Projects We've Supported

We work across heritage, education, science engagement, and community development, supporting organisations of all sizes to evaluate impact, design meaningful strategies, and connect with their audiences. Here are some examples of our previous work:

Freelance – Independent Consultant

Clare worked with the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum to design and evaluate a set of COVID-adapted activities for family and school audiences. These included self-led trails, hands-on learning resources, and bespoke SEN days tailored to meet the needs of children with additional support requirements. Her work focused on capturing visitor feedback in a low-pressure, accessible way, and developing flexible evaluation tools the team could use independently. 

Employed – Science Engagement Manager

As Science Engagement Manager at NMS, Clare led the evaluation of STEM learning programmes funded by both the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Scottish Power Foundation. This included designing and delivering internal evaluation tools, observing programme delivery, supporting staff development, and analysing participant feedback to inform future practice.

Her role involved collaborating with external evaluation consultants while also developing in-house metrics and tools to provide a well-rounded, objective review of funded programmes. This dual approach enabled her to generate detailed insights for internal learning while supporting transparent and meaningful reporting to funders.

Freelance Consultant (2020–2022), then Research Manager (part-time)

At Ondata Research Ltd, Clare worked across a range of evaluation projects focused on public engagement, science education, and community-led learning. Her role spanned the full evaluation cycle from strategic planning and logic model design, through to delivery, analysis, and reporting. She designed bespoke evaluation strategies aligned to client goals, created interview and focus group protocols, and carried out observations and qualitative data collection both in-person and online. Her analysis focused on reflexive thematic approaches, with outputs ranging from mid-point reflections to legacy-focused reports and, in one case, the development of a co-curation model.

Clients included STEM Learning (“Mission X”), Association of Science and Discovery Centres (“Explore Your Universe”), Institute of Physics (“Communities in Conversation”), Cardiff University (“Physics Mentoring Project”), and other universities and science centres across the UK.

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