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Wavehill
Jun 13, 20233 min read
Lessons on evaluating youth social action projects
Context In 2017 Comic Relief partnered with the #iwill Fund to create the #iwill Youth Social Action Fund a £2.4million fund that would...
Stuart Merali-Younger
May 11, 20236 min read
Local Growth Policy – Are Local and Combined Authorities Ready to Lead?
In recent years a common view has developed on both sides of the House of Commons that UK powers and resources for local growth policy...
Wavehill
May 9, 20231 min read
Programme Evaluation: Community Renewal Fund
We have been commissioned by Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to undertake a full programme evaluation of CRF
Declan Turner
May 2, 20234 min read
How Government can support economic gains from offshore renewable energy
The UK is a global leader in offshore energy, with 11GW of installed capacity from mostly fixed bottom offshore wind farms. The UK...
Chloe Maughan & Simon Tanner
Nov 9, 20222 min read
Mental Health Challenge Competition: supporting student mental health in higher education
In 2019 the Office for Students (OfS) launched the Mental Health Challenge Competition programme. This programme supplied funding to 10...
Wavehill
Oct 19, 20222 min read
Evaluating the Covid Outbreak Management Fund (COMF)
Context The impact of Covid-19 on people’s health and wellbeing have not been felt uniformly across society, but has disproportionately...
Endaf Griffiths
Mar 16, 20222 min read
Exploring barriers to work among unpaid carers
Across the England & Wales it is estimated that 1.2 million employees provide 30 hours or more a week of care to family or friends in...
Simon Tanner & Andy Parkinson
Mar 10, 20223 min read
Building the evidence base around social prescribing
What is social prescribing? People are facing more pressures and uncertainties in their everyday life. Evidence shows that around 20% of...
Megan Clark
Feb 28, 20223 min read
Wavehill reflects on LGBTQ+ History Month
February marked LGBTQ+ History Month across the UK, which was a period of reflection and retrospect for Wavehill in particular. The theme...
Stuart Merali-Younger
Dec 1, 20214 min read
Evaluation in a New Era of Economic Development Funding
Wavehill review of the latest economic development funds including Levelling Up Fund, Community Renewal Fund and Shared Prosperity Fund
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