Efford (Plymouth) Building Communities external evaluation
A range of consultation tools were used to enable both qualitative and quantitative outcomes to be assessed:
Documents:
Efford Building Communities Initiative - External Evaluation Summary Report (PDF format, 28 pages)
Client:
Plymouth City Council Neighbourhood Regeneration Team
Date completed:
January 2010
Project description:
The Efford Building Communities Initiative (BCI) is one of four South West Regional Development Agency (SWERDA) funded pilot programmes focusing on investment to reverse the decline of neighbourhood centres. The objectives of the evaluation were to:
- Assess the extent to which Efford Building Communities Initiative (BCI) has met it’s outcomes;
- Assess the extent to which outcomes have been achieved and how the BCI has influenced service improvements and innovative responses to addressing needs; and
- Highlight projects and initiatives that have been developed as part of the BCI and measure their impact on addressing identified needs.
A range of consultation tools were used to enable both qualitative and quantitative outcomes to be assessed:
- Three focus groups involving different beneficiary groups;
- 10 structured in-depth face-to-face and 24 structured telephone interviews with key stakeholders;
- A self-completion resident survey resulting in 210 completed questionnaires;
- An online survey of young people that live in Efford but attend Lipson Community College was undertaken. The survey was undertaken during IT classes during December 2009.
- Ten ‘case study’ face to face interviews with selected residents, undertaken in order to capture detailed feedback on their involvement and views of particular BCI initiatives; and
- A Stakeholder workshop held in Efford to consider some of the emerging results of the evaluation, take on board feedback from a range of stakeholders
- Reporting on the evaluation comprised of two reports:
- A main evaluation report that presented and assimilated evidence from different aspects of the evaluation, which drew conclusions on the extent to which the BCI has met it outcomes; and
- A separate summary, which set out the impact of the BCI under each outcome area, involving a mix of text, case studies, graphics and photographs.
Documents:
Efford Building Communities Initiative - External Evaluation Summary Report (PDF format, 28 pages)