Stage 1 Review
Project Community Centre Evaluation (The Lighthouse, Surrey) By Kate Crossan
- Title Community Centre Evaluation (The Lighthouse, Surrey)
- Setting Community
- Objective To address widespread poverty of resources, relationships and identity through a range of creative projects to support, encourage, and empower those who find themselves on the margins.
Beneficiaries
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Service User
Relief of poverty of resources, relationships and identity
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Volunteers
Feel like they are making a difference to the local community. Improved skills, social connections and sense of purpose
Audiences
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Volunteers
To see the difference their work is making to the local community
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Donor / funder
To show the impact that Lighthouse activities they are funding are having. To use in potential future funding applications as evidence of impact
Review Design
Project Community Centre Evaluation (The Lighthouse, Surrey) By Kate Crossan
Outcome model
Data model
Data Collection Dashboard
Project Community Centre Evaluation (The Lighthouse, Surrey) By Kate Crossan
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Evaluation Dashboard
Project Community Centre Evaluation (The Lighthouse, Surrey) By Kate Crossan
Evaluation findings - July 2024
The Lighthouse started as a community hub in Woking in 2011 after a large derelict building which had been earmarked for demolition was acquired, refurbished and revitalised into a community space. It has since expanded, with another hub opening in Barnsbury in 2021 and pop-up projects being run in Aldershot and Guildford.
The Lighthouse aims to support the local community through relief of poverty of resources, relationships, identity, finance, education and spirit. They host a range of creative projects to support, encourage and empower those who find themselves on the margins. Projects include a foodbank, a hygiene bank, a weekly free community lunch, a Ukrainian hub supporting refugees, drop in chat and support from volunteers, amongst many others. The full range of projects can be found on The Lighthouse website.
There are three full-time and 13 part-time staff members, supported by an estimated 300 volunteers per year. The Lighthouse also works collaboratively with a number of partners to support their attendees (known as 'guests'), including NHS WithYou, Foodwise, Citizens Advice Woking, HomeStart and iAccess.
