female Juvenile Offenders, Male Adult Offenders, Male and Female Child School pupils

Sample size: 64

Urban Beatz 2007 at Beaconsfield School: Social Return on Investment Report

A report on the feasibility of conducting a retrospective SROI analysis of a small-scale school-based arts project. The evaluation measured the impact of the project on levels of participation, behaviour and absences, while the SROI used ‘social cost’ data to calculate the monetary benefit to society of its impact. The ... read on →

Author Tania Wickham

Published 2008

Artform Dance

Organisation Thames Valley Partnership

Participant type Male and Female Child School pupils

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