Evaluation Reports and Toolkits

Evaluation Reports

It’s important to learn lessons from any of our work and to improve. View our series of published evaluation reports.

Development of Scotland’s Volunteering Action Plan

An evaluation of the action planning process underpinning the development of Scotland’s first Volunteering Action Plan from February 2021 to March 2022.

Launch of Scotland’s Volunteering Action Plan

An evaluation of the effectiveness of, and lessons learned from, the VAP launch event at The Gathering on 15 June 2022.

Understanding Volunteering Impact Measurement Practices Across Scotland

Report on impact measurement practices in a diverse range of volunteer involving organisations across Scotland.

‘Casting On’

Evaluation of the impact of the 'Casting On' programme on Glasgow 2014 Commonewealth Games Cast volunteers.

Volunteer Support Pot

Evaluation of the impact of the Volunteer Support Pot on Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games volunteers

vInspired cashpoint

Evaluation of vInspired's cashpoint: a programme offering young people aged 14-25 a small grant to design and run a social action project in their local community.

Research and Evaluation Toolkits

A selection of useful research and evaluation toolkits and resources.

Top Tips for critically assessing data and research

Have you ever wanted to use data or research but weren’t quite sure if it’s of good enough quality? Well our top tips will help you to assess data and research.

Using research do's and don'ts

This helpful infographic provides practical guidance in the analysis and use of secondary data from other jurisdictions in the UK and overseas.

Top Tips for presenting data and research

Many of us have lots of data and information but struggle to present it in a compelling and interesting way. Our top tips will help you work through various steps and techniques, and signpost you to a range of practical tools, to help you do just that!

Calculating the economic value of volunteering

Have you ever wondered how to go about calculating the economic value of volunteering? Our step-by-step guide will take you through a simple approach to working this out.

Invest for Success: The Real Value of Volunteering

This guide describes the benefits of volunteering for individuals and communities, and explains why it is a sound investment for funders. It also gives practical guidance for bidders and funders in the application process.

So What? Volunteering Impact Measurement

This practical guide explains what impact measurement is, why it's important to measure the contribution of volunteering, and gives a range of tips to help volunteer involving organisations get started.

Check out our latest Research

Our publications help provide an insight into all aspects of volunteering. Covering a range of categories including cost of living, volunteer participation and more.