Evaluation – Frontline Consultants

Evaluation and Learning

Our robust, evidence and learning-based approach ensures you know where, how and why you are getting the best outputs and impacts; helping you improve your performance, outcomes and value for money.

Evaluating impacts and benefits

Understanding and demonstrating the impact and value of an initiative is essential. It enables you to build business cases and make better funding decisions. We do this through:

Evaluation process design
Programme logic modelling
Theory of change development and modelling
Survey design and delivery
Stakeholder consultation
Strategic added value assessment
Data review and analysis
Social return on investment (SROI) analysis
Economic appraisal and impact assessment
GVA and employment impact modelling
Cost benefit and value for money analysis
Policy and strategy review

Performance monitoring and measurement

Measurement frameworks for programmes and projects allow you to understand and demonstrate performance and evidence the decisions for improvement. We help you turn data and information into insight to enable you to make better decisions and achieve better outcomes through:

Design of performance measurement frameworks
Logic model development
Objective and target development
Survey design and delivery
Stakeholder consultation
Process assessment
Evaluation planning and delivery
Bespoke monitoring tools
Statistical process control techniques

Due diligence and bid writing support

Due diligence lies at the core of all evaluation and business analysis. We support the public and private sector to assess applications for financial aid across market, technical, economic, financial and commercial areas, including:

Assessing if an innovation is novel to the sector, market, company
Evaluating market demand for a new product/service including competitor analysis
Ensuring the applicant’s financial standing will not compromise their ability to meet grant milestones
Assessing medium to long term economic benefits and impacts arising from financial aid, including the ability to produce downstream commercial outcomes
Supporting companies to write successful grant applications

Examples of our recent projects include:

Scottish Enterprise – Summative Evaluation of the Unlocking Ambition Entrepreneurship Development Programme

Macmillan Cancer Support – Evaluation of Lincolnshire Macmillan Living with Cancer Programme

Enterprise Ireland – Technology Centre Performance Measurement Framework

Highlands & Islands Enterprise – Evaluation of the HIE Innovation Service

Invest NI – Sales Deliverability Appraisals

ASSC & PASC UK – Economic Impact of the Self-Catering Sector to the UK Economy