Evidence library
Preventing Serious Youth Violence – What Works? Insights and Examples from the Community and Voluntary Sector
Learning report on serious youth violence, sharing insights from the voluntary and community sector.
Power in Purpose - The Difference We Make in Mobilising Volunteers
The report looks at the impact of the 4,200 grants we gave out to charities and community groups to support volunteering in 5 years to 2021.
Partnership Working: Lessons from the Third Sector in Wales
Report on partnership work in Wales' third sector, highlighting experiences from Mind Our Future, Helping End Homelessness, and Green Careers.
Participatory Grant Making Report, Phase Two (Scotland)
Evaluation of 17 participatory grant-making (PGM) pilots in Scotland. It explores shifting decision-making power away from grant-making organisations and towards communities.
More Than Just a Job: The Difference We Make for People Who Are Out of Work
This report shows how National Lottery funding enables charities and community groups across the UK to support people on their journey to employment.
Healthy Communities Together Evaluation: Interim Report
National evaluation of Healthy Communities Together partnerships improving community health and wellbeing. Interim findings explore how cross-sector partnerships work and support local communities.
Partnerships for Health: Lessons for Cross-sector Collaboration from Healthy Communities Together
A learning report on partnerships for health, focusing on collaboration between community organisations and the health system. It shares findings from funded projects.
Helping Working Families – Programme Review
This review explores what the programme achieved and what we have learned about support for working parents in low-income families.
Neighbourhood Health from the Ground Up: A Community-led Approach to Reducing Health Inequalities
A learning report on a community-led model for neighbourhood health, sharing findings from funded projects. It focuses on local communities and health inequalities.
Healthy Communities Together: Evaluating Cross-sector Partnership Working for Community Health
Evaluation of the Healthy Communities Together programme. It explores cross-sector partnerships to improve community health and reduce inequalities.
The evidence library archive
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