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Understanding evaluation

Demonstrating the difference you make through impact measurement and evaluation is increasingly important for voluntary organisations. In this section we find out why and learn about the evaluation process.

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What is evaluation?

Learn about what evaluation is and why it's important for your organisation

The evaluation process

Learn about the how the process of evaluation works

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