Links to other useful websites:
EVALUATION
RESOURCES
Charities Evaluation Services - practical monitoring
and evaluation guides available to order visit www.ces-vol.org.uk
UK Evaluation Society useful information section
includes glossary of evaluation terms and good practice guidelines
- information on specialist training www.evaluation.org.uk
Arts Council England - Partnerships for Learning
Guide, by Felicity Wolf. Publication provides a guide to evaluating
arts education projects. 72 pgs, download or purchase from www.creative-partnerships.com/resources
Scottish Arts Council - Check out their evaluation
toolkit on www.evaluationforall.org.uk
Unicef - Evaluation Technical Notes - eg Designing
Terms of Reference; Children Participating in Research, Monitoring
and Evaluation, Ethics and your Responsibility as a Manager www.unicef.org
Victims Unit - OFMDFM - Report on Ethical Principles
for Researching Vulnerable Groups/Paul Connolly University of Ulster
www.victimsni.gov.uk/ethical.pdf
Performance Assessment Resource Centre Guidance
notes in Monitoring and Evaluation Practice available www.parcinfo.org
European Commission - evaluation guidelines available
www.europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/evaluation/methods
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation - Good Practice
and Lessons Learned - visit the World
Bank website
Visit the Equality Commission NI website, information
on equality monitoring - www.equalityni.org
Health Development Agency Several publications
relating to evaluation and health available to download from the
website eg. An Evaluation Resource for Healthy Living Centres; Health
Promotion and Young People, A Guide to Evaluation; An Evaluation
Resource to Support the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy... www.hda-online.org.uk
Investing for Health Indicators - a selection
of health & wellbeing indicators used within the Eastern Board/Investing
for Health, published by EHSSB Aug 2005 - available on www.publichealthmatters.org/publications
Evaluation of Community-level interventions for health
improvement: a review of experience in the UK - Dione Hills,
Tavistock Inst. for the Health
Development Agency
INCORE - Policy and Evaluation Unit
includes research into evaluation and conflict resolution interventions
www.incore.ulst.ac.uk
Big Lottery Fund - Your Project and its Outcomes
- Sally Cupitt and Jean Ellis CES on behalf of the Community Fund.
Booklet provides guidance on Outcome monitoring - available to download
from the Community Fund website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/project_outcomes.pdf
Rensselaerville Institute - Centre for Outcomes
www.RInstitute.org
Outcome Measurement Resource Network – non-profit
sector www.national.unitedway.org/outcomes/library/ndpaper.cfm
W. K. Kellogg Foundation - Evaluation Handbook
available on-line (100 pgs) - provides useful practical information
for funded projects on planning, data collection, analysis &
interpretation, and utilising evaluation. It also explores the process
of commissioning external evaluation www.wkkf.org/Pubs/Tools/Evaluation/Pub770.pdf
The Carrington Report 'The Investor Approach
- A Way Forward for the Community Fund' ww.community-fund.org.uk/about-us/our-publications/national/the-investor-approach.html
Sage Publications - Find out about the latest
publications on research methods and evaluation - visit the site,
order on-line www.sagepub.co.uk
Scottish Community Development Centre - LEAP (Learning
Evaluation And Planning) document explores community learning and
evaluation www.scdc.org.uk
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations -
helpnotes on evaluation and strategic planning www.scvo.org.uk/information/management/strategic_planning
Voluntary Arts Network (UK) (inc Voluntary Arts Ireland)
resources on-line include Briefing Papers aimed at community/voluntary
arts groups on fundraising, planning, management, valuation, feasibility
studies... www.vaireland.org
(Publications/VAN briefings)
Voluntary Arts Wales -
Tear up your tick boxes - a guide to the creative evaluation of participatory arts projects. Visit www.vaw.org.uk
(publications) to download a copy.
4 Nations Child Policy Network - site contains
information/resources on child/youth participation: in service planning;
community development and children and so on. Visit www.childpolicy.org.uk
The Wheel (voluntary/community sector resource
network) operating mostly in Southern Ireland - see publications
for directories of evaluators, trainers and researchers www.wheel.ie
The Rickter Scale - a unique motivational assessment and evaluation package. Visit www.rickterscale.com
GOVERNMENT
LINKS
Dept for Social Development - Voluntary &
Community Development Unit. See on-line policy documents eg Partners for
Change, Harbison Report, Positive Steps and other publications www.dsdni.gov.uk.
