Services

Funders

As well as helping voluntary organisations measure the value of what they are doing, ESS also helps funders improve their own systems so that they can more easily gather good evidence about the difference their funds are making.

We can support you or your funded organisations by phone, email, workshops and face to face support all the way along the journey. See the “Evaluation Pathway” for more details.

Evaluation Declaration

We’ve worked with members of the Scotland Funders' Forum to produce the Evaluation Declaration. This has 5 statements that describe why monitoring, evaluation and reporting are important and what they should achieve. Funders are saying they believe evaluation is valuable, relevant, proportionate, supported and involves looking from the inside and outside at our work.

Evaluation Declarations Health Check Tool

The 'Evaluation Declaration' health check tool helps funders think about the way they undertake monitoring and evaluation and their relationships with funded organisations. 11 funders have already used the tool and received a personalised report setting out what they do well and making suggestions for improvements. The self assessment health check tool and the guidance for this tool is free for you to download. Please contact us if you are a funders and would like support to use it.