Evaluation of a network of social supermarkets across Norfolk.
Background
The Nourishing Norfolk programme, part of Norfolk Community Foundation, is a network of 26 hubs in neighbourhoods in Norfolk with greatest need.
Led by Dr Sarah Hanson and Mrs Anna Sweeting, the evaluation will identify:
- The difference that the programme has made to people and communities in Norfolk.
- The opportunities that exist to further develop the programme to meet existing or emerging needs.
- The value and impact of support leveraged through the programme.
- What can be learned from the way that the programme has been set up and delivered to inform Norfolk Community Foundation’s wider work.
We are using mixed methods. This includes lived experience involvement throughout; creative qualitative methods; training community researchers and survey methods to determine social value.
The project runs from July 2024 to May 2025.
Project Aims
To evaluate Nourishing Norfolk provision.
Project Activity
Using mixed methods to determine wider social value of the social supermarkets and the difference it has made to the lives of people. Also to identify opportunities and learning.
Anticipated or actual outputs
Programme of dissemination planned as there is national interest in the model that Nourishing Norfolk have used.
Who is involved?
- Sarah Hanson (PI)
- Anna Sweeting (UEA)
- Libs Olley (UEA)
- Adam Wagner
