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Sharing our research: challenges
and new approaches at the Big
Lottery FundSally Taylor (Evidence Unit)David Taylor (Evidence Unit)
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
What we do
The Evidence Unit
Ensure evidence is at the heart of what we
do
What we’re commissioning
Sustained change is our aspirationMoved from A, to B, to C
programme
evaluation
thematic evaluation
programme
evaluation +
Programme evaluation +
RobustResponsive
Relevant
Robust
— Why do we want ‘more robust’ methods?
— What are ‘more robust’ methods anyway?
— What evidence do we think we’ll get?
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)
Relevant
— Timing
— Policy relevance
— Practical relevance
— Widening evidence base (What Works centres)
Spotlight on...
Well-being
5 year programme, with added 2 years
Holistic definition of well-being
Capturing impact across huge range of projects
Our challenges
Keeping a focus on our mission
Commissioning appropriate methodologies
Sharing the evidence effectively
Remaining aware of pressures on grant holders
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