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Impact & Insight Toolkit
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Supporting Arts Council England-funded arts organisations to capture the value of what they do and gain accessible, actionable, and shareable data insights. This project is delivered by Counting What Counts.
There's a free winter light festival this weekend at Rotherham Loves Music! Featuring brand-new light projections, creative workshops, musical performances and a giant silent disco in Minster Yard! 6-9pm in the town centre. More details👇

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Rotherham Loves Music Winter Festival - Flux Rotherham
Rotherham Loves Music is Flux Rotherham’s 2026 Winter Festival, celebrating the creativity and musical talent of the town as part of Children’s Capital of Culture.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Data thought of the day 🧐:

“The reporting process is about what your knowledge and the data can tell you about the evaluation you're looking at.”

Over time you’ll develop more skill understanding the data – the reporting process is also about that learning.

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February 11, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Over the past year, our Research Director Marc and the CWC team have been working to improve survey accessibility 📈

We’re delighted to share that Linguistically Easy Read (LER) questions are now available in Culture Counts 🌟

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Changes are coming: Accessibility improvements - Impact & Insight Toolkit
Linguistically Easy Read questions will be added to Culture Counts to aid accessibility
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February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Discover the mysteries that are hidden in history at the UK premiere of HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES. A play based on a real story of historical photographs—what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and our own humanity.

👉 www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...

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Here There Are Blueberries
A mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrived at the desk of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
👀 Keep your eyes peeled for the next Impact & Insight newsletter tomorrow...

Important updates are coming, designed to help more people engage with the Toolkit!
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February 4, 2026 at 10:59 AM
We’ve been enjoying the #DigitalCultureAwards podcast from the Digital Culture Network 🎧

A great listen if you’re interested in how arts organisations are using digital tools and data to grow audiences and make work more accessible.

Listen below🔽

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February 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM
'A tale of love in the heart of the hills' from Buxton Opera House Creates.

The Buxton Faun is on this weekend Sat 31 Jan - Sun 1 Feb. The brand-new production is inspired by the magic and charm of Buxton and the local area. Find out more👇
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The Buxton Faun | Buxton Opera House
A tale of love in the heart of the hills...From the creative team behind Keeper of the Books (2024) and One Night in Buxton (2025), and written by local pl
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January 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM
“Evaluate your work in a way that begins and ends with your organisation. It helps you to understand the progress you’re making against your own ambitions and ensures you have what you need to report to funders.”

What’s worked well (or not so well) for you when it comes to evaluation?
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January 28, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Have you seen the latest Impact & Insight Toolkit case study? 🤩

We’re thrilled that Young Sounds UK have shared their experiences and insights with us, reflecting on how they’ve used surveys, considered their data, and applied what they've learned to shape future work 📝

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January 26, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Looking to make lunchtime musical? 🎶

If you're in London today then head over to St Luke's and take in a free Friday bitesize concert! Find out more and what's coming up throughout the year 👇

www.lso.co.uk/free-friday-...

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Free Friday Lunchtime Concerts | London Symphony Orchestra
Free lunchtime concerts from LSO Discovery. Learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra through live performances and introductions from presenter Rachel Leach.
www.lso.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
There's still time to register for tomorrow's online demonstration of Culture Counts! 🤩

🗓️22 January at 2pm

Book your space here 👇https://calendly.com/impactandinsight/online-demonstration-of-culture-counts?month=2026-01
January 21, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Returning to evaluation after a break?

Refresh your Toolkit know-how with our Evaluation Guide, which takes you through each step of the process, from articulating your ambitions, to collecting data and reporting👇

#ImpactAndInsight

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January 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM
What Remains? Canterbury’s Ancestors: Ethics, History & Science is on at The Beaney until 29 March.

Explore the evidence, share your views and reflect alongside the community about displaying human remains in museums in this exhibition👇

canterburymuseums.co.uk/events/what-...

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What Remains? Canterbury’s Ancestors: Ethics, History & Science - Canterbury Museums & Galleries
An exhibition at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge exploring the ethics, history and science of displaying human remains in museums.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Data thought of the day 🧐

“Data collection is a means, not an end in itself”
Once you’ve collected your data the next steps are to analyse, interpret and present your findings.

