The Centre for Cultural Value have issued a set of evaluation principles. By issuing this set of principles the centre responds to a ‘deep-set problem with evaluation in the cultural sector, which often privileged advocacy over rigour’. It also recognises the urgent need for support to a sector which generally has ‘a passion for high quality evaluation amongst the sector’ but also suffers from ‘tales of skills and confidence gaps, of funders’ apparent disengagement, and of a disconnect between evaluation and positive change’.

FVD Consulting recognises these challenges and looks forward to engage with the new evaluation principles.