Outside the Box

Evaluating a project

Sooner or later every project needs an evaluation. The people involved want to look back and see what they have achieved. The trustees or managers need to know how things are going to help them plan for the future. The funders need to know that their contribution is having the impact they expected.

• We can help you plan and do the evaluation. We can show people in your group or project how to do this sort of thing, so they will have the confidence and skills for next time.
• We can work with a team of people from the project - so you get the benefits both of the evaluation by someone independent and members of your project learning new skills.
• We can do all the work around the evaluation - gathering the information, making the assessment and writing the report - where that is the right approach for your circumstances. But we will do that in a way that makes the people at the project or service know what is happening and feel that they are involved in the evaluation.
• We will use whatever methods are right for you - make the process fun even though the content is serious and make sure everyone can be included.
• We will help you work out how you will follow up the evaluation - start the next stage of the change process.

The one thing we will not do is carry out the evaluation, give you the report and walk away.