#iwill fund impact evaluation and learning contract

Evaluation | Rapid-cycle design and testing

#iwill Fund, YMCA George Williams College, Renaisi and Ipsos

Dartington Service Design Lab are the lead partner in the #iwill Fund Impact Evaluation and Learning Contract.

The #iwill Fund is a collaboration between The National Lottery Community Fund and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), working with match funders to support young people to access high quality social action. Social action involves activities such as campaigning, fundraising, and volunteering, all of which enable young people to make a positive difference in their communities as well as develop their own skills and knowledge.

The #iwill Fund supports the broader #iwill movement – a collaboration of over 1000 cross-sector organisations and over 300 young people who are united by a shared belief that all children and young people should be supported and empowered to make a positive difference on the issues that affect their lives, their communities, and broader society.

 

 The need

The #iwill Fund aims to make involvement in social action a part of life for young people, by recognising the benefit for both young people and their communities.

 The impact evaluation is looking to answer:

  • What is the impact of #iwill Fund projects on young people and their communities?

  • What is the impact on match funders and delivery partners from the #iwill Fund’s convening and other support?

  • What is the overall value for money of the #iwill Fund?

The learning strand is interested in:

  • How can youth social action be accessible to all young people?

  • What are the most effective ways for funders and Delivery Organisations to measure the impact of youth social action?

  • Are the opportunities provided by the #iwill Fund supporting a journey of youth social action for young people?

  • What is the role of youth voice in ensuring the quality of youth social action?

Our response

Together with our partners at YMCA George Williams College, Renaisi and Ipsos we are collecting organisational monitoring information, completing case studies, conducting surveys with young people, and carrying out a cost-effectiveness analysis. We are doing all this alongside a learning strand utilising our rapid-cycle design and testing (RCDT) approach, which will encompass three test and learn cycles with match funders and delivery partners building on our previous work with the #iwill Fund Learning Hub. At the centre of all these strands of work is a Young Evaluators Network (YEN) who will feed into all elements of the #iwill Fund Impact Evaluation and Learning Contract.

 
 

The work was launched in April 2023 and will conclude in 2027

 For more information, contact:   Charlotte Woodhead & Julie Harris