This toolkit helps you to measure the impact of existing work on social capital, health and wellbeing, to think about your outcomes and develop new ideas. It includes a range of tools and templates to assist you with logic modelling, weekly diaries, recognised measures of mental health and questionnaires.
Read MoreDesigned by Youth Scotland for groups working with young people, the Mini-Evaluation Pack contains an overall framework and specific exercises to help effectively evaluate a project over time.
Read MoreHow good is our third sector organisation? (HGIOTSO) is a self-evaluation resource created to support third sector organisations of all sizes to evaluate their performance and to identify priorities for action.
Read MoreEvaluation Support Scotland (ESS) works with voluntary organisations and funders so that they can measure and report on their impact.
Read MoreA step-by-step guide to evaluating community projects published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) back in 2005, based on work with 20 groups and projects across England and Wales.
Read MoreThis online search tool enables you to search for local voluntary organisations across Scotland based on names, keywords, locations and activities.
Read MoreEvidence for Success is a series of guides which support you to engage with evidence in different ways to influence policy and practice and to improve your own work with your communities
Read MoreGetting on Board supports people to become charity trustees, particularly those who are currently under-represented on trustee boards. They have a range of resources that could be useful for ensuring your community group represents your wider community.
Read MoreScottish Community Development Centre offers resources, guides, networks and a range of training and development support to community organisations and people working with communities across Scotland.
Read MoreThis Scottish Government website gives access to a range of official statistics about neighbourhoods in Scotland. You can find data on health, education, poverty, unemployment, housing, population, crime and social/community issues.
Read MoreResearch for Real is an Edinburgh-based consultancy promoting learning by providing facilitation, advice and support using participatory, appreciative and action research approaches.
Read MoreThe Place Standard is a tool that can help you to think about the physical elements of a place (e.g. its buildings, spaces, and transport links) as well as the social aspects (e.g. whether people feel they have a say in decision making). The tool provides prompts for discussions, allowing you to consider all the elements of place, inlcuding health and wellbeing and climate change, in a methodical way.
Read MoreBased on the experience of collaborative research in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, this guide aims to help community partners and academics maximise the benefits of research that is coproduced between communities and academic researchers based in a university.
Read MoreCommunity action plans are a way for communities to take a lead role in changing and improving their local area by setting out what will be done, who will do it and how it will be carried out. The Community-led Action Planning toolkit takes you through the process.
Read MoreStory dialogue is a research method that generates insights from people’s experiences and reflections. This briefing from Community Health Exchange (CHEX) introduces story dialogue as way to do research with your community and share lessons across public and community/voluntary sectors. It’s a bit dense at times but takes you through the whole process step-by-step.
Read MoreARC is a clearly written, practical, guide for community and voluntary groups carrying out research in and with their communities.
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