Blue Recovery Metrics

We will consider each of our project outcomes as follows:

Involve a wider range of people:

• Metrics: Numbers of people living in target postcodes actively involved in Blue Recovery.
• Method: Collected on recruitment, with levels of involvement recorded throughout the project.
• Target(s): 94 people per hub with targets regarding specific types and levels of involvement.

Suggested Graphics

• Current situation(s) - hub specific and overall - show % progress towards targets and target values

  • Info boxes
  • https://rstudio.github.io/shinydashboard/structure.html#infobox

• Progress so far - hub specific and overall - add dotted lines for target values

  • Line plots over time
  • https://r-graph-gallery.com/line-chart-several-groups-ggplot2.html
  • https://r-graph-gallery.com/time-series.html

• Seasonal attendance patterns - hub specific and overall - add dotted lines for target values

  • Barcharts showing attendance per month
  • https://r-graph-gallery.com/stacked-barplot.html
  • https://r-graph-gallery.com/barplot.html

People will have greater wellbeing:

Extent

• Metrics: Number of beach sessions attended
• Method: Staff and Blue Recovery Ranger to document at each event.
• Target(s): 480 people sessions per hub (i.e. 30 people attending a single session = 30 people sessions)

Suggested Graphics As for ‘Involve a wider range of people’ but with people sessions

Evidence

• Metrics: Numbers of people reporting increased physical and/or mental wellbeing
• Data: Baseline data collected on recruitment, with follow up data collected every 6 months.
• Target(s): Statistically significant evidence that project involvement is associated with increased physical/mental wellbeing

People will have developed skills:

Extent

• Metrics: Total number of learning credits delivered, with initial training session = one credit.
• Method: Staff and Blue Recovery Ranger to document as project stakeholders complete training.
• Target(s): 250 learning credits completed per hub

Evidence

• Metrics: Change in participant performance during before and after knowledge and skills test
• Method: Staff and Blue Recovery Ranger to document as project stakeholders sign up and complete project.
• Target(s): Statistically significant evidence that project involvement has resulted in increased knowledge and improved skills

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Code: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KVh7cdnDFUtqgejTbfPZN__65F0ieCZR/view?usp=sharing

People will have learnt about heritage, leading to change in ideas and actions

• Metrics: Change in attitude towards local marine heritage as measured by 10 item pro-environmental behaviour scale.
• Method: Baseline data collected on recruitment, with follow up data collected every 6 months. Comparison data from non-participants to be collected on project completion.
• Target(s): Participants to show a significant positive increase in pro-environmental metrics that is at least twice as high as non-participants from the same localities.

Data to inform conservation of local marine heritage

• Metrics: Number of expert-verified surveys submitted to national sharing platforms.
• Method: Automatically collected by Blue Impact system during data submission.
• Target(s): 240 expert verified surveys per hub.