Services for Humans
Marmalade Event
What we learned at the 2021 Services for Humans ...

How can we create, develop and verify human-centred services? To continue exploring this, here are some takeaways and talking points from the conversations that took place during Marmalade Week.

What we learned at the 2021 Services for Humans inquiry events
Sharing Power
Marmalade Event
What we learned at the 2021 Sharing Power ...

How can we tackle inequality, exclusion and the imbalance of power? To continue exploring this, here are some takeaways and talking points from the conversations that took place during Marmalade Week.

What we learned at the 2021 Sharing Power inquiry events
Meaningful Measurement
Marmalade Event
What we learned at the 2021 Meaningful ...

How can you create ways of evaluating work that is more focused on people’s stories and experiences, and less on the actual process of measuring? To continue exploring this, here are some takeaways and talking points from the conversations that took place during Marmalade Week.

What we learned at the 2021 Meaningful Measurement inquiry events

Creating opportunities for learning in The Leys with Oxford Hub & Activate Learning

Creating opportunities for learning in The Leys with Oxford Hub & Activate Learning

Although our partnership is only in its infancy, already this year, 21 different classes or courses have been facilitated by a range of local and professional tutors, in 6 different community spaces in East Oxford including Activate Learning, Windale Hub, Blackbird Leys Library and The Clockhouse.

Age UK Oxfordshire: Social Prescribing Storytelling 2023

In this pilot project, Age UK Oxfordshire (AUKO) and the Old Fire Station, Oxford (OFS) used the Storytelling Evaluation Methodology (Storytelling) to learn about social prescribing work undertaken by AUKO. The project was also an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of Storytelling as a way of evaluating social prescribing in general.

Storytelling: what we’ve done & what we’ve learned (7 min read)

Storytelling: what we’ve done & what we’ve learned (7 min read)

As part of the Meaningful Measurement Action Inquiry, the Old Fire Station have been working in collaboration with over 60 partners across the county and beyond to experiment with Storytelling. In September 2022, we brought partners together to share their experiences of Storytelling so far and discuss what we’ve learned: How is the approach being used? What have we learned? What are the benefits and challenges have we experienced? And how can we take it forward?