1. Theory of Change template
Although you may choose to represent your Theory of Change in a number of different ways, the template on the following slide may serve as a useful starting point.
Some examples are already filled-in. You can overwrite these and move/create new boxes and arrows as much as you need to represent the links between inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and goals of your programme.

2. GOAL:
e.g. help develop a generation who are properly equipped to deal with their finances
Ultimate Outcome:
e.g. young people enter secondary school with financial skills and behaviours appropriate to their age
Intermediate Outcome:
e.g. children continue saving outside of school
Immediate Outcome:
e.g. children put money into savings regularly
Outcome:
Outcome:
Outcome:
Output:
e.g. children learn about banks and saving
Output:
Output:
Output:
Activity:
Classroom lessons on banks and saving
Activity:
Activity:
Input:
e.g. staff time
Input:
Input:
Input:

3. Questions on the wider characteristics and context of your programme
The need for your programme, policy or funding:
What is the need for your programme, policy or funding?
Does this need vary according to different characteristics or factors, such as geography, age group, socio-economic status, etc?
What evidence do you have that this need exists?

4. Questions on the wider characteristics and context of your programme
The development of your programme:
At what stage of development is your programme? Is it something brand new that your organisation has developed and is piloting for the first time? Or are you running and refining an existing programme, perhaps with evaluation or measurement already in place? Or are you replicating and adapting a programme from elsewhere?
What influenced your decisions about programme design? For example, what evidence did you use to inform the design of your own programme, or why did you decide to run a programme developed elsewhere (and why did you choose that programme)?

5. Questions on the wider characteristics and context of your programme
The people you aim to reach:
What are the characteristics of the people you are trying to reach?
How many are you trying to reach?
Where are they and how will you engage them (and keep them engaged)?

6. Other influences, stakeholders and learning:
Who else, outside of your organisation, might be interested in your programme? This might be other organisations delivering programmes, or aspects of programmes, that overlap with yours; or other funders; or local, regional or national government.
What might those other organisations want to learn from your programme, and how can you share that information with them?