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ESS Evaluation Method: Focus group

Facilitated discussions to investigate people’s perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes.

ESS Evaluation Method: Interview

One to one discussions to investigate people’s perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes.

ESS Evaluation Method: Meeting record

Keeping a simple record of your meetings allows you to more easily recall and count this activity and note evidence of outcomes as you go.

ESS Evaluation Method: Observation

Staff or volunteers observe clients taking part in activities and record information to evidence outcomes.

ESS Evaluation Method: Observation – template

Observation method template

ESS Evaluation Method: Questionnaire

Paper-based list of questions with space to record answers.

ESS Evaluation Method: Questionnaire – example

Questionnaire method example

ESS Evaluation Method: Relationship Map

Relationship maps are a way of understanding friendship networks and relationships which can be used to evaluate outcomes.

ESS Evaluation Method: Relationship Map – template

Relationship map template

ESS Evaluation Method: Service use map

Image based tool designed to find out about people’s interaction with their environment or local services.

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