The Evaluation Leaders’ Network, funded by the Scottish Government Third Sector Unit, is for people in the third sector who have responsibility for making evaluation happen in their organisation.
The network started in October 2023 and meets online about once a quarter.
Evaluation Leaders typically do some or all of the following:
- Enthuse and support colleagues to undertake evaluation
- Manage evaluation systems (data collection or storage)
- Help to ensure evaluation findings are used internally
- Write evaluation reports for funders or others
Sessions involve discussing and sharing with each other in an action learning approach. Discussion topics may include:
- Challenges and opportunities around embedding evaluation internally
- Methodological issues around doing and using evaluation meaningfully
- Influencing the external evaluation environment
- Writing evaluation reports for funders or others
Please note this is not evaluation training and you need to have a good basic knowledge of evaluation to take part meaningfully.
If you have questions please email info@evaluationsupportscotland.org.uk
Related resources
Rewards & Challenges of being an Evaluation Leader
The Evaluation Leaders’ Network, funded by the Scottish Government Third Sector Unit, is for people in the third sector who have responsibility for making evaluation happen in their organisation. Evaluation
ESS Toolkit for evaluation leaders
If you are the evaluation leader in your organisation, this resource is for you! It sets out some key things you need to do as a leader and tips on how to do them.
Evaluation Leaders’ Network meeting report – September 2025
This session explored a question that matters across the third sector: what are our current evaluation challenges, and how can we respond to them together?
Evaluation Leaders’ Network meeting report – March 2025
At this event members discussed evaluation approaches, tools, & resources that have worked for them in the past & learned about others that they’d like to use.
Evaluation Leaders’ Network meeting report – May 2024
The third Evaluation Leaders’ Network meeting took place on 28th of May 2024. A report of the session can be found here.
Evaluation Leaders’ Network meeting report – January 2024
The second Evaluation Leaders’ Network meeting took place on 16 January 2024, attended by 26 members. A report of the session can be found here, the report includes links to resources referred to in the session.
Evaluation Leaders Network kick-off event report
The Evaluation Leaders’ Network kick-off event took place on 3 October 2023. The report summarises the event and decisions about the network and also includes slides and links to resources and the jamboards.
