Monitoring and Evaluating Impact in Restorative Justice
As a restorative justice initiative, the Legacies of Enslavement programme has implemented a robust framework for data collection and impact assessment. This system is designed to meticulously gather and safeguard feedback and insights obtained through extensive engagement work, ensuring that this information is transparently shared back with descendant communities. By tracking impact using data from community feedback and annual surveys, the programme aligns its outcomes with predefined goals and indicators, fostering accountability and continuous improvement.
Programme Plan: Goals, Objectives, and Indicators
The programme's structure includes clear goals, objectives, and example indicators to measure its effectiveness. Progress against these metrics will be reported annually in a comprehensive report, providing stakeholders with regular updates on achievements and challenges. Ultimately, the success of the programme will be judged by the descendant communities it partners with, as they are the primary arbiters in determining whether the work has contributed to atoning for the Guardian's historical ties to enslavement over this 10-year project.
Goal 1: Realising Repair for Descendant Communities
This goal focuses on contributing to tangible repair for descendant communities linked to the Guardian's founders. Example indicators include community members in Success and Gurney's Mount villages reporting improvements in access and quality of education and skills training. Additionally, Gullah Geechee and other descendant community members will indicate enhanced access to support or resources for managing land-related issues, addressing historical inequities directly.
Goal 2: Supporting Reparatory Justice and Truth-Telling
The second goal aims to bolster reparatory justice and truth-telling efforts both in the UK and globally. Key objectives involve promoting truth-seeking about transatlantic enslavement and its legacies, raising consciousness of Britain's historical involvement in slavery through heritage, cultural, and educational partnerships, and expanding Guardian journalism's coverage of underreported regions and affected descendant communities. Example indicators include the full publication of all independent academic research commissioned by the programme, agreement on at least three significant educational or cultural partnerships to increase awareness, and evidence of increased media coverage of these critical issues.
