Welsh Government Volunteering Future Funding Model
RCS were appointed by the Welsh Government to to explore opportunities to match fund the Volunteering Wales Grant budget beyond 2020 to lever in non-public funding to support volunteering in Wales.
Evaluation of Sport Wales’ Calls 4 Action Programme
RCS were appointed by Sport Wales in September 2016 to undertake a real time evaluation of their innovative Lottery funded programme, ‘Calls 4 Action’. The Programme aims to engage key target groups in greater sport participation – women and girls, disabled people, BME people, and those living in disadvantaged communities.
Evaluation of Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
This evaluation was commissioned to assess whether new working practices have improved the effectiveness, efficiency, impact, participation, and relevancy of the organisation. It was overseen by an Advisory Board with representation from the CEMR Secretariat and from members of CEMR’s working structures.
Self, Sector or Centre? Approaches to Turnaround
The purpose of this commission was to look at the relative strengths of the two principal approaches to organisational turnaround in local government: sector-led improvement and central government-led intervention.