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Over the last 25 years we've funded thousands of evaluations and learning reports on our grants and investments. This library offers a new way to access this evidence through a tagged and searchable library, making it much easier to find what you need. We're starting with our most recent reports, and will be adding to these over the coming weeks.

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Cost of Living Consultation

A Better Start —

A Better Start (ABS) supports families to give their babies and young children the best possible start in life. This research explores the experiences of the cost of living crisis for parents living in Small Steps Big Changes wards in Nottingham, and the impacts on them and their communities.

Research (PDF, 2 MB)

Region
England
Tags
Children, Community Resilience, Cost of living, Deprivation, Early Intervention, Early Years, Families, Interviews, Parent Champions, Parenting, Partnerships, Place, Poverty, Prevention, Small Steps Big Changes, Systems Change

Everybody Needs Good Neighbourhoods: The impact of resident-led neighbourhood-based initiatives in deprived communities

BIG Local —

Local Trust is an independent charitable trust established to deliver the Big Local programme, committing £217 million to 150 communities across England over a ten-year period. This experimental research looks at the potential impact of resident-led neighbourhood-based initiatives in geographical communities.

Research (PDF, 2 MB)

Region
England
Partner
Local Trust
Tags
Communities, Community Action, Crime, Deprivation, Poverty, Relationships, Resident-led, Neighbours

UK Cost of the School Day Final Evaluation: Short report

Awards from the UK Portfolio —

Cost of the School Day helps children and young people to take part and be happy at school by working with school communities and local authorities to take action to support families on low incomes. This independent evaluation highlights the impact of the project on families, schools, local authorities and the wider education system.

National Evaluation (PDF, 1 MB)

Region
UK-wide
Partner
Child Poverty Action Group
Tags
Children, Community Groups, Education, Families, Finances, Inclusion, Learning, Participation, Poverty, Schools, Wellbeing, Young People

Building Better Opportunities Evaluation: Final evaluation report

Building Better Opportunities —

Building Better Opportunities (BBO) invested in local projects to tackle the root causes of poverty, promote social inclusion and drive local jobs and growth. This final report provides a summative overview of BBO achievements.

National Evaluation (PDF, 14 MB)

Region
England
Tags
Employment and Employability, Engagement, Inclusion, Multiple Disadvantage, Partnerships, Poverty, Programme Delivery, Social Exclusion, Young People

Black Country Futures: Employment and skills support provision from the third sector conference

Reaching Communities England —

This report is from a round-table event and conference for Third Sector organisations who provide employment and skills support within the Black Country. It shares the learning on sector issues being faced, the effect of poverty on education and skills, and future funding recommendations.

Learning Report (PDF, 840 KB)

Region
England
Partner
Black Country Futures
Tags
Employment and Employability, Funding, Service Delivery, Skills, Partnerships, Person-Centred Approaches, Poverty

Improving Early Childhoods in the Face of Deepening Uncertainty: Learning from A Better Start

A Better Start —

A Better Start (ABS) supports families to give their babies and young children the best possible start in life. This document is a summary of the eighth annual event from A Better Start. The event shared partnership’s expertise on supporting families and improving outcomes during increasingly uncertain and complex times across the following three key areas of development: speech, language and communication, diet and nutrition, and social and emotional development.

Learning Report (PDF, 3 MB)

Region
England
Tags
Children, Diet, Early Years, Families, Nutrition, Partnerships, Poverty, Social and Emotional Development, Speech and Language, Systems Change, Young People

Helping Working Families: Programme review summary

Helping Working Families —

Helping Working Families is a £6 million funding programme in Wales, which aimed to tackle in-work poverty. Funding was awarded in 2018, with most projects planning for a year of development and three years of operation. This document summarises the findings from a fuller programme review, highlighting the funded projects and their core activities, alongside an overview of the programme’s outcomes, outputs and impacts.

Insight Report (PDF, 944 KB)

Region
Wales
Tags
Confidence, Co-Production, Employment and Employability, Financial Capability, Food, Peer Support, Poverty, Programme Delivery, Skills, Training, Wellbeing, Workforce

Peer Circles: Creating positive change for people with complex needs

Building Better Opportunities —

Peer Circles is an employment support project that helps people with multiple disadvantage gain the skills and confidence they need to access employment opportunities. This interim evaluation looks at how the project is supporting people with complex needs.

Local Evaluation (PDF, 276 KB)

Region
England
Partner
St Giles Trust
Tags
Debt, Deprivation, Employment and Employability, Homelessness, Lived Experience, Mental Health, Multiple and Complex Needs, Multiple Disadvantage, Peer Mentoring, Peer Support, Poverty, Skills, Substance Use, Training

Helpu Teuluoedd sy'n Gweithio: Crynodeb adolygu’r rhaglen

Helping Working Families —

Rhaglen ariannu £6 miliwn yng Nghymru yw Helpu Teuluoedd sy'n Gweithio, gyda'r nod o fynd i'r afael â thlodi ymysg pobl sy’n gweithio. Dyfarnwyd cyllid yn 2018, gyda'r rhan fwyaf o brosiectau'n cynllunio ar gyfer blwyddyn o ddatblygiad a thair blynedd o weithredu. Mae’r ddogfen hon yn crynhoi canfyddiadau adolygiad llawnach o’r rhaglen, gan amlygu’r prosiectau a ariannwyd a’u gweithgareddau craidd, ynghyd â throsolwg o ganlyniadau, allbynnau ac effeithiau’r rhaglen.

Insight Report (PDF, 968 KB)

Region
Wales
Tags
Confidence, Co-Production, Employment and Employability, Financial Capability, Food, Peer Support, Poverty, Programme Delivery, Skills, Training, Wellbeing, Workforce

Helping Working Families: Programme review

Helping Working Families —

Helping Working Families is a £6 million funding programme in Wales, which aimed to tackle in-work poverty. Funding was awarded in 2018, with most projects planning for a year of development and three years of operation. This document gathers learning and results from the programme with reference to the cost of living crisis, including quantitative evidence of saving money and qualitative impacts for beneficiaries, organisations and wider communities.

Insight Report (PDF, 941 KB)

Region
Wales
Tags
Confidence, Co-Production, Employment and Employability, Financial Capability, Food, Peer Support, Poverty, Programme Delivery, Skills, Training, Wellbeing, Workforce