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Please note our resources are not for commercial use. Please see below to find out about more about our license and how our resources can be used.
We’re pleased to provide an extensive range of resources to help organisations with evaluation. Please note our resources are not for commercial use.
Unless otherwise stated on a specific resource, our resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence.
You are free to copy, share, and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given and any changes made are indicated. To view a copy of this licence, visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Attribution (Unless otherwise stated on a specific resource): Please credit Evaluation Support Scotland.
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Resources tagged ‘ESS resource’ are those which ESS has developed e.g. Support guides, Method sheets, Webinars, Case studies.
This short guide to evaluation – written by Big Lottery Fund – includes lots of tips about what evaluation is all about at Big Lottery Fund. It also includes ways to plan your project evaluation from the start. It has details of useful sources of support.