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Happy new year! Eaten too much over Christmas? Full of woe about Brexit? Don’t despair! At ESS we remain relentlessly (foolishly?!) optimistic. In part because we are inspired by working
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Cassy Rutherford from The Robertson Trust explains how the Trust uses funded organisations’ evidence to improve their own processes and support the wider sector. As a funder, we receive a
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In this blog Elaine Mowat, The Welcoming, reflects on her experiences and learning from attending last year’s Inspiring Impact Network events. Reflection on Inspiring Impact events 2017/18 Making it stick,
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Louise Bowen, Knowledge and Networks Officer at Evaluation Support Scotland gives tips on how to get people on board with evaluation
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It should be self-evident … “Third sector organisations provide quite a lot of the support available to help people with their self-management”. Not particularly controversial. “Good evidence helps service commissioners make
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In this blog Steven Marwick talks about the challenges of analysing evaluation feedback and asks what sort of support you need to do more advanced analysis on your data. You
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Sharing the news and feedback from your evaluation – a reflective blog from Diane Kennedy about key messages she took away from our June Inspiring Impact network event Last month
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Here Shona Wells, Training Officer, talks about how using fit-for-purpose evaluation methods can make life easier for the volunteers, service users and staff members involved Since joining the team at
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Networking for impact Inspiring Impact’s partner in Scotland Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) is a long-time advocate of peer learning and our experience is that people really value opportunities to make
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“Evaluation means a lot of extra work!” “The only reason to evaluate is because funders demand it!” “Evaluation is always better if it’s done by someone external!” At Evaluation Support
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Nicola Swan, Evaluation Support Manager talks about what funders really want to be told from organisations applying for funding (Initially published in Big Lottery Fund Big Blog) Whether it’s outright
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Many third sector organisations are involved in trying to influence policy makers using the experience of, and giving a voice to the people who use their services. But have you
