Research

Northern Ireland Evaluation Reports

In Northern Ireland, Fair Share Trust was managed by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (CFNI) and ran from 2003-2010. It invested £2.3 million in projects across 49 electoral wards through a model that CFNI called “consensus grantmaking”. This initial commitment brought over £500k of additional investments to the areas from a variety of public, private and voluntary & community sector sources, representing 22% of the original funds. Throughout the programme, CFNI commissioned several evaluations to look at the impact of this model in the communities that received funding and these have been now analysed as a whole and summarised in a report that shares the learning of Fair Share Trust in Northern Ireland.

Posted on Fri 16 November 2012

Scottish Community Foundation local impact reports

The Fair Share Trust programme in Scotland was delivered by the Scottish Community Foundation and ran from 2003-2010. It invested £6.19 million in projects across 13 areas. These reports summarise the achievements of Fair Share Trust in each of the neighbourhoods. 

Posted on Thu 26 July 2012

Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

A case study focusing on research developed to assess and learn from the needs of young people in the local community.

Posted on Mon 14 February 2011

BIG learning document

Big Lottery Fund have published a document outlining learning from the first five years of the Fair Share Trust.

Posted on Fri 25 June 2010

“...giving local people a say in how funding is allocated…”

The FST 3rd evaluation report Executive Summary is reviewed in Reneneration & Renewal. Read the review here

Posted on Tue 22 September 2009

BIG evaluation of FST - 3rd report

BIG Lottery Fund last week published their third evaluation report of the Fair Share Trust.

Posted on Fri 04 September 2009

CFN’s approach to managing FST is praised in BIG’s 2nd evaluation report

Posted on Sun 01 June 2008

Latest case study

The importance of volunteers for Disability Can Do in Caerphilly

Posted on Thu 06 June 2013

Lesson learned in brief: recruiting a diverse group of volunteers brings a wealth of skills to the charity and promotes a positive image of disabled people as volunteers. 

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