Evidence and shared impact measurement
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YIF8: Simulating the economic benefits of youth work
By David Pritchard, and Karen Scanlon .
On 11 May 2021.
In our eighth Learning and Insight paper, we report on our model for simulating the economic benefits of open access youth provision.
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YIF7: Findings from a shared evaluation of open access youth provision
On 11 May 2021.
Our seventh Learning and Insight paper shares the findings of our shared evaluation of the Youth Investment Fund.
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Youth Investment Fund learning and insight paper six
On 29 January 2021.
In our sixth Learning and Insight paper we reflect on what we have learnt from the experience of the YIF learning and evaluation project.
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Stories from small organisations that are improving their impact
By Dan Corry .
On 18 November 2020.
A new collection of stories and tips on the role of smaller organisations during the pandemic and how they have adapted their impact measurement.
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YIF4: Emerging findings from the Youth Investment Fund Learning Project
On 28 September 2020.
Early findings about the quality and impact of open access youth provision.
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Youth Investment Fund learning and insight paper three
On 6 August 2020.
This paper describes the YIF shared outcomes measurement framework that has been developed for the YIF-funded organisations.
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Understanding Impact
By James Noble, Peter O'Flynn, and Anne Kazimirski .
On 12 February 2020.
Turning your theory of change into a plan for measurement, the five types of data you will need to focus on, and how to prioritise what to measure.
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Why it’s never too late for a Change Framework, even at 100
By Hannah Woods .
On 30 May 2019.
Gingerbread is using evidence to inform organisational strategies and learning through their ambitious new Change Framework.
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Troubled Families is not the Holy Grail
By Dan Corry .
On 8 May 2019.
The evaluation of the Troubled Families program is one the biggest ever attempted of a government social program.
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Knowledge and Learning for social organisations aiming to grow or ‘scale-up’
On 18 January 2018.
In this guide we suggest that there are three broad areas or questions that 'Knowledge and Learning' could cover for projects that are growing.
