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Evaluating Social Innovation to Create Lasting Change

Supporting social innovators to build an evidence base for people powered approaches

29 July 2020
In Government innovation
29 min read
Sarah Mcloughlin

Sarah Mcloughlin

Sarah Mcloughlin

Senior Programme Manager

Sarah was a Senior Programme Manager.

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Carrie Deacon

Carrie Deacon

Carrie Deacon

Director of Government and Community Innovation

Carrie was Director of Government and Community Innovation at Nesta, leading our work on social action and people-powered public services.

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Annette Holman

Annette Holman

Annette Holman

Programme Manager, Government Innovation Team

Annette worked in the Government Innovation Team at Nesta focusing on social action priorities, specifically on the Connected Communites and Second Half Fund.

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Naomi Jones

Naomi Jones

Naomi Jones

Naomi is an independent social research consultant who works with organisations to support their delivery of research and evaluation to help them to use evidence effectively for change.

Summary evaluation reports

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How to evaluate social innovation to create lasting change Early stage innovations evaluation Scaling innovations evaluation Larger or more complex evaluation Summary evaluation reports

Here you will find the full evaluation reports, each with a summary.

Early stage programme evaluation reports

Library of Thing - download report

Neighbourhood Watch Network's Communities That Care - download report

Tutorfair Foundation’s Tutorfair On-Demand - download report

Scaling programmes evaluation reports

Aesop's Dance to Health - download report

Christians Against Poverty's Life Skills - download report

Citizens UK's Parents and Communities Together - download report

St Joseph Hospice’s Compassionate Neighbours - download report

Transforming Lives for Good's Early Intervention - download report

Larger or more complex evaluation reports

In2scienceUK - download report

South London and Maudsley NHS Trust Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities - download report

Volunteering Matters Grandmentors - download report

Grandparents Plus Kinship Connected - download report

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Authors

Sarah Mcloughlin

Sarah Mcloughlin

Sarah Mcloughlin

Senior Programme Manager

Sarah was a Senior Programme Manager.

View profile
Carrie Deacon

Carrie Deacon

Carrie Deacon

Director of Government and Community Innovation

Carrie was Director of Government and Community Innovation at Nesta, leading our work on social action and people-powered public services.

View profile
Annette Holman

Annette Holman

Annette Holman

Programme Manager, Government Innovation Team

Annette worked in the Government Innovation Team at Nesta focusing on social action priorities, specifically on the Connected Communites and Second Half Fund.

View profile
Naomi Jones

Naomi Jones

Naomi Jones

Naomi is an independent social research consultant who works with organisations to support their delivery of research and evaluation to help them to use evidence effectively for change.

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