Hi Everyone,

I do hope you and your families are all well, it really has been an interesting and challenging year 2020.

Being part of this group has been fantastic for me, I have learnt so much from discussions, meet ups, support I have received and the collaborative work, thank you.
The activities this year have continued to build on the priorities set in 2018 and included continuing to support some of the Q Exchange projects with their evaluations and securing funding to connect QI and Evaluation communities together. Thank you everyone.

The group has also grown over the year, welcome to all our new members! I am conscious that we have not refreshed our purpose and priorities and so I think it is a good opportunity to do this as a group in the new year together. I hope we can organise something – maybe a workshop (might try out 25:10 virtually!) coupled with a survey – to gather views and review and refresh this together. If anyone would like to get involved in taking this forward then please do let us know.

To help inform this and while we refresh, I wanted to gather some initial ideas here about what they would like from the group in 2021. This might be a range of activities and support or particular topics.

For example: one suggested activity that came from the Q conference was that there was an appetite for more informal networking opportunities, so a possible regular Zoom drop-in at a lunch time to meet, get to know each other, discuss and share. A couple of topics have also come up so far, including Evaluation of QI training and how to take account of the change in context (COVID-19) in your evaluation. Please do share your ideas.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I look forward to connecting with you in 2021,

Best Wishes,

Emma