Comic Relief’s Care Home Challenge 2 grant initiative was designed to support cultural change in the care home sector by improving the quality of life and wellbeing of people living and working in care homes through meaningful activities. Comic Relief made 11 grants to care home providers from across the UK, the activities were run in a total of 26 … [Read more...]
What is it like to take part in a SRP evaluation project
In this blog post we talk about what is it like to take part in a SRP evaluation project. D-CaFF was part of the Evaluation of Dementia Friendly Community Services in Bury. What is D-CaFF? D-CaFF is an award-winning volunteer run social gathering for people living with dementia, their carers, family and friends. Since starting in 2016 it has … [Read more...]
COVID-19 and evaluation: our thoughts
Meeting people and talking to them in person are typically important aspects of data collection in our evaluation projects. These include interviews and observation of activity sessions for example in community groups or care homes. COVID-19 and lockdown has changed the situation for our clients significantly. Peer support groups cannot … [Read more...]
Helping you understand what evaluation is all about
Your organisation or group is doing many great things that improve the lives of clients, volunteers and members of community, but you might struggle to evidence the impact of this to commissioners and funding bodies. We have written an evaluation guide that introduces the basic concepts of evaluation, and helps you to start to think how to … [Read more...]
Are you applying for funding for a small charity of community group?
Applying for funding can seem complicated and daunting, but it is worth the effort. We have written a guide to help you to get started with grant funding application for your charity or community group. In our funding guide: We give details about who can apply grant funding and what for, we break down the application process and help you to … [Read more...]