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Sharing our research: challenges
and new approaches at the Big
Lottery FundSally Taylor (Evidence Unit)David Taylor (Evidence Unit)
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Big Lottery Fund
What we do
—Distributes 40% of National Lottery good causes money
—Our mission: Bringing improvements to communities and people in need
—£6 billion since 2004, 13,000 awards last year
—Multiple, large scale programmes of activity
—UK and international
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What we do
The Evidence Unit
Ensure evidence is at the heart of what we
do
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What we’re commissioning
Sustained change is our aspirationMoved from A, to B, to C
programme
evaluation
thematic evaluation
programme
evaluation +
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Programme evaluation +
RobustResponsive
Relevant
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Robust
— Why do we want ‘more robust’ methods?
— What are ‘more robust’ methods anyway?
— What evidence do we think we’ll get?
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Responsive
—Striving to influence practice—Formative approach now taken in our contracts—Supporting communities of interest; peer to
peer learning—Common data frameworks and tools (e.g. Well
being)
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Relevant
— Timing
— Policy relevance
— Practical relevance
— Widening evidence base (What Works centres)
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Spotlight on...
Well-being
5 year programme, with added 2 years
Holistic definition of well-being
Capturing impact across huge range of projects
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Our challenges
Keeping a focus on our mission
Commissioning appropriate methodologies
Sharing the evidence effectively
Remaining aware of pressures on grant holders
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Further information
Big Lottery Fund researchwww.biglotteryfund.org.uk/research
The Alliance for Useful Evidencewww.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/alliance_for_useful_evidence
What counts as good evidence? (Nutley et al, 2012) www.nesta.org.uk/library/documents/A4UEprovocationpaper2.pdf
Inspiring Impactinspiringimpact.org
The Third Sector Knowledge Portalwww.tsrc.ac.uk/Research/KnowledgePortal/tabid/840/Default.aspx
CAYT Impact study repositoryhttp://www.ifs.org.uk/centres/caytRepository
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