Impact measurement, evaluation and data
Blog
How to get the most out of a learning partnership
On 17 September 2021.
This blog explores what learning partnerships are, what they can do for you, and why you might want to commission a learning partner.
Resources
Impact measurement for flexible funding
On 16 September 2021.
We can’t rethink grant-making without rethinking the way we measure impact and learn from our grants.
Resources
Evaluating the Building Connections Fund
On 12 August 2021.
Our guidance for grant-holders of the Building Connections Fund, which can be applied to other projects tackling loneliness.
Organisation we’ve worked with
Romsey Mill
On 6 August 2021.
NPC worked with Romsey Mill to advance its Youth Development Team’s theory of change and to improve its approaches to collecting and analysing data.
Organisation we’ve worked with
On The EDGE Conservation
On 2 July 2021.
OTEC worked with NPC, in the early stages of its growth, to adopt grant-making best practice and for support on theory of change and impact measurement.
Resources
YIF: Dashboard
On 11 May 2021.
Our interactive dashboard providing an overview of the shared evaluation of the Youth Investment Fund.
Resources
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.
Resources
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.
Blog
How to evaluate the impact of care and support services
By Neil McCarthy.
On 6 May 2021.
NPC recently conducted an evaluation of Octavia's outreach, befriending and activities service for isolated, older and vulnerable people.
Blog
Measuring volunteer impact on the Covid-19 frontline
By Claire Burley.
On 9 March 2021.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, St John Ambulance volunteers have been supporting the NHS.
Resources
Evaluation: Better lives for older people
By Matthew Mannix, and Elizabeth Parker .
On 1 March 2021.
Our evaluation strengthens Octavia's evidence base and will inform future decisions on creating better lives for older people.
Resources
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.
