The Glasgow Centre for Population Health and What Works Scotland have today published Participatory budgeting in Scotland to complement the launch of the Scottish Government’s new participatory budgeting website. Participatory budgeting (PB) is a process of involving citizens in deciding
New Evidence Review – Partnerships
Partnership Working Across the Public Sector in the UK – Evidence Review and Briefing Paper published today
Report from WWS CAR Retreat Event Published
See the report from WWS’s first Collaborative Action Retreat event with Case Study partners here
Challenge Poverty Week
17th – 23rd October is Challenge Poverty Week Click here for a range of articles and to participate in discussions with academics based in universities across Scotland on topics such as poverty, inequality, or deprivation. Articles already available include: Morag Treanor: “Recent changes to measuring
What Works, Cross Whitehall Trials Advice Panel – new website
Cross Whitehall Trials Advice Panel, set up by the Cabinet Office What Works Team, now has an external website here . This publication explains how the Cross-Government Trial Advice Panel will help civil servants to use evidence in decision-making. Panel members include,
Reimagining Community Planning in Scotland: A Vision from the Third Sector
New working paper published here (pdf)
New Blog – Think YES? How to deliver transformational change in relationships between staff, and managers and local people
See new blog from Claire Bynner and Ken Gibb here.
Cost of School Holidays – Literature Review
New WWS Brief Literature Review available here (pfd).
New Working Paper Published – Evaluability Assessment
Read our new publication – Evaluability Assessment: a systematic approach to deciding whether and how to evaluate programmes and policies (pdf).