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Evaluation Consulting 

 

Supporting Evaluation Consultancies and Research Firms to scope, design and  deliver robust, actionable research and evaluation for some of the UK's biggest transitions.

About

 

I specialise in policy and programme evaluation. I design and deliver evaluations that help clients determine whether programmes and policies are working, for whom, and how.

Mission oriented policy involves major transitions across society. Achieving Net Zero, securing sustainable growth, halting and reversing biodiversity decline and adapting to an ageing population requires significant changes in the way we live and work, as well as technological advances, and will need considerable goverment and private sector investment.

These are complex, long term challenges and they need approaches to evaluation that are up to the job. I am working in all these areas, building and delivering evaluation frameworks that really help add value to policy and practice across the system of action.

Services

 

I help consultancies and research firms delivering evaluation for Government to deliver high quality, robust and useable evaluation products. I support teams to deliver robust and actionable evaluation and learning frameworks. I build capacity in these organisations for framework development, evaluative thinking, use of theory / theory of change in evaluation; evaluation methods, data strategies.   

This involves:

  • Building good connections with consulting teams

  • Developing frameworks for developmental, process and impact evaluations alongside teams

  • Demonstrating effective clients and stakeholder engagement in evaluation processes

  • Developing and supporting data and analysis strategies

  • Helping teams to evolve and adapt their evaluations as clients requirements are gradually clarified and in context of emergent learning

 

 

Interested in finding out more about what I can do for you? Please send me a message for a no obligation chat.

 

 

 

Winter 2024

Right now I'm working with ...

  • ICF Consulting to map and assess government action on a) Thriving Plants and Wildlife Targets in England and b) agri-environment schemes in Northern Ireland for the Office of Environmental Protection.

  • The Youth Endowment Fund to support them to optimise their  internal evaluation systems as they move  into the second half of their 10 year endowment   

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  • Technopolis and Arup to evaluate the Freeports Programme for Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)

       Read about the Freeports evaluation

    

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

"Matt worked brought a thoughtful, analytical approach, taking time to understand the nuances of the programmes range of expected outcomes and delivery mechanisms in detail. Matt has a good understanding of theory-based evaluation methods and used this to good effect in providing recommendations on evaluation design, which were accepted by the client."

Fraser Macleod, Technopolis Limited

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