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 was set up in 1998 to work in, with and for deprived neighbourhoods. Our definition of deprivation and scale of work was very much of its time – an era of significant government investment – and a focus on neighbourhoods drove our work. While much has changed in the intervening twenty years, not least
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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
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The ‘Increasing Youth Social Action in Place’ report makes recommendations for funders to work in ‘place-informed’ ways to embed youth social action sustainably. The report was produced by Renaisi as part of our work for the #iwill Fund Learning Hub, which is led by the Dartington Service Design Lab. Renaisi and the Lab worked with #iwill
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