#ImpactAndInsight
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January 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM
In case you missed our January newsletter, we’re kicking off 2026 with a reminder about our Thematic Analysis Tool💡

Curious about how it works, how it can help unlock deeper insights, and how to opt in? Take a quick read here👇

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Unlock deeper insights with Thematic Analysis - Impact & Insight Toolkit
Allow us to introduce the Thematic Analysis Tool, ensuring you get the most out of qualitative feedback. When you use the occasional ‘freetext’ question in your surveys, how do you…
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January 12, 2026 at 10:46 AM
'A captivating fusion of art, science and wonder.'

Discover Of the Oak, a multi-sensory video experience by artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The 6m tall video projection brings the Chapel to life this winter:

👉 ysp.org.uk/whats-on/exh...

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Marshmallow Laser Feast: Of the Oak | Yorkshire Sculpture Park
This winter, step into the Chapel to discover Of the Oak, an immersive sound and video experience by internationally acclaimed artist collective Marshmallo
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January 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Hello 2026! ✨

Happy New Year from all of us at Counting What Counts 🎉

We’re looking forward to continuing to work with you in 2026 and beyond 💫

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January 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
We’ll be quiet on here over the festive period but we’ll still be around to support you if needed✨🤝

We hope you enjoy the festivities and have a Happy New Year🎉

See you in 2026!

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December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Don't miss Aliens Love Panta Claus this Christmas at Curve Leicester. The brand new stage show is on until 4 January
👉 www.curveonline.co.uk/whats-on/sho...

You can also enjoy the Made at Curve production of The Sound of Music until 17 January👇
www.curveonline.co.uk/whats-on/sho...

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ALIENS LOVE PANTA CLAUS - Curve Theatre, Leicester
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December 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Data thought of the day🧐:

“It’s better to share a work in progress early and get feedback than to wait until it’s ‘perfect’.”

Experimenting helps us learn by doing, and if we’re transparent then everyone learns from our experiments.

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December 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This week, we’re being visited by a Case Study of Toolkit Past 🕯️🎄✨

China Plate Theatre share how data collected via the Toolkit supported project evaluations for funding applications, helping them assess whether objectives and outcomes were achieved, and to what degree.

Read the full study here👇
Touring with the Toolkit: China Plate Theatre’s Approach - Impact & Insight Toolkit
China Plate Theatre is an independent theatre producing studio based in Birmingham. They work across making, development, touring and training to deliver their mission of ‘Developing a new model of cr...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
'A dazzling, family-friendly dance-theatre experience, full of wonder, friendship, storytelling, and music.'

Don't miss The Magic Flute from Protein Dance this weekend at Dance East, Ipswich. Last few tickets remaining! Find out more 👇

www.danceeast.co.uk/performances...

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THE MAGIC FLUTE | PROTEIN DANCE - DanceEast
Following Protein's award-winning family show The Little Prince, Luca Silvestrini is back with a new dance-theatre adaptation.
www.danceeast.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎭 The Performing Arts are pivoting...

Our blogpost shows how theatres, companies and creators are shifting beyond 'just performance', investing seriously in community outreach, inclusion, access, confidence and mental-wellbeing.

Read more👇
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Capturing The Social Pivot in Performing Arts - Impact & Insight Toolkit
Author: John Knell   Outcome Measurement Since the Impact & Insight Toolkit’s inception in 2019, Counting What Counts (CWC) has been continually working with our project participants to co-create outc...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There’s still time to book onto Wednesday’s live Analysis and Reporting demo, delivered by the team here at Counting What Counts❄️📊

If you’ve gathered a sleigh-full of data in Culture Counts, come along and discover what’s possible!

Book here👇
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Live Training - Impact & Insight Toolkit
We run a range of online and in-person training events. Join us for Culture Counts platform demonstrations, specialist webinars and how-to sessions.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Take a trip on the Santa Express with North Yorkshire Moors Railway! 🎅 The steam train rides will be packed with songs, jokes and games with the elves. Plus a meeting with Santa himself!
👉 www.nymr.co.uk/Event/santa

Discover all the events on offer this winter here
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Santa Express - 29/11/2025 09:30:00
Our brand new interactive adventure packed with songs, jokes and the magic of Christmas, brought to life by Santa’s Elves.
www.nymr.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM