
Theory of change template
Five layers from activities to the long-term goal · A ceiling of accountability line · Numbered assumptions and the evidence behind them
Preview and use template →A strategic plan on a page gives staff, volunteers and trustees one picture of where the charity is going. This example draws a three-year strategy as a house: the vision as the roof, the mission as the beam, four strategic goals as pillars with their priorities and a measure for each, values as the foundation and people, money and digital as the enablers underneath. Progress bars show how far each measure has come.
No account needed · Opens as your own editable page

Keep the vision to one sentence about the world you want, and the mission to one sentence about what you do.
Give each goal a pillar with no more than three priorities and one measure you can report every quarter.
Name the values that guide decisions and the enablers, such as people, money and systems, that hold the goals up.
Yes. Delete or duplicate a goal column and spread the rest across the page, keeping the priorities and a measure in each one.
No. Open the template and edit it in your browser. Your work saves on this device. An account is optional if you want to sync your workspace.
Yes. Use Export in the editor to save a PNG, SVG or PDF, or download an editable .epicdraw backup.