
Charting the waters
This guide is for people in third sector organisations that want to understand and evaluate the difference their policy influencing work makes.
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Charting the waters
This guide is for people in third sector organisations that want to understand and evaluate the difference their policy influencing work makes.

Evaluating policy influence
This paper is about the common themes that emerged from providing tailored support to three national third sector intermediaries around evaluating their policy influence. Key things to think about: Who

Evaluation for policy makers – A straightforward guide
This guide covers a wide range of practical issues – from outlining the role of evaluation to examining different approaches to evaluation to helping you work out what to do

How befriending can help health & social care partnerships with their priorities
This resource will help befriending services measure and demonstrate their contribution to strategic level outcomes.

UK Evidence Ecosystem for Social Policy (2015)
This ‘Alliance for Useful Evidence’ infographic aims to show the diversity of the evidence world – including but not limited to – the nine UK ‘What Works Centres’. The infographic