
Claiming an evidence-base for services and interventions (2013)
Read this briefing written by Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) and ESS to find out what it means if a programme is evidence-based.
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Results for: Using evidence
Claiming an evidence-base for services and interventions (2013)
Read this briefing written by Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) and ESS to find out what it means if a programme is evidence-based.
Confidence Through Evidence toolkit
The Confidence Through Evidence toolkit has four steps designed to help you acquire, assess, adapt and apply evidence in your practice. Each step includes key questions and signposts to relevant supporting resources
Engaging with evidence (2019)
This guide prepared by KTN introduces what is meant by communities engaging with evidence and why it is important.
Evidence Bank
What Works Scotland Evidence Bank: a knowledge service which will co-ordinate and share quality reviews of evidence in direct response to the needs of What Works Scotland issues. The Evidence
Evidence for Success guide (2015)
Easy to follow, step-by-step guidance and resources to support organisations to use evidence to influence policy and practice.
Evidence for Success guide (2015) – Infographic
“Overall, I found the guide engaging – a good read, language, tone, etc. throughout is appropriate and excellent in my view. I genuinely enjoyed reading it.” Carolyn Sawers, Big Lottery Fund
Evidence for Success: Collaborating with academics (2016)
This guide is for anyone in the third sector who wants to link to academics to generate and/or use evidence to improve policy and practice
Evidence for Success: Collaborating with academics (2016) – Infographic
This guide is for anyone in the third sector who wants to link to academics to generate and/or use evidence to improve policy and practice. It provides practical guidance and
Evidence for what? (2016)
This infographic created for a panel discussion at Realising Ambition learning event in Birmingham on 1st June 2016, shows Evaluation Support Scotland’s learning about evidence. See Blog: Let’s stop chasing
Evidence for What? Lessons from the third sector. Event summary & actions
This report summarises the main messages from roundtable discussions at the Evidence for What? event. It also identifies the action points that Evaluation Support Scotland will take forward in 2018