New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) is developing an online tool, entitled 'Well-being Measure', to enable funders to measure their impact on the well-being of children and youth.
The pilot tool provides organisations with a simple, reliable and academically-robust way of understanding the difference they make to the lives of children aged 11 to 16 years old. NPC’s well-being measure evaluates seven aspects of young people’s subjective well-being:
- self-esteem
- resilience
- emotional health
- quality of relationships with peers
- quality of relationships with family
- satisfaction with school
- satisfaction with community
To date, five charities have piloted NPC’s well-being measure, testing that it is reliable, sensitive to change and user-friendly. NPC plans to develop and adapt this tool for young people with specific needs and, in future, for different age groups.
The Well-being Measure will be available online in late 2010 and will be a subscription service, allowing funders to collect and analyse their own data. Subscribers will receive a clear and concise report of their results.
Further information is available at the NPC website