
Webinar: What is good evidence? (2015)
The What is Good Evidence? webinar aims to share evidence of ‘what works’ in social policy and practice between UK jurisdictions. On 1 September 2015 the Alliance for Useful Evidence
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Webinar: What is good evidence? (2015)
The What is Good Evidence? webinar aims to share evidence of ‘what works’ in social policy and practice between UK jurisdictions. On 1 September 2015 the Alliance for Useful Evidence
Were we wrong to talk about outcomes? What else is there to talk about?
This report gives a brief summary of our discussions in our ‘Were we wrong to talk about outcomes?’ event in February 2021, and sets out some suggested next steps.
What has ESS ever done for us?
Survey results from attendees of ESS funder learning programme activities.
What is an indicator?
Grace Robertson, Training Officer at Evaluation Support Scotland explains indicators in less than one minute!
What is an outcome?
Training Officer Shona Wells explains what outcomes are in one minute!
What research tells us about engaging in positive partnership (2016)
This evidence paper by Evaluation Support Scotland and The Robertson Trust with the Scottish Third Sector Research Forum brings together evidence of what research tells us engaging in positive partnership
What works in Independent Support
This report brings together the learning from all the organisations taking part in Support in the Right Direction, a thematic programme to improve understanding about ‘what works’ in Independent Support
When to put a price tag on it (2017)
This guide will be of interest to you if you work in the third sector and are interested in doing economic evaluation for funding reasons. It will help you have
When to put a price tag on it (2017)- handout
This handout summarises the survey findings of funders’ views on economic evaluation undertaken by Evaluation Support Scotland 2015 – 2016.
Why bother involving people in evaluation? – Beyond feedback
This workbook can help you plan why, when and how to involve the people you work with in evaluation