Stage 1Activity 3 (of 4)

Describe your service and its intended impact

Learn how to describe your service by developing a ‘logic model’ or ‘theory of change’. These tools help you understand the relationships between your resources, activities and outcomes.

Step 1

Take a deeper dive into your initiative by using the TIDieR model to capture all the important details:

T: Title
I: Intervention components
D: Description
I: Eligibility criteria
E: Implementation
R: Relevant outcomes.

• Use the TIDieR checklist and templates to identify what details you need to capture to help figure out the different parts of your initiative that must be described.​

Step 2

It’s time to create a logic model to improve your understanding of how your initiative will deliver the impact you want.

• Find a simple intro to logic models in chapter one of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide
• Check out page 27 of the same guide to get a great checklist for logic model development. You can also use this resource from Evaluation Support Scotland.

Step 3

Your logic model should be co-developed and tested with your stakeholders using a logic model workshop.

• See this example of a logic model workshop agenda for a project on a volunteering initiative in NWL.

Step 4

If you are evaluating a more complex initiative, consider using the ‘theory of change’ model.

• Use this theory of change guide to develop, implement and evaluate complex health initiatives. Check out page six for guidance on leading a ‘theory of change’ workshop​.