
Why Evaluate? Learning from COVID-19 event series
In these difficult times, it’s even more important that evaluation is easy and useful. Following our highly popular “Evaluating in a Time of Change” web event on 12 May we ran a series
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Why Evaluate? Learning from COVID-19 event series
In these difficult times, it’s even more important that evaluation is easy and useful. Following our highly popular “Evaluating in a Time of Change” web event on 12 May we ran a series
Why evaluation matters
This resource was created by ESS to make the case for evaluation and why it’s important.
Why involve the Third Sector in Health and Social Care delivery (2011)
An evidence paper produced by the Scottish Government with the Scottish Third Sector Research Forum. The paper explores, through a number of case studies, the contribution of the third sector
Why involve the third sector in reducing re-offending (2012)
This is an evidence paper produced by the Robertson Trust for the Scottish Third Sector Research Forum. The third sector plays a key role in the delivery of criminal justice
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Working out what to measure: Setting indicators
Training Officer Grace Robertson talks through what to measure and setting indicators for evaluation in less than one minute!
Young people taking the lead on evaluation
This learning event in April 2019 was supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.