sharing our research: challenges and new approaches at the big lottery fund
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Sharing our research: challenges and new approaches at the Big Lottery Fund. Sally Taylor (Evidence Unit) David Taylor (Evidence Unit). Big Lottery Fund. What we do Distributes 40% of National Lottery good causes money Our mission: Bringing improvements to communities and people in need - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Sharing our research: challenges and new approaches at the Big Lottery FundSally Taylor (Evidence Unit)David Taylor (Evidence Unit)
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Big Lottery Fund
What we do—Distributes 40% of National Lottery good causes
money—Our mission: Bringing improvements to
communities and people in need—£6 billion since 2004, 13,000 awards last year—Multiple, large scale programmes of activity—UK and international
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What we do
The Evidence Unit
Ensure evidence is at the heart of what we
do
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What we’re commissioning
Sustained change is our aspirationMoved from A, to B, to C
programm
e evaluation
thematic evaluation
programme
evaluation +
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Programme evaluation +
RobustResponsive
Relevant
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Robust
— Why do we want ‘more robust’ methods?
— What are ‘more robust’ methods anyway?
— What evidence do we think we’ll get?
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Responsive
—Striving to influence practice—Formative approach now taken in our contracts—Supporting communities of interest; peer to
peer learning—Common data frameworks and tools (e.g. Well
being)
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Relevant
— Timing— Policy relevance— Practical relevance— Widening evidence base
(What Works centres)
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Spotlight on...
Well-being5 year programme, with added 2 years
Holistic definition of well-being
Capturing impact across huge range of projects
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Our challenges
Keeping a focus on our missionCommissioning appropriate methodologies
Sharing the evidence effectivelyRemaining aware of pressures on grant holders
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Further informationBig Lottery Fund researchwww.biglotteryfund.org.uk/research
The Alliance for Useful Evidencewww.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/alliance_for_useful_evidence
What counts as good evidence? (Nutley et al, 2012) www.nesta.org.uk/library/documents/A4UEprovocationpaper2.pdf
Inspiring Impactinspiringimpact.org
The Third Sector Knowledge Portalwww.tsrc.ac.uk/Research/KnowledgePortal/tabid/840/Default.aspx
CAYT Impact study repositoryhttp://www.ifs.org.uk/centres/caytRepository
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