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This summary details key findings from the evaluation of our palliative care programme up to July 2006. The evaluation looks at the new services that are being delivered, new ways of delivering services, extending services to reach new groups and the new partnerships that are being developed.
This research aims to help the Big Lottery Fund, and other grantmakers, understand the nature, benefit, cost and outcome of adding value to grant programmes, beyond standard good practice in grantmaking. It investigates different rationales and methods of doing so, and provides practical recommendations.
After the UK-wide evaluation ended, we commissioned SQW to review the programme in Northern Ireland and to consider the prospect for sustaining its achievements. This review considers the programme in the light of changing contexts and sets out examples of good practice that have emerged.
The Big Lottery Fund, in partnership with the Imperial War Museum and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council commissioned an evaluation of the Veterans Reunited programme. The final evaluation report details findings from the three strands of the programme: Heroes Return, Their Past Your Future and Home Front Recall. A summary of the report is also available on this website.
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