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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Paying a bill with a note that also explains why some of us statistically have fewer bills left to pay. How beautifully bleak.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

If you're navigating this tension in the sector, I'd love to hear how. Drop a reply or DM. And funders: what would it take to fund the infrastructure, not just the activities? #SocialImpact #CharityData #ImpactMeasurement

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The best-evidenced programmes usually have sustained funding. Not because money made them better at delivery, but because it gave them time to build systems, train staff, and iterate. Evidence needs investment.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The timeframes don't match either. A 12-month grant rarely captures long-term outcomes. You're measuring people 3 months after a 6-week programme and calling it impact. That's a structural problem, not a delivery one.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Baseline and endline surveys sound simple. They're not. You need to reach people twice, months apart. People move. Disengage. Get discharged. Attrition is real. But funders sometimes read it as failure.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Good data collection costs money. Staff time, survey tools, database setup, analysis. It's rarely included as a fundable cost. So charities cut corners — then get judged for producing weak evidence.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Funders want robust evidence of impact. But they often won't fund the infrastructure that makes robust evidence possible. Let's talk about that. 🧵

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Sometimes data doesn't have to solve a serious problem. Sometimes it just has to be fun. 🔗 impctlab.uk/lioli/ (No, I will not be taking questions about my life choices.)

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Love It or List It UK — Data Dashboard

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I built four tabs of charts to try and answer this. Economics, geography, episode breakdowns, the lot. Do I have a definitive answer? No. Does the dashboard look nice? Yes.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The headline finding: Kirstie wins. A lot. But is she actually persuasive, or is it just inertia bias (people staying put because moving house is genuinely terrifying)?

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🧵 I built an interactive data dashboard on Love It or List It UK because apparently that's how I spend my time now.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

All in all, RCTs suffer from the exact same issues that any other approach does and that’s usually poor methodology and design issues. Just because it’s an RCT doesn’t mean it’s above reflection.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Stuck with unrealistic evaluation asks? DM me. I help charities design evaluations that actually work for their budget and context. #SocialImpact #CharityData #ImpactMeasurement

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The best evaluation matches your resources. A well-designed survey beats a badly-executed RCT every time.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Three approaches that work for small-scale programmes: pre/post with validated tools, contribution analysis, or case-based evidence with clear mechanisms.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

What funders actually need isn't a control group. They need confidence that change happened AND that your service caused it.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Here's the reality: RCTs cost £50k+ to run properly. Most small charities have evaluation budgets under £5k. The maths doesn't work.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Your funder wants a control group for your 12-person pilot. This is a real conversation I had last week. 🧵

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

On my way to London to deliver a workshop with an awesome client. I’ve time to kill before my train home though, so if anyone wants to grab a coffee between 2 and 6pm, drop me a message. x

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Got a ToC gathering dust? Challenge: read it aloud. Does it explain causation or just sequencing? Drop your ToC questions below. #SocialImpact #CharityData #ImpactMeasurement

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Pro tip: Write your ToC in prose first. Full sentences. Then diagram it. This forces you to articulate the actual logic.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Your assumptions matter more than your boxes. The real ToC lives in those 'if/then/because' statements you're afraid to write down.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Common mistake: confusing activities with mechanisms. 'We run workshops' is an activity. 'Participants gain confidence through peer support' is a mechanism.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The test: Can someone outside your org read it and understand WHY each step leads to the next? If not, it's a work plan with arrows.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

A real ToC shows *how* change happens, not just what you'll do. It's about causal pathways: if we do X, then Y will happen *because* Z.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Most Theory of Change diagrams are just fancy to-do lists. There, I said it. 🧵

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

If you're in the charity space and want to build this kind of tracking into your programmes without drowning in spreadsheets, drop a reply or DM — happy to share what's worked. #SocialImpact #CharityData #ImpactMeasurement

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Common objection: "Our participants don't complete follow-up surveys." Reality check — that's a design problem, not a data problem. Short, single-channel, timed prompts dramatically improve completion rates.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Layer it with a follow-up at 3 or 6 months and you've moved from outputs → outcomes → sustained impact. Funders love it. More importantly, you'll actually know if your programme works.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Quick fix: add a single 'distance travelled' question before and after each intervention. E.g. "On a scale of 1–10, how confident do you feel managing X today?" Pre/post. That's your baseline and your outcome.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The problem usually isn't data volume. It's data architecture. You're capturing activity (sessions run, people attended) when you need to capture change (how people are different afterwards).

