How will I meet the policy objective and arrange for evaluation?
The aims of your new scheme should match your organisations strategic and policy objectives. Think about: • the possible options for service delivery; and • the relative advantages, costs, risks and disadvantages of each. This will help you to decide the best means of achieving your policy objective. Evaluation is an essential aspect of any scheme – it cannot be incorporated as a later ‘after-thought’. Evaluation let you assess your scheme’s effectiveness. Decide whether evaluation should be done while activities are running (‘interim’ evaluation) as well as after their completion (‘final’ evaluation). Then draw up a proper plan for evaluation – another point often overlooked! A plan helps you to avoid difficulties much later on as it helps you ensure that all of the necessary information can be collected and recorded from the moment activities begin – saving everyone time and frustration. You may want to capture information such as: • baseline data about how things stand before your p