Evaluation of the Active Community Initiative can be found at: http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/evaluation_of_the_active_community_initiative_final_report.pdf
DSD commissioned CENI to produce a framework to measure the added value of voluntary and community based activity. A report entitiled 'Toolkit to Measure the Added Value of Voluntary and Community Based Activity' produced by DSD can be found at: http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/toolkit_to_measure_the_added_value_of_voluntary_and_community_base_activity.doc
Voluntary and Community Unit - within DSD www.dsdni.gov.uk/voluntary-act/voluntary-activity.asp
Task Force Reports Copies of Pathways
for Change (Jun '04) and Investing Together
(Oct '04) are available to download www.taskforcevcsni.gov.uk
DFPNI European Funding Division - information
on monitoring committees www.europe-dfpni.gov.uk
(monitoring)
DFPNI - The Northern Ireland Practical Guide to
the Green Book 2003
www2.dfpni.gov.uk/economic_appraisal_guidance/pdfs/ni-practical-guide.pdf
DFP NI Mid-Term
Evaluation of Building Sustainable Prosperity 2000-2006 Operational
Programme www.europe-fpni.gov.uk
OFMDFMNI - A Practical Guide to Policy Making
in NI
visit www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/policylink
NI Statistics and Research Agency works across
all Government Departments and provides statistical & survey
information on-line www.nisra.gov.uk
NINIS - Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information
Service - within NISRA. The service provides a range of statistical
and locational data at small-area level with built-in mapping. Vital
source of information for groups conducting community audits or
in support of funding applications. Find out more on www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk
NICA - Northern Ireland Census Access - within
NISRA. Access to the full range of results from the 2001 Census
for a variety of geographical areas. Visit www.nicensus2001.gov.uk
Cabinet Office - Policy
Hub - The Magenta Book (Sept '04) Guidance notes for
policy evaluation and analysis including a chapter on Qualitative
Research and Evaluation.
SOCIAL CAPITAL
LINKS
Putnam, R author of 'Bowling Alone' and 'Better
Together, Restoring American Community' - for more visit www.bettertogether.org
PovertyNet from the World Bank: www.worldbank.org/poverty/scapital
Well-being of Nations: The Role of Human and Social
Capital (Cote, S & Healy, T) view and order copy from www.SourceOECD.org
EURESCO - papers from conference on social capital
University of Exeter www.ex.ac.uk/shipss/politics/research/index
National Economic and Social Forum - A Report
of the Forum: The Policy Implications of Social Capital 2003, compiled
by Tom Healy www.nesf.ie
Office for National Statistics - website includes
a useful section on social capital - includes current literature
review, discussion papers and an interactive social capital question
bank www.statistics.gov.uk/socialcapital
Social Capital: Beyond the Theory - order publication
from National Council for Voluntary Action www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
Social Capital, Collectivism-Individualism and Community
Background in Northern Ireland, Feb 04 Carins & Williamson
- University of Ulster www.research.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/social.pdf
AGENCIES/NETWORKS/FUNDERS
ACOVO - Assoc of Chief Officer of Voluntary Orgs
NI www.acovo.org
CFNI - Community Foundation NI www.nivt.org
Community Change NI - www.communitychange-ni.org
Community Relations Council NI www.community-relations.org.uk
Community Development Foundation www.cdf.org.uk
Community Work Education & Training Network
www.cwetn.org
Institute of Leadership and Management www.i-l-m.com
NICVA - NI Council for Voluntary Action www.nicva.org
NITAP - NI Tenants Action Project - useful factsheets
for community groups eg Conducting a Survey - order on-line www.nitap.org
Poverty - "The most authoritative UK site
for statistics on poverty and social exclusion" www.poverty.org.uk
Rural Development Council www.rdc.org.uk
Rural Community Network - Factsheets available
on-line for Community Development Practitioners eg Community Audits,
Action Planning, Networking etc www.ruralcommunitynetwork.org
Standing Conference for Community Development
www.sccd.org.uk
Sure Start - visit the National
Evaluation of Sure Start website for UKwide information and
examples
Volunteer Development Agency www.volunteering-ni.org |
