From April 2013 to March 2023 there were 140,000 ‘in person’ engagements and over 200,000 ‘digital engagements.’ 79% of people who took part, live in South East Northumberland.

From 2014 to 2022 we collected postcodes of people taking part. These postcodes were analysed each year by The Audience Agency, using Audience Spectrum and Mosaic profiling. Over eight years this demonstrated that 60% of people were from traditionally low engagement groups, 32% from medium engagement groups and 8% from high engagement groups.  

Over ten years we used the Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) to measure the impact on community wellbeing. Analysis every year consistently showed between 72% and 76% of people taking part reporting an increase in sense of wellbeing. This data was complemented by qualitative feedback, and this is just one example: “I didn’t go out of the house before, but I like art, so I came along to see what it was all about. Best thing I’ve ever done.”