Renaisi is delighted to be Spirit of 2012’s external evaluation and learning partner for the next three years. The London 2012 legacy charity funds arts and sports projects that foster greater community cohesion, empower those who are most under-served and challenge perceptions of disability. Renaisi will work with Spirit and its grant-funded partners to build
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We are pleased to share the evaluation of the first year of the Place Based Social Action Programme. The Place Based Social Action (PBSA) Programme is jointly-funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the National Lottery Community Fund. It provides approximately £4.5 million funding to enable people, communities, local non-statutory organisations
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Renaisi continues to work with the Power to Change Trust to evaluate their community initiatives, in partnership with MyCake and Close-Up Research. Evaluation of community business funds Renaisi will evaluate the Community Business Fund, Trade Up, and Bright Ideas Fund. Renaisi’s evaluation team will use a mixed methods approach, including quantitative analysis of programme and external
Read moreAlice Thornton, Head of Learning at Renaisi, reflects on the Community Business Fund’s interim evaluation report. The Community Business Fund is a funding programme to support the sustainability of community businesses. So far, so simple. But what makes it interesting and unusual – as well as difficult to evaluate – is that community businesses are diverse
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The Access Project works with bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds to help them gain access to top universities through personalised academic tuition and university admissions support. They have robust impact measurement processes in place and are able to rigorously demonstrate the difference they make to young people’s progression and access to university. The Access Project
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