Insights from our funding: documents

Ageing Better

Over the last 25 years we've funded thousands of evaluations and learning reports on our grants and investments. This library offers a new way to access this evidence through a tagged and searchable library, making it much easier to find what you need. We're starting with our most recent reports, and will be adding to these over the coming weeks.

If you’re a grant holder and would like to submit a report for consideration or give us suggestions and feedback, please email knowledge@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

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Keep Ageing Better: The role of volunteers in group dynamics and legacy

Ageing Better —

Talk Eat Drink (TED) Ageing Better in East Lindsey aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation in older people. This report looks at volunteering in group settings, the importance of language, and how East Lindsey Ageing Better engaged volunteers people during Covid-19.

Learning Report (PDF, 3 MB)

Region
England
Partner
Ageing Better in East Lindsey
Tags
Ageing, Covid-19, Engagement, Language, Older People, Volunteering

Help through Crisis Supporting Staff Wellbeing: Learning, support and evaluation webinar summary report

Help through Crisis —

Help through Crisis (HtC) helps people who are experiencing, or at risk of, hardship crisis to overcome the difficulties they are facing and plan for their futures. This report shares learning from HtC partnerships on supporting staff wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Learning Report (PDF, 294 KB)

Region
England
Tags
Anxiety, Covid-19, Crisis, Hardship, Staffing, Technology, Wellbeing

Case Study: Community Transport Calderdale

COVID-19 funding under £10,000 – including Coronavirus Community Support Fund COVID-19 funding over £10,000 – including Coronavirus Community Support Fund —

The Coronavirus Community Support Fund (CCSF) helped organisations in England respond to the COVID-19 crisis and increased community support to people affected by the pandemic. The evaluation partnership interviewed a representative sample of grant holders in order to better understand: the grant holder experience of applying for CCSF funding; how grants were used; and the impact the funding had on organisations, staff, volunteers and beneficiaries. This case study shares how Community Transport Calderdale used funding to run a shopping service for those shielding due to Covid-19.

Case Study (PDF, 378 KB)

Region
England
Partner
Community Transport Calderdale
Tags
Accessibility, Covid-19, Crisis, Funding, Social Isolation, Transport

Supporting People Over 50 to Become Digitally Included: Learning from Ageing Better Middlesbrough

Ageing Better —

Ageing Better Middlesbrough work with older people to reduce loneliness and social isolation in people aged 50 and over. In this document they share what they have learned from helping older people use digital devices and get online before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Learning Report (PDF, 4 MB)

Region
England
Partner
Ageing Better Middlesbrough
Tags
Ageing, Covid-19, Digital Technologies, Digital Inclusion, Older People

Taking the Domestic Abuse Recovery Toolkit Online

COVID-19 funding over £10,000 – including Coronavirus Community Support Fund —

Rock Pool is a Community Interest Company that provides training and consultancy services for organisations that support people that have been affected by trauma. This report shares how they switched delivery of the Domestic Abuse Recovery Toolkit from classroom based to online during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Project Report (PDF, 4 MB)

Region
England
Partner
Rock Pool CIC
Tags
Covid-19, Digital Technologies, Domestic Abuse, Recovery, Self-Care

Door Step 'Pop Rounds'

Reaching Communities England —

Time to Talk Befriending share practical guidance on 'door step pop rounds' where volunteers visit people's houses to connect face to face, and safely, during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Guide (PDF, 296 KB)

Region
England
Partner
Time to Talk Befriending
Tags
Befriending, Covid-19, Social Isolation, Loneliness, Older People, Safety, Volunteering

What has the Bristol Support Hub for Older People Learnt about Online and Telephone Group Activities?

Ageing Better —

Bristol Ageing Better aim to reduce loneliness and isolation in older people. In this report they share learning and recommendations about running online and telephone group activities. The covid-19 pandemic meant face-to-face groups activities could no longer take place so they moved services online or via the telephone.

Learning Report (PDF, 434 KB)

Region
England
Partner
Bristol Ageing Better
Tags
Ageing, Community Groups, Covid-19, Digital Technologies, Older People

Planning and Preparing for Future Changes in Demand: Help through Crisis learning paper August 2020

Help through Crisis —

This Help through Crisis learning paper supports partnerships to think about how to respond to future changes due to Covid-19. The impact of Covid-19 is discussed, three future scenarios are presented, followed by discussion about what this means for Help through Crisis projects.

Learning Report (PDF, 409 KB)

Region
England
Tags
Covid-19, Crisis, Hardship, Information Advice and Support, Service Delivery

Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing: A conversation about the impact of COVID19 and whether we need a new approach?

Partnerships —

This research was jointly funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, Children in Need, Corra Foundation, The Robertson Trust, STV Children’s Appeal, and the William Grant Foundation. It looks at the impact of Covid-19 on children and young people’s emotional and mental health and wellbeing, and whether a new approach might be needed to address the emerging concerns.

Learning Report (PDF, 328 KB)

Region
Scotland
Tags
Children, Covid-19, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Young People

SWEDA Coronavirus Lockdown Survey

Reaching Communities England —

Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorder Association (SWEDA) have produced this report based on the findings from a survey they conducted to look at the emotional experiences and challenges of people with an eating disorder during Covid-19 Lockdown.

Insight Report (PDF, 957 KB)

Region
England
Partner
Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorder Association
Tags
Anxiety, Covid-19, Eating Disorders, Food, Mental Health, Wellbeing