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New Client: Creative Vision

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New Client: Creative Vision

We are excited to announce we’re evaluating a project with Creative Vision that delves into the rich oral history and heritage of Indian restaurants and the vibrant Bangladeshi community in the UK. Working in Luton, the project aims to capture the experiences of chefs, owners and community members who contributed to Indian Cuisine and culture in the UK.

These experiences will be brought together to create a book, containing real stories and interviews of Indian heritage in the UK.

We’re working with the project to evaluate and measure the impact on audiences, volunteers and participants and share our expertise in working with a wide range of communities.

Cheers to a Festive Break: Wrapping Up a Year of Amazing Projects!

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As the year draws to a close, we reflect on how grateful we are to work with such outstanding clients, providing evaluation and data analysis services throughout the year. It has been our pleasure to have been involved in some of the world-changing positive projects our clients have been working on.

In the spirit of the festive season, the Evaluator team will be taking a break to refresh and recharge during Christmas. Therefore, we would like to inform you that our office will be closed for the holiday period starting from the 22nd of December and will resume operations on the 8th of January.

We appreciate your understanding, and we assure you that we will return in the new year fully revitalised and ready to continue delivering our exceptional service.

 

Below are some of the clients we’ve had the pleasure of working with this year:

 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

New Client; Ribble Rivers Trust

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The Evaluator is delighted to be working with a new client, The Ribble Rivers Trust.

Ribble Rivers Trust is a UK based charity working to improve, protect and promote the River Ribble for both people and wildlife.  We are based in Clitheroe, an ancient market town at the heart of the Ribble Valley, and work with the public and many organisations to deliver river improvements across the entire Ribble catchment.

We are working with them to summarise a large five year project into one final evaluation. This involves categorising documentation, running statistical analysis, carrying out staff and partner interviews, designing gap analysis materials, and collating all of the information into one, visual and easy to read evaluation. 

Ribble Life Together has been running since 2016 and is a large, complex project, which worked with young people, schools, farmers, scientists, and lots of volunteers and partner organisations too. It’s a big story to tell the impact of. 

NRC Approval

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We are excited to announce we just received approval from the HMPPS/ MOJ National Research Council for our research project evaluation with one of our long term clients. HMPPS stands for Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service and the MOJ is Ministry of Justice. To carry out evaluation work on Prison and Probation property requires formal approval from the NRC and it’s not a simple application process.

In fact, our client, asked us to help out because the process was so complex. We had to answer some additional questions and it did take a while to come through, but here we are. Formal approval received! 

 

Here is an extract from the letter…

 

Dear Kirsty,

 

The National Research Committee (NRC) is pleased to provide final approval for your research project. The terms and conditions below will continue to apply to your research project.

 Please note that unless the project is commissioned by MoJ/HMPPS and signed off by Ministers, the decision to grant access to prison establishments or Probation Service regions (and the offenders and practitioners within these establishments/regions) ultimately lies with the Governing Governor/Director of the establishment or the Probation Service Regional Probation Director of the region concerned. If establishments/regions are to be approached as part of the research, a copy of this letter must be attached to the request to prove that the NRC has approved the study in principle. The decision to grant access to existing data lies with the Information Asset Owners (IAOs) for each data source and the researchers should abide by the data sharing conditions stipulated by each IAO. 

Please note that a MoJ/HMPPS policy lead may wish to contact you to discuss the findings of your research. If requested, your contact details will be passed on and the policy lead will contact you directly.

Please quote your NRC reference number in all future correspondence.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Eve Schofield

National Research Committee