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What do our 5 principles for good evaluation look like in practice?
In this blog we outline our 5 principles for good evaluation & share real life examples that show what these principles look like in action.
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Celebrating 21 years
Our 21st birthday saw the launch of Self‑Evaluation Week — a week that brought organisations together to celebrate impact, share learning, and reflect on how evaluation supports meaningful change.
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What is the best kind of evidence for evaluation?
In evaluation, evidence helps us answer questions such as ‘Did we make a difference?’ & ‘What did we learn?’. But are some kinds of evidence better than others…?
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How using fit-for-purpose evaluation methods can make life easier
In this blog our Senior Training Officer talks about how using fit-for-purpose evaluation methods can make life easier for all those involved.
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Celebrating our Trustees
We’d like to thank our Trustees for their hard work and their contribution to Evaluation Support Scotland, as well as welcome our new Trustees and our new Chair.
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ESS at SCVO’s ‘The Gathering’ 2025
In this blog the ESS team share their experiences and highlights of the Gathering, and insights they gained!
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Creativity in Evaluation
In this wrap-up of our recent theme: ‘Creativity’ you will find examples of creativity in evaluation that we have shared over the past few months.
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Getting creative with evaluation methods
By doing things like taking photographs, collecting feedback or making observations you are collecting evidence.
Creative thinking can help you decide how to capture this evidence, and how to use it for evaluation. Click here to find out how!
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Education & Learning in Evaluation
In this wrap up of our ‘Education & Learning’ theme you will find resources, evaluation stories, and updates, that we have shared during this theme.
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What does it mean to be an ESS Trustee?
This Trustees Week we celebrate the contributions of our trustees! In this blog 2 of our Trustees reflect on their time on the ESS Board!
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Working with University Researchers & Staff – Getting Started
This blog aims to introduce those in third sector organisations to some important features of collaborating with higher education institutions.
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Scottish Book Trust – An Approach to Evaluation
In this blog, ESS Board Member Katherine – Head of Research & Evaluation at Scottish Book Trust – shares how evaluation is approached at SBT.