Learn From Your Findings

This section will help you to:

use your findings to communicate what you have learnt, and
change your practice.

Pathway Diagram

Getting Started

Do you know why evaluation is important? Are staff and managers motivated to get started? Do you have clear statements about the difference you want to make as an organisation?

Collecting Information

Do you have statements that help you recognise the impact that you have? Do you have the right systems to enable you to measure what you do, and the difference that you make?

Using Consultants (Optional)

Do you know what you want from an external evaluation, and can you communicate that? Do you know how to go about commissioning consultants?

Analysing & Reporting

Do you know how to analyse the information you collect? Can you write a report about what you've done and the difference you've made?

Learn from your Findings

Do you know how to use the findings to improve your service? Do you know how to share your findings with others?

Resources

Governance and Evaluation Workshop

How do you know your organisation is making a difference? This workshop is for Trustees of voluntary and charitable organisations. ESS has put together this programme to get you ...

Case Studies

ESS case study: Hearts and Minds (using your findings)

Hearts & Minds work to promote the quality of life for people in hospital and hospice care. It delivers participative arts-in-health programmes: the Clowndoctors programme for children in ...

ESS Support Guides

ESS Support Guide 4.1: Using what you learn from evaluation

This support guide explains about the many different ways you can use evaluation for example to get better at what you do, to engage service users, to secure funding and much more!