Regional Workshops & Local Findings Presentations

• These presentations discuss evaluation strategy and methods.
• These presentations give evaluation results

In each government office region the National Evaluation of Sure Start regional support staff are meeting with programmes, Regional Development Officers and Regional Managers, and local evaluators, to share research strategies, discuss specific topics for local evaluations and present evaluation results.

Below you will find some presentations and reports from the most recent meetings.

Evaluation strategy and methods

Barton, Tredworth and White City: Evaluating the Needs of 'Hard to Reach' Groups
Breckland - Thetford Evaluation Progress
Bridgwater - Creating an Effective Evaluation Programme
Bridgwater Evaluation Strategy
East Peckham Fun, Clean, Safe Evaluation
Haringey - Roundway Parent Satisfaction Survey
Haringey - Roundway Parent Satisfaction Survey
Kingston Upon Hull - Newington & Gypsyville Supporting Employability
Maltby - Developing an Evaluation Strategy
North East Lincolnshire Sure Start Programmes - Involving Parents Report
North East Workshop Howdon Presentation
North East Workshop Howdon Regional Sure Start Presentation
North East Workshop West Redcar User Satisfaction 2004
Nuneaton Family Support Presentation
Rowley - Reflections from a Trailblazer
Seacroft - Using Research to Support Program Development
Social Research Association - Ethical Conduct
Torbay - Torquay Stay & Play Slides
Walsall - Blackenhall Reflecting on Reach
Walsall Sure Start Programmes CAMHS Presentation
West Midlands Ethics Workshop COREC April 2004
West Midlands Hard to Reach Presentation
West Midlands Solihull - Chelmsley Wood Evaluation Plan Presentation 2004
West Midlands Stoke on Trent - Ethics & Qualitative Work
West Midlands - Sure Start Local Evaluation
Yorkshire & Humber Families Presentation
Yorkshire & Humber - Leeds Bramley Presentation

Evaluation results

Bolton - Goldthorpe What's Cooking
Brierley Hill Cost Effectiveness Presentation 2004
Durham University Evaluators, Impact of Sure Start on School Performance
Durham University Evaluators, Interagency Perspectives
Durham University Evaluators, Parental Involvement in Decision-making
Durham University Evaluators, Quality of Play
Durham University Evaluators, Routes into Training and Employment Evaluation
East Midlands Workshop Home Safety
East Midlands Workshop Presentation Breast Feeding
Foxhill And Parson Cross
Impact of Sure Start on School Performance
Kingston upon Hull Marfleet Evaluating Family Support Service
Mainstreaming Project Presentation
North East Regional Workshop Home Visiting Presentation
North Somerset - Weston Mystery Shopper Presentation
Norwich CFM Inclusion Research Presentation
Nuneaton Early Years Evaluation
Oxford - Rosehill Littlemore Addressing Social & Emotional Development in a Local Sure Start Programme
Rose Hill and Littlemore: Feedback from Parents about Sure Start
Rotherham Central: Consultation with Parents and Carers
Seacroft: Health Visitor Study
Solihull - Chelmsley Wood, Presentation of Key Findings from Local Evaluation 2004
Sure Start Workshop Presentation 2004
Swindon - Pinehurst & Penhill Fathers' Development Work Presentation
The 'Sewing' Group - Evaluating Small Groups - Stoke on Trent Sure Start Shelton, Cobridge, Hanley
Walsall - Alumwell Pleck Mental Health Evaluation
West Midlands Ethics Workshop Postnatal Depression Work - Sure Start Bilston Ettingshall
Yorkshire & Humberside Workshop 2004 - Physiotherapy Presentation