Evaluating what we do

Take Part in Brighton and Hove

In 2009 the Brighton and Hove Take Part Pathfinder (BHTPP) was launched. This was a two year project managed by a partnership of The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), Working Together Project (WTP) and Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC), with a budget of £190,000. The aim of the Pathfinder was to find effective and innovative ways to inspire residents to become more active within their communities, take up lay governance roles, learn how power decisions were made in their city, who made them, and most importantly, how they could get involved in that process.
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Evaluation of the CBP (Capacity Building Project)

Evaluation of a three year programme of training and one-to-one support services for third sector organisations

This document evaluates the effectiveness of a group of service providers who are helping third sector organisations (TSO’s) to sustain, manage and develop their work in the community. Together the three service providers – Impetus, Working Together Project(WTP) and The Business Community Partnership (BCP) – support several hundred TSO’s. This report first gives an evaluation of the various interventions that the service providers have made and, secondly, provides 12 case studies of organisations who have received support services. The cases give a broad insight into supporting third sector organisations and a series of interesting stories about how intervention with professional support can help the third sector to develop, thrive and flourish. Capacity Building Project Evaluation Full Report

Independent Evaluation of The Working Together Project Training

November 2007 to November 2008
This report is the third of three evaluation reports of the Working Together Project. The first two reports were presented in April 2007 and November 2007. This report builds on the first two evaluations of the Working Together Project’s Big Lottery Funded Leadership and Governance project which consist of short courses, governance briefings and the leadership and mentoring programmes. The short courses have include training which builds on people’s leadership skills and have included facilitation skills, chairing and meeting skills, communication, marketing and presentation. The Governance Briefings include Recruiting to your management committee, the roles and responsibilities of a management committee, Company law for charities and social enterprises, Finances and fundraising for management committees, Legal entitlements and good practice in employment.

This report will focus on how far the Big Lottery Project has addressed the agreed outcomes set at the start of the project and how the project has affected the ongoing work of WTP and responded to the recommendations in the 2007 reports. External Evaluation of WTP 2007-2008 Full Report