Examples of our evaluation work include:
The work of a number of Volunteer bureau, and Councils of
Voluntary service, resourcing intermediary organisations in rural and
urban areas
- the work of a Social Work Student Unit and various training programmes
- a review of part of a major national voluntary organisation working around youth employment and crime issues
- the work of Asian and Afro Caribbean outreach workers in a mental health resource centre· an evaluation of a counselling training course for Asian women
- participatory evaluations of a number of Living options (SCOPE) projects, including the work and processes of a Task Force of young people with disabled and a respite project.
- a piece of user feedback work for child development project run by Children's Society· projects working with women around domestic violence, information and health
- a number of information and advice agencies, including a specialist Asian initiative, and a user led disability information projects
- resourcing a user led evaluation by the Independent Living group of a local authority funded residential facility promoting independent living.
- a number of integrated therapeutic dance and theatre projects
- the work of an advocacy development project
- a major appraisal of a 10 year old home carers relief scheme involving all stakeholder groupings
- the community development work of two local neighbourhood centres, and a family centre run by NSPCC, all in economically disadvantaged areas
- the work of a parent controlled Opportunity group running an integrated family support facility for children with severe disabilities.
- a single homeless project experiencing major internal conflict, management and staffing difficulties and a loss of direction
- the work of two UK based EU funded groups making links between community groups in UK, Europe and the Third world;
- a review including large scale member feedback for a national self-help group for families who conceive two or more children through infertility treatment
- a major evaluation of the grants policies and practices of a Community Foundation involving all stakeholders, including donors, recipients, trustees, staff, other grant makers, and non-recipients
- Organisational assessment of the EU PHARE funded Civil Society Development Foundation, Bulgaria.
- Evaluation of the Slovakia NGO strengthening programme 1996-98.
- Comparative Evaluation of the EU PHARE Civil Society Development Programmes in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria.
- Development of an evaluation framework and training for Czech and Hungarian grant-making foundations
- Monitoring and evaluation training for NGOs and potential consultants, Moscow, Ukraine and Georgia