Dr Kaz Stuart of the University of Cumbria worked with Steve Hillman of the Foyer Federation to produce an Advantaged Thinking Theory of Change, which describes the approach Foyers and the Federation use today.
Having developed a theory of change that represented the reality of young people in Foyers, the literature review from Stuart and Browning was then used to check that there was evidence to support each link in the theory of change. A total of 120 papers were used to underpin the links between the different sections of the theory of change. This dual process of participatory design with underpinning literature produced a robust theory of change for an Advantaged Thinking approach. The final theory of change can be downloaded below.