The Office for Public Management (OPM) was
commissioned by Yorkshire and the Humber Leadership Academy (Y&HLA) to conduct an independent and rapid evaluation of the Communities of Practice (CoP). The CoPs
are part of the Co-Creation Network launched in 2014 by Y&HLA in partnership with the Yorkshire & Humber Improvement Academy (Y&HIA). They had two aims:
1. Understand the impact of a sample
of Communities of Practice (CoP)
2. Understand the impact of Y&HLA’s support
and facilitation of the CoPs.
The Leader Evaluation Framework informed the evaluation design. Evaluation findings are based on telephone interviews with thirteen CoP members; the majority of who facilitated a CoP. Interviewees were selected by Y&HLA to be illustrative of a range of experiences. A total of ten
CoPs were discussed to varying degrees by interviewees.