
5 Principles for good evaluation
Use our 5 principles for good evaluation to help you judge if you are happy with your evaluation!
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5 Principles for good evaluation
Use our 5 principles for good evaluation to help you judge if you are happy with your evaluation!

Case Study: Age Scotland
This case study is about how a series of support sessions with ESS helped Age Scotland set organisational outcomes and create a new evaluation toolkit for the whole organisation.

Case Study: Evaluating public engagement work (The School of Life Sciences, Dundee University)
The School of Life Sciences at University of Dundee show how they evaluate public engagement activities.

Case Study: Our evaluation story (The School of Life Sciences, Dundee University)
The School of Life Sciences, Dundee University received tailored support from Evaluation Support Scotland to complete a logic model and set outcomes.

Confidence Through Evidence toolkit
The Confidence Through Evidence toolkit has four steps designed to help you acquire, assess, adapt and apply evidence in your practice. Each step includes key questions and signposts to relevant supporting resources

Crisis to Recovery (Part 1 of 2)
This is part 1 of 2 videos that contain tips and ideas to help you use your evaluation learning from Covid-19 to plan your future. They summarise the key points in our written guide ‘Resetting after Covid’.

Crisis to Recovery (Part 2 of 2)
This is part 2 of 2 videos that contain tips and ideas to help you use your evaluation learning from Covid-19 to plan your future. They summarise the key points in our written guide ‘Resetting after Covid’.

Crisis to Recovery Case Study: Get2gether
et2gether arranges social activities for people with disabilities in safe and friendly places in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Covid-19 completely changed the course of their organisation.

Crisis to Recovery Case Study: GRACE
GRACE is a local community group in East Dunbartonshire providing aftercare support and prevention activities to vulnerable adults with mental health issues, addiction, homelessness, social isolation issues or any life trauma.

Crisis to Recovery Case Study: Westerhaven
Case study of Westerhaven, a project within The Health Agency in south-west Edinburgh and supports people affected by cancer diagnosis and life limiting conditions, including carers, family members and friends.