Our impact

We continue to measure the impact of South London Listens against our key strategic aims.

Using a 'theory of change', South London Listens is working with our evaluation partners, academic advisors and community leaders to implement a rigorous approach to evaluation.

We have established a partnership with the Centre for Society and Mental Health to support our long-term evaluation strategy. We will continue to work with community leaders to shape success measures and embed participatory methods to collect evidence in our projects.

Reflection and learning are built in to the programme so our work continuously improves and supports the expansion of projects locally. In November 2022, we began evaluation workshops to capture our learning, share best practices and refine our theory of change.

Progress is regularly monitored by the community through our Taskforce and our academic advisory board. We held an Accountability Assembly in November 2023.

Evaluation Frameworks

All of our evaluation outlines are now available to view. We are working with Centre for Society and Mental Health on implementation of Community Embedded Worker and Be Well Programme pilots and the overall Programme Theory of Change.

Our Academic Advisory Board

  • Professor Craig Morgan

    Co-founder and director for the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London

  • Dr Crispin Day

    Head of Centre for Parent and Child Support and Visiting Professor/Head of CAMHS, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  • Professor Derek Bolton

    Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology, King’s College London

  • Professor Stephani Hatch

    Vice Dean for Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London

The ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, based at King’s College London, was established in 2020 to conduct innovative research on the impacts of social change on mental health.