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SELD Evaluation Resource Guide: Resources
The following section provides links to useful freely available resources including toolkits, handbooks, guidance and case-studies which you may find useful for the planning and delivery of your evaluation. There are lots of resources out there, but these represent ones which have been used and recommended by experts and practitioners working in regeneration.
RENEWAL.NET
Renewal.net is the online guide to what works in Neighbourhood Renewal. The site features an ever growing number of useful resources around evaluation in the context of Neighbourhood Renewal delivery. Just type 'evaluation' into the search box on the website and review the full list of resources available.
Visit Renewal.net website.
Visit Renewal.net website.
One that's definitely worth a look is 'How to evaluate a project' in the Track progress toolkit which features an overview along with case studies, sample documents, evaluation toolkits, policy guidance and related research.
See the project evaluation toolkit.
See the project evaluation toolkit.
NEF NR Evaluation Tool - Prove It!
The New Economic Foundation (NEF) have designed various evaluation and social auditing resources; this one was designed specifically for the evaluation of Neighbourhood Renewal. The spirit of Prove it! is about keeping evaluation simple, manageable and possible within the limited resources that small-scale projects have available to them.
Read more about Prove It.
Read more about Prove It.
I&DeA Evaluation Tool for Regeneration Partnerships
The government's Improvement & Development Agency (I&DeA) have produced a checklist tool for benchmarking successful partnership practice which has been thoroughly tested across a range of regeneration delivery partnerships.
Visit IDeA website.
Visit IDeA website.
JRF Evaluating community projects: A practical guide
Produced to support the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) Neighbourhood Programme, the guide provides step-by-step advice on how to evaluate a community project. Designed to be of use to residents, neighbourhood practitioners and policy makers at local, regional and national levels, it can be downloaded free from their website.
Read the JRF guide.
Read the JRF guide.
ODPM Local evaluation for regeneration partnerships
Produced for the DETR by Roger Tym and Partners (RTP) and the University of the West of England (UWE), the online guidebook 'Local evaluation for regeneration partnerships' is a good starting point for considering how to go about planning and carrying out a local evaluation.
Visit ODPM Guidebook.
Visit ODPM Guidebook.
UNDP Monitoring and Evaluation Handbook
A useful and comprehensive handbook produced for officers working for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Whilst designed for practitioners working in an international environment, the techniques and theory are sound and entirely transferable to local regeneration contexts here in the UK. Download your free copy and keep it close for ideas and guidance.
Read about the UNDP handbook.
Read about the UNDP handbook.
Tools for Development Handbook
An excellent handbook produced for guidance of officers working in the UK Department for International Development (DfID). Clear and concise practical guidance on various subjects including monitoring and evaluation, which has now been revised 15 times using feedback from practitioners. Download your free copy and keep it close for ideas and guidance.
Read about the DfID handbook.
Read about the DfID handbook.
How to do it - Monitoring & evaluation guide (PMEG)
Plymouth Monitoring & Evaluation Group (PMEG) have produced this straightforward guide to monitoring and evaluation drawing on the experience of local partners and various other resources also featured here.
Read about the PMEG Guide.
Read about the PMEG Guide.
Community & Voluntary Organisations Evaluation Toolkit
The Evaluation Trust has produced a toolkit for use with community and voluntary organisations. It contains advice on different methods and how to apply them, as well as resources and visual aids.
Visit Evaluation Trust toolkit.
Visit Evaluation Trust toolkit.
Monitoring & Evaluation News Service (MANDE)
Regularly updated news, reports, training course and events relating to monitoring and evaluation (mainly for international development audience). Stimulating and useful for keeping up to date with recent trends and developments in evaluation practice.
Visit MANDE website.
Visit MANDE website.
National Evaluation of Sure Start
From the government's SureStart programme, the national evaluation generated some good examples of evaluation methods and reports, including lists of questions used in surveys and evaluation guidance. A good way of drawing on the collective experience of all 6 years' worth of evaluations from 524 programmes from across the country.
Visit NESS website.
Visit NESS website.
Bristol Forward Evaluation Resources
Bristol's regeneration community offer a variety of useful tools and documents on their Bristol Forward research and evaluation pages.
Visit Bristol Forward website.
Visit Bristol Forward website.
ELWA Step-by-step-guide to evaluation
The national council for Education and Learning in Wales (ELWA) have produced a useful, concise, step-by-step guide to evaluation.
Visit ELWA website.
Visit ELWA website.
Big Lottery Self-Evaluation Guide
Big Lottery's website provides a range of useful resource and links around evaluation
PDF version of Big Lottery Self-Evaluation Guide.
PDF version of Big Lottery Self-Evaluation Guide.
NOF Evaluation & Research Publications
The New Opportunity Fund (NOF) provide a variety of general research and evaluation guidance including: 'Engaging young people in evaluation and consultation' and 'Self-Evaluation : A handy guide to sources'
Visit NOF website.
