Ongoing self-evaluation should be an integral part of managing a children's centre. It not only ensures you're delivering the best service but can help justify decisions, prove your work is making a difference and gain extra funding.
Plan evaluation from the start to ensure it's part of everyday business and not an add-on. Knowing what people think about services and the difference they're making to families' lives is a vital part of managing a children's centre and aids decisions about what services to offer.
Involve the whole team. Evaluation is not just a leadership or management issue but something that should involve all staff. For example, someone running a breastfeeding support group should know whether it helped women breastfeed and how many moved on to other services.
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