Big Lottery Fund

Projects will receive guidance from BIG staff on how to self-evaluate (for example through programme briefing events or programme guidance) or will be directed to local sources of help for advice and assistance.  

See the section Who else can help for information on specialist support services and guidance from other organisations.

For some programmes, we use consultants to support projects’ self-evaluation throughout the grant. This may include:

• email support
• telephone help lines
• customised websites
• written guidance
• workshops and seminars for training and networking, and
• one-to-one assistance in selecting evaluation techniques and methods, arranging participation and consultation, designing research materials, analysing and interpreting data and presenting findings

The Big Lottery Fund resource Getting Funding and Planning Successful Projects: BIG’s Guide to Outcomes will help you to set aims and outcomes for your project, and work out how to track progress towards those outcomes.

It also includes a section about learning (and how to measure impact), and signposts to some further resources.