Visit NOF website.
NSF User-friendly evaluation guide
The National Science Foundation (NSF) present a user-friendly guide to mixed-method evaluations from the national science foundation. Robust approaches but not always appropriate for regeneration contexts.
Visit NSF website.
Visit NSF website.
NICVA Case Studies of Impact Assessment in voluntary sector organisations
The Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA) have brought together some case study examples of how small and medium sized voluntary and community organisations have gone about measuring their impact.
PDF versions of NICVA study examples.
PDF versions of NICVA study examples.
NCVO Measuring Impact Resources
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) list a range of useful guides and documents for measuring impact and outcomes.
Visit NCVO guides.
Visit NCVO guides.
CENI Evaluation FAQs
Community Evaluation Northern Ireland (CENI) have produced a useful list of frequently asked questions about evaluations and various other resources.
Read the CENI FAQ.
Read the CENI FAQ.
Arts Council guide to evaluation arts education projects
The Arts Council for England have produced a guide designed to help organisations and individuals evaluate arts education projects.
Visit Arts Council guide.
Visit Arts Council guide.
Rural Evaluation Guide
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) provide a useful and straightforward guide to evaluation in rural settings (mainly overseas orientated).
Visit IFAD Rural Evaluation Guide.
Visit IFAD Rural Evaluation Guide.
Tools to measure improvements in educational attainment
The Quality in Study Support project running in Canterbury Christ Church University provides advice on measuring attendance, attitudes and achievements of pupils and has developed software and tools to help you to do this.
Visit Quality in Study Support project.
Visit Quality in Study Support project.
The Evaluator's Cookbook - for work with children and young people
A very useful resource book for participatory evaluation exercises with children and young people produced during the evaluation of the national children's fund. Free to download from the website.
PDF version of Evaluator's Cookbook.
PDF version of Evaluator's Cookbook.
CES Your project and its outcomes
This concise and accessible guidebook was produced for the Community Fund by Charities Evaluation Services (CES). It is designed to help voluntary-sector organisations identify the changes they have brought about ('outcomes') from their activity
PDF version of CES guidebook.
PDF version of CES guidebook.
Connexions: A Little Book of Evaluation
Connexions have published a concise guidebook and framework for evaluating their and their partners' work with young people.
PDF version of Connexions guidebook.
PDF version of Connexions guidebook.
SELD North East Evaluation Seminars
The SELD pilot in the North East of England have held various evaluation seminars which provide a useful overview of evaluation issues. Seminar presentations can be downloaded from their website.
See list of downloads.
See list of downloads.
REGEN WM Evaluation Guide
The West Midlands Regeneration Centre of Excellence (REGEN WM) includes a selection of useful guidance and resources around evaluation of regeneration programmes and projects. The site features answers to questions such as: Why evaluate? How do I evaluate? When is the right time to evaluate? and How do I make the most of the evaluation?
REGEN WM Evaluation Guide.
REGEN WM Evaluation Guide.
Policy Hub
The Cabinet Office's Policy Hub comprehensive guide to key sources about evaluation and its role in evidence-based policy and practice.
Policy Hub guide.
Policy Hub guide.
The Green Book
The Green Book is the UK central government guidebook on Appraisal and Evaluation
Read the Green Book.
Read the Green Book.
The Free Management Library
The Free Management Library provide a basic guide to programme evaluation for non-profit organisations
Visit Free Management Library.
Visit Free Management Library.
ELDIS Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Guides
ELDIS is a development organisation which aims to share the best in development, policy, practice and research. Their site provides some useful participatory monitoring and evaluation guidance.
Visit ELDIS website.
Visit ELDIS website.
CIVICUS Toolkit for setting up a Monitoring and Evaluation system
CIVICUS, the global alliance for citizen participation have produced a useful 'nuts & bolts' toolkit on setting up a monitoring and evaluation system for a project or programme.
PDF of CIVICUS Toolkit.
PDF of CIVICUS Toolkit.
Western Michigan Evaluation Checklists
Western Michigan University's site contains some useful checklists to help with different aspects of evaluation.
See the Western Michigan Evaluation Checklists.
See the Western Michigan Evaluation Checklists.
The World Bank Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)
The World Bank's IEG, founded in 1973 reports directly to the executive board to inform the Bank's work across the world. Their website features a selection of robust evaluation tools and approaches.
Read more about the IEG.
Read more about the IEG.
The United States Center for Disease Control (CDC)
The CDC evaluation working group have compiled a comprehensive set of evaluation resources which are available to download from their site.
Read about the CDC evaluation resources.
Read about the CDC evaluation resources.
The Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook
The Kellogg Foundation has been using some 75 years' worth of breakfast cereal profits to building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to solve their own problems. They offer a useful evaluation toolkit and handbook which can be downloaded free from the site.
See the Kelloggs evaluation toolkit.
See the Kelloggs evaluation toolkit.
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