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Lessons Learned

Publication date: 21/12/2021 (Updated 12/04/2022)

Short document outlining lessons learned while providing grantholder evaluation support.

From 2017-21, Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) ran an evaluation and learning support contract for grantholders of The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) in Scotland.

This report has headline lessons about

Providing grantholder support
What is good (enough) grantholder evaluation

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Funders who want to support grantholder learning
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