Evaluating the Community Assets programme
This page tells you more about our evaluation plans and includes links to findings and other documents.
The Big Lottery Fund is running an evaluation of the Community Assets programme, which supports the transfer of buildings and similar assets from local authorities to third-sector organisations.
The evaluation will consider how successful the programme is at encouraging and supporting asset transfer. See more information about 
what we want the evaluation to look at This document sets out the main requirements that BIG and the Office of the Third Sector specified for the evaluation. - 16KB.
Rocket Science is undertaking the evaluation. They began work in May 2008; the evaluation will run until late 2010.
There is more detailed information in the following reports:
- Strand 1 report This document sets the scene for the wider evaluation by discussing the background to and development of the programme, as well as what it funded and early feedback from proje...
- 526KB - Strand 2 report This report highlights findings from the evaluators’ survey of projects in 2009. - 370KB
You can also read an update of what the evaluation has found to the end of Strand 2 This document provides a general overview of the programme, what the evaluation has been looking at, and what it had found (to late 2009). - 466KB
Please contact us if you have any comments or questions.
