Nicola Richards

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• Nicola Richards
• PARTNERSHIP DRUGS INITIATIVELloyds TSB
  Foundation for Scotland
• 0870 902 1201
• nr_at_ltsbfoundationforscotland.org.uk

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Basics

• Funding partnership
• Began 2001 3 year programme
• 2 funding rounds per year
• Application through Drug Action Teams

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Why do we do it?

• Find out what works in providing services for
  target group
• Promote voluntary sector work with drugs and
  young people and links to DATs
• Promote links between drugs and young peoples
  services

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What do we fund?

• Voluntary sector work with vulnerable children
  and young people affected by drug misuse across
  Scotland
• 26 projects across Scotland
• 18 Drug Action Team areas

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Range of projects

• Target groups children and young people affected
  by own drug misuse or drug misuse in the family
• Therapeutic interventions
• Preventative / diversionary approaches

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Evaluation strategy

• Level 1 individual project evaluation
• Level 2 external evaluation
• Level 3 programme evaluation

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Project level evaluation

• Basic monitoring / evaluation information
• Visits / events
• Individual project approaches - examples

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LEVEL 1 - INTERNAL AND LOCAL EVALUATION OF
FUNDED PROJECTS
To know if individual projects have achieved
their objectives
Overall aim

• To build capacity amongst projects
• to learn, improve and share knowledge
• To improve the effectiveness of the service
• offered to clients
• To ensure that funds have been used appropriately
• To provide data for the Level 2 3 evaluation
  activities
• To inform DATs and local partners about the
  impact of
• the interventions

Why were doing it

• Programme manager evaluation support worker
  will
• issue guidance to projects on basic information
  required for evaluation
• purposes and a template for collecting simple
  monitoring information
• ensure that projects are notified of
  opportunities to attend
• evaluation training receive relevant evaluation
  resources
• meet regularly with funded projects to provide an
  opportunity for projects to reflect
• on those activities that underpin evaluation,
  such as setting SMART objectives, establishing
• structured data collection systems and setting up
  clear project management and planning processes.
• encourage (through joint meetings and
  communications) projects and Drug Action Teams to
  share
• knowledge and build common evaluative structures

What we will do
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External evaluation

• Commissioned by EIU
• Profiling of 17 projects
• Case studies of 2-3 projects

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To identify effective approaches that improve
outcomes for young people affected by drug
misuse
LEVEL 2 EXTERNAL EVALATION ACROSS FUNDED
PROJECTS
Overall aim

• to generate information about what
• works in reducing drug related harm to
• children and young people for dissemination
• to policy makers and practitioners
• to identify factors associated with effective
  services
• and methods of intervention for application in
  different geographical areas and with different
  communities of interest

Why were doing it

• The Effective Interventions Unit Drug Research
• Programme will commission an external evaluation
  of projects across
• the PDI programme focussing on family therapy,
  counselling/intensive support
• and prevention/diversion approaches.
• The evaluation team will
• Generate a broad set of information across
  projects by analysing
• existing monitoring information and visiting
  projects. This will provide an overview of the
• range of approaches adopted and identify
  important differences or innovations.
• Conduct a case study evaluation of 3-4 projects
  to look at process and outcome
• issues. The process evaluation will look at
  project planning and implementation, client
  recruitment and retention, partnership working,
  user involvement and staff skills. The outcome
  evaluation will look at measuring the progress of
  clients using client records, assessment
  information and interviews.

What we will do
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Programme evaluation

• What have we achieved?
• Wider structural questions
• Informing phase 2

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LEVEL 3 PROGRAMME LEVEL EVALUATION
To assess the overall impact of the Initiative
Overall aim

• to inform funding partners about
• the impact of their investment
• to inform and shape future
• development of the programme
• to assess the effectiveness of the funding
• partnership in fulfilling their objectives
• to identify outcomes beyond the internal
• objectives set by funded projects
• to identify factors associated with developing
  successful projects to inform future support for
  applicant organisations

Why were doing it

• The programme manager (and other resources to be
  identified) will
• Pull together findings from levels 1 2 of the
  evaluation and supplement
• this with interviews with key stakeholders such
  as the Scottish Executive,
• the Trustees and Atlantic Philanthropies. Write
  up the findings in reports
• and published papers.
• Liaise with Glasgow University research into the
  Standard Grant Scheme to
• compare the profile of the PDI organisations with
  other applicant organisations.
• Develop a dissemination strategy for the
  programme to inform all stakeholders
• about the key findings from the PDI. This will
  include briefing papers, final report, events and
  online information.

What we will do
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• Nicola Richards
• PARTNERSHIP DRUGS INITIATIVELloyds TSB
  Foundation for Scotland
• 0870 902 1201
• nr_at_ltsbfoundationforscotland.org.uk