SureStart Local Evaluation

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SureStart Local Evaluation

• June Moore
• West Midlands Team

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Why evaluate locally

• To understand how your programme services are
• performing
• To keep track of progress in meeting objectives
  targets
• for SureStart
• To make changes to your programme on the basis
  of
• evaluation findings continuous improvement
• To assist us all in influencing delivery of
  mainstream
• services

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What to evaluate (1)

• Progress towards the PSA SDA targets
  objectives any locally set targets
• - short term impact of the programme services
  on
• children, families communities.
• Use monitoring data supplement with softer
• information e.g. the views of service users
  providers
• Measure against baseline data including user
• satisfaction survey

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User satisfaction surveys

• To fulfil monitoring requirement that 75 of
  families report personal evidence of an
  improvement in the quality of services providing
  family support under review
• To provide evidence on satisfaction with
  services, improvement in the levels of
  satisfaction reported fundamental to local
  evaluation (although not a requirement)

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What to evaluate (2)

• Cross-cutting issues to indicate how programme is
  working in practice
• Partnership inter-agency working
• Programme management
• Service planning
• Community parental involvement
• Volume mix of services
• Reach
• Access to programme services

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What to evaluate (3)

• Cost effectiveness
• Whether services provided achieve good value for
  money
• (may also want to evaluate other parts of
  programme e.g. specific services if resources
  permit)

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Requirements (1)

• Risk Assessment - Benchmark
• 6 month
• Local evaluation strategy in place including
  value for money
• 12 Month
• Local evaluation being undertaken. Annual report
  completed reviewed by partnership
• 18 Month
• Local evaluation systems in place being used to
  inform the ongoing development of the programme.
  Evaluation findings used to inform mainstreaming
  by feeding into local strategic partnerships.

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Requirements (2)

• January
• Regional Team request copy of annual evaluation
  report
• May
• NESS will write for information on evaluation.
  Will request a shorter summary of strategy (1
  page of A4), updated info on progress findings
  etc.
• July 2003
• NESS will send an email questionnaire on any
  improvements to support
• End of 3 years
• More detailed evaluation report

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Government Office focus on sustainable renewal

• Regeneration Renewal
• tactical strategic
• economic social
• reactive proactive
• intuitive evidence based
• expert led community led
• project based service based
• outputs producers outcomes consumers
• exit strategy sustainability