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A dirty secret in the charity sector: most organisations collect loads of data but can't answer the one question funders care about most — "Did it work?" 🧵

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

More and more charities I work with appear to be questioning whether delivery is still viable at scale 💭 As costs rise, influencing and systems change can feel like a more sustainable route 📉➡️📣 I have written a short piece reflecting on this. Curious if it resonates 🤔

theimpactlab.co.uk

The Shift Away from Delivery: Why More Charities Are Stepping Back to Push for Systems Change | The Impact Lab

More and more charities that once defined themselves by what they delivered are now stepping back from delivery altogether.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

This is super cool (the infographic not the deprivation). ⬇️

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Awesome day speaking at the Utilita Giving Conference today. Amazing amounts of energy on display to change the energy sector for the better. Let’s beat #FuelPoverty together. #Charity #ThirdSector #SocialImpact

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

It’s #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay and too many households are still choosing between heat and essentials ❄️💷 Next Thursday (4th Dec) I’ll be speaking at the 'One Call That’s All' Conference about how data and early intervention can make a real difference 📊🤝 More details about what they are up to here:

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One Call, That's All — Utilita Giving

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Still buzzing from last Tuesday’s #FutureofSocialImpact2025 Summit. I was incredibly lucky to be joined by some phenomenal guests to present on creating #MeasurementFrameworks that get used and #Data essentials for #SocialImpact. See you all again next year!

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Group picture of The Trust Impact team with their friends from the Ferdinando & Luigi Innocenti Foundation

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Worth a quick read if you’re into your data or charity leader: Blog: Making Sense of Change - How Small Charities Can Use IMD 2025 to Target and Tell Their Impact: theimpactlab.co.uk/press/blogs/...

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Making Sense of Change: How Small Charities Can Use IMD 2025 to Target and Tell Their Impact

A practical guide for small charities to use IMD 2025, compare with 2019, and target impact.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Checked the postcode for Buckingham Palace on my new IMD2025.co.uk site Apparently, the neighbours could use a little “levelling up.” See how your area’s deprivation scores have changed between 2019 and 2025. 👑📉 #IMD2025 #DataForGood #LevellingUp #UKData #OpenData #Mapping

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

🚨 Big change for UK charities! SORP 2026 makes impact reporting part of the Trustees’ Report. You’ll need to show who you reached, what changed, and how you know. Get ready with our quick guide 👇 #SORP2026 #Charity #ImpactReporting

theimpactlab.co.uk

How the Charity SORP 2026 will reshape how UK charities report their work | The Impact Lab

For the first time, impact reporting will become a mandatory element of the Trustees’ Annual Report

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

After a long day of building, it’s live! 🎉 imd2025.co.uk gives you free tools to explore the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 — maps, lookups & insights for #researchers and small #charities tackling inequality. #IMD2025 #SocialImpact #DataForGood

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IMD 2025 Tools | The Impact Lab

IMD mapping and lookup tools for 2025 and 2019. Fast access to postcode and LSOA insights.

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The Helsinki Bus Station Theory reminds us: originality isn’t found by starting over. It’s earned by staying long enough to make your work unmistakably yours. 🚌✨ #SocialImpact #StayOnTheBus #Creativity 10/10

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

When your results look like everyone else’s, remember: others might just be a few stops ahead on the same route. Stay on board until your learning becomes leadership and your work starts to shape the map. #Measurement #SocialChange 9/10

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Ryan Miemczyk @ryanmiemczyk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I see it often: organisations pivoting too soon, chasing trends before their data matures. The courage to persist through iteration and doubt is what separates the truly impactful from the merely active. #SocialImpact #Strategy 8/10

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