Evaluation Services
RJ4All International Institute: Evaluation Services
The RJ4All Institute offers tailored, independent, credible and evidence-based evaluation services helping social ventures from around the world to measure and improve their impact, develop outcomes frameworks and drive efficiency.   

We use the Theory of Change and have structures to provide support at the highest standards locally, nationally and internationally. We have acted as evaluators for the UK Ministry of Justice, Social Action Rehabilitation Fund, and our Principal Investigator, Prof. Gavrielides, has been involved in the structuring of the youth evidence London hub Project Oracle. He has also supported organisations such as The Anne Frank Trust, Detention Action, Greater Manchester, Probation Trust, Young Mayors, London Probation Trust and the British Council in measuring their impact, setting up evaluation structures and drafting their impact strategies.

To discuss your organisational needs and to get a tailored quote director@rj4all.uk

Examples of our services include:

1. Develop or strengthen a bespoke Theory of Change and outcomes framework.
2. Develop tailored measuring tools for the above and capacity-build social ventures to collect data themselves.
3. Collect and analyse data on behalf of social ventures for evaluation and strategic purposes.
4. Help social ventures understand the collected data and translate them into strategic aims and business plans.
5. Monitor their strategic aims and by extension measure their social impact.
6. Help ventures put a monetary value on their social impact activities (e.g. SROI).

Our approach

When supporting social ventures, we always try to match fund the costs while tapping into our existing research infrastructures including our international Academic Board and Research Ethics Committee, peer review journals and publishing arm. We can support funding applications covering the evaluation side of proposed projects, while also providing tailored services to already resourced programmes.

The RJ4All International Institute is a CPD accredited training provider (all our courses and events are accredited with CPD points). Our training programmes have been developed and are based on extensive research. Furthermore, are an approved member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). This means that RJ4All reports, publications, evaluations and research strategies adhere to high ethical standards. We have several kitemarks, and monitor our own Theory of Change and strategic aims through internal and external evaluation processes.

Our methodologies

Always assessing and taking into consideration the needs of our clients as well as the requirements and nature of their projects, we offer a tailored approach to their needs that
can include:
  • Face-to-face, online and telephone support
  • Allocated staff member who is always supervised by the RJ4All Founder and Director Professor Dr. Theo Gavrielides
  • Qualitative and quantitative based fieldwork (using tools such as focus groups, interviews, observation, questionnaires and surveys)
  • Quantitative evaluation using control or comparison groups to demonstrate causality
  • Report and Executive Summary with evidence-based recommendations for improved practices at the individual, practice and strategic levels
  • Opportunity for a wider circulation and publication through our publishing networks including peer reviewed report of publishable standard and quality reviewed.

High Research Ethical standards

As independent, evidence-based evaluators and a research-based institute, we ensure that we follow highly ethical standards always incorporating the following structures in our projects:
  • RJ4All Research and Ethics Handbook,
  • Independent Review by the Ethical Standards Committee of the Editorial Board,
  • Self – assessment monitoring of participants,
  • Application of ESRC Ethics Framework,
  • Data Protection Law,
  • Confidentiality and Consent forms.
 COPE MEMBERSHIP (COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION ETHICS)
RJ4All is a member of the Committee on Publications Ethics
(see: http://www.publicationethics.org/). COPE provides advice to editors and publishers on all
aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication
misconduct. This means that RJ4All Publications adheres to high ethical standards in publishing.
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