Evaluation and Social Research services for VCSE organisations
The experts at measuring and communicating impact and needs for the health and social sectors.
About Us
Expert research and evaluation for impactful organisations
We are a leading team of evaluation consultants, providing the evidence and insights organisations need to demonstrate impact and drive meaningful change. We provide evaluation and social research consultancy for charities, funders, the NHS and public sector organisations. We help you understand needs and experiences, assess impact and use evidence to shape services, strategy and policy.
Highly experienced charity evaluation and research specialists
Our team brings together more than 80 years of combined experience.
Extensive track record
Over 70 external evaluation projects delivered in the last decade.
Comprehensive sectoral experience
We work with Charities, not for profits, NHS, grant funders and foundations.
Evaluation and Social Research Services
Charity and social sector evaluation and research services that enable your organisation to plan, capture, measure and communicate your impact as well as identify broader needs and experiences.
Evaluation & Impact Assessment
We help organisations understand what difference their work is making, for whom, and why. Our evaluations combine robust evidence with practical insight, helping you demonstrate impact, strengthen delivery and make better-informed decisions.
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Monitoring & Evaluation Planning
We design proportionate monitoring and evaluation frameworks that help you collect the right information from the start. This includes theories of change, outcomes frameworks, indicators, tools and reporting approaches that are useful rather than burdensome.
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Social Research
Understand social needs, explore people’s experiences and identify gaps in support. Our research brings together the perspectives of communities, service users and stakeholders to provide clear, practical evidence that can inform service development, strategic decisions and policy.
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Our Approach
How we work with our clients
We value each client we work with and work hard to ensure we understand your needs, build a strong partnership and deliver outputs that exceed your expectations.
We take time to understand your context
Every organisation, programme and community is different. We start by understanding your work, your stakeholders and the decisions you need evidence to support, so our approach is relevant and proportionate.
We work collaboratively and sensitively
Good evaluation depends on trust. We work alongside staff, partners and service users in a way that is inclusive, respectful and practical, making sure the process feels useful rather than extractive or burdensome.
We focus on learning, not just reporting
Our work is designed to produce evidence that helps you improve, adapt and communicate your impact. We aim to make findings clear, balanced and actionable, so they support better services, stronger funding cases and more confident decision-making.
Testimonials
See what our clients say about us…
Thank you so much for all your work on both the reports. The last couple of years working with you (sometimes from afar!) have been wonderful and it’s been a pleasure getting to know you both. You’ve been able to gather all the insights from the Programme and all the people you spoke with to create a report that reads so well – it is thorough but remains interesting throughout. You’ve captured the stories and quotes brilliantly and the whole report really does show the powerful impact this Programme has had but also gives us some learnings that we’ll definitely be considering in our work. We are really pleased to read this and will begin sharing this with our partners in the Programme, the sector, and more publicly on social media, from next week. We hope we can work together again in the future, and we’ll be keeping an eye on your socials too for all your updates! Thanks again
I would just like to say a massive thank you for producing this report, you have been so patient and have been so flexible and prompt to take on our recommendations. Thank you for really capturing the model and the impact of The Hive service. It was a pleasure working with you.
“Considering the grants were allocated to various organisations which have distinct ambitions and focuses, there was no doubt evaluating the outcome of the programme was complex. However, Paul and Steph have been able to draw out structure, key themes and a strong assessment of both the individual and systemic impacts achieved. We have thoroughly appreciated their support and enjoyed working with them.”
“Thank you again for all your work on the small grants evaluation report we have had really positive feedback on both the report and also your presentation at the launch event which was incredibly well received. My sense is the report will be being shared far and wide.”