Stakeholder engagement evaluation of BLAST fest: culturally inclusive science festivals

Project Summary

Delivering a structure for an evaluation of BLAST Fest’s stakeholder engagement and social innovation leadership to inform their future strategy.

Project Description

BLAST Fest is a pop-up festival and community engagement platform that explores science and technology through Black arts and cultural spaces.

The aim of this project will be to structure an evaluation of BLAST Fest’s stakeholder engagement and social innovation leadership in order to inform their future strategy and funding decisions.  These stakeholders include scientists, researchers, engineers and artists who have contributed to BLAST Fest events and those who have signed up to attend the events or receive news about them. Through facilitated workshops, surveys and/or other techniques, the volunteer will draw together qualitative (and where possible, quantitative) evidence to inform a thematic analysis or theory of change of how BLAST Fest’s stakeholder engagement and social innovation leadership delivers value in terms of impact and inclusion, including indicators to measure outcomes. 

Previous experience of evaluation would be desirable.

Location: All the work can be done remotely (Blast Fest is based in Birmingham).  The volunteer will need to be able to access video meetings.

Commitment: 5 days worth of work over a few months.

Desired project start date: October 2021

Desired project completion date: December 2021

Apply:

If you feel you are able to offer your assistance please complete the application form and return along with your CV to ProBonoOR@theorsociety.com by Wednesday 29 September 2021.

The OR Society fully supports equal opportunities. As such, we welcome applications from the partially sighted or blind, or those with disabilities.

Information about the organisation: 

BLAST Fest is a pop-up festival and community engagement platform that explores science and technology through Black arts and cultural spaces. The organization uses a ‘flipped engagement’ approach, where the ideas for science engagement are generated and initiated from within the community, and BLAST Fest then ‘reaches out’ to the STEM sector to help co-create an exciting programme of activities and events.

For further information about the BLAST Fest UK please visit www.blastfest.org.uk

For further information about the Pro Bono OR scheme, please visit: www.theorsociety.com/Probono  or email ProBonoOR@theorsociety.com