Case Study: Edinburgh Food Project
This case study shows how ESS supported the Edinburgh Food project to create a new evaluation framework for their whole organisation.
Results for: 2024
Case Study: Smart Play Network
ESS provided tailored support for this organisation in 2011, and again in 2023 when the CEO felt it was time for an evaluation refresh.
Embedding Evaluation Checklist – Making it stick
Does your organisation have proportionate evaluation plans in place? Do they routinely build time for evaluation into project plans and funding applications? Does everyone who should be involved (staff and/or
Evaluating prevention resource
This guide shares learning from our work about how to evaluate prevention. We suggest approaches you can take and share examples from the third sector.
Five approaches to assessing the impact of unrestricted funding
‘Long-term flexible funding allows organizations to allocate resources where they are most needed, making room for innovation, emergence, and impact.’ Commissioned by Co-op Foundation, IVAR’s latest report explores how open and
How to evaluate intermediaries’ impact
This resource is for national third sector intermediaries to them evaluate their impact.
Reporting practice – self-assessment tool
This tool comes from work by Evaluation Support Scotland and the Scotland Funders’
Forum to make reporting more useful and less burdensome for funders and funded
organisations, and to improve grant management relationships.
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
Support Guide 4a – Acting on your learning from evaluation
This support guide explains the many different ways you can use evaluation for example to get better at what you do, to engage service users, or to secure funding.
The advantages and disadvantages of different reporting formats
This guide provides both pros and cons of different reporting formats.