Resources
Our resources are free to use. Some tools from other organisations may entail a cost (we will tell you if this is the case).
These are resources that ESS has developed e.g. Support guides, Method sheets, Webinars, Case studies.
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Results for: Setting outcomes and Indicators
Befriending outcomes (Extract from The Source to the sea)
This extract from The Source to the Sea gives examples of outcomes for befriendees, volunteer befrienders, local communities, amenities and businesses, and those commissioning befriending services.
Big Picture Route Map
This visual tool can help participants reflect on their current situation or experience of an event and to help start discussions on what the next step for them might be.
Big Picture Route Map – Introduction
This cartoon map has different vehicles, routes and characters. This visual tool can help participants reflect on their current situation or experience of an event and to help start discussions on what the next step for them might be.
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: ARC Scotland
This case study shows how ARC Scotland involved service users in setting outcomes for service.
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: Funeral Link Scotland
This case study is about how tailored support sessions with ESS helped Funeral Link identify the difference that they made to their service users.
Case Study: Girlguiding Scotland
This case study by Girlguiding Scotland is about how to embed evaluation across an organisation who are dependent on volunteers.
Case Study: Hebridean Pursuits Outdoor Learning (HPOL)
ESS worked with HPOL to help clarify their outcomes and indicators. This case study is an example of an ESS evaluation principle: good evaluation should be about what matters.
Case Study: Music 4 U
This case study is about how a range of evaluation support helped Music 4 U get to grips with evaluation, and got them all on the same page.
