Evaluating Community Projects - A Practical Guide

July 1, 2009 | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

by Marilyn Taylor, Derrick Purdue, Mandy Wilson and Pete Wilde

These guidelines were developed as part of a Joseph Rowntree Foundation Programme to help 20 community and voluntary organisations to evaluate their work.

It provides an introduction to what evaluation is, why you should do it and a set of key principles.

The booklet describes five steps of an evaluation: review the situation; gather evidence; analyse the evidence; make use of what you find out; share you findings with others.

A menu of information gathering methods is presented. A useful table for reviewing your project, complete with example, and a further table for planning the evaluation are also included.

 

Link:

http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/1859354157.pdf