Inspiring Impact Scotland

About Inspiring Impact

Inspiring Impact is a UK-wide partnership that aims to change the way the UK voluntary sector thinks about impact. Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) is the Inspiring Impact Scotland partner. The programme provides free online resources, peer learning networks, and grant funding, so you can plan, understand, and improve your impact

In Scotland we run an annual programme of free impact networking events for people in third sector organisations and funders.

Upcoming event:

Peer learning event

Leading evaluation – a peer learning event

09/03/2021 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm

This peer-learning event is all about leadership in evaluation.

For reports and resources from past Scotland events please see the past events page

Related resources

Inspiring Impact case study: Getting colleagues on board with evaluation

This case study tells the story of how Changeworks, one of Scotland’s largest environmental charities, got colleagues on board to embed their evaluation systems through the whole organisation.
Inspiring Impact Case study: Embedding evaluation – Harnessing the enthusiasm of staff to make evaluation stick

This case study from Royal Society of Edinburgh is about taking a whole organisational approach to embedding evaluation. Read it if your organisation wants to understand the impact of what it does.
Inspiring Impact Case Study: Circle

Circle is a Scottish charity working at the heart of deprived communities across central Scotland. Read to find out how Inspiring Impact helped Circle improve their impact practice.
Inspiring Impact Case Study: Children 1st

Children 1st is Scotland’s National Children’s charity. Read to find out how Inspiring Impact helped Children 1st improve their impact practice.
Inspiring Impact Case Study: Macrobert Arts Centre

Macrobert Arts Centre, based on the University of Stirling campus, offers a busy programme of live, film and creative learning events across the Forth Valley. Read to find out how Inspiring Impact help them improve their impact practice.
Inspiring Impact Case Study: The Robertson Trust

The Robertson Trust is the largest independent grant-making trust in Scotland. Read to find out how Inspiring Impact help them improve their impact practice.
Inspiring Impact Case Study: Evaluating the Festival City Volunteers project

Written by Marion Findlay, Volunteer Edinburgh, this case study shows how volunteers can be part of your evaluation.
Choosing a data management system for your organisation: Frontline perspective

This paper by Inspiring Impact offers honest insights from organisations to highlight practical challenges encountered by others, help others navigate the process and avoid common pitfalls, and ensure they consider all the options.