Monitoring and evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation is simply the process of collecting information about how your activities or services are used, and using that information to help you understand what is going well and what could be improved.

Monitoring and evaluation is useful for helping you to run your group effectively. It is also helpful for providing information to funders.

  • Designing and using surveys

    Surveys are useful for finding out people’s opinions about an issue, or to gather feedback about your group’s activities. This page provides tips on getting the most out of surveys.

  • Monitoring and Evaluation

    Information to help your community group think about how well you are achieving your aims, and how to demonstrate to others that what you are doing is useful

  • Reporting to a funder

    When you receive a small grant, the organisation that gives you the grant will usually ask you to send them some information at the end of the project. Some funders provide a form for you to fill in. Others just ask you to write a short report and send it to them. This information sheet is mainly focused on writing an evaluation report from scratch, but you may also find it useful when thinking about how to fill in an evaluation form.

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