Hallmarks - a not-for-profit business unit of the Keystone Development Trust

Evaluation Services

How do we measure progress and performance, judge our actions and plan for the future? How do we do better next time? We learn - from experience and through evaluation.

Experience has shown us that the evaluation process is different for every client. So we take your requirements and devise a strategy that matches your budget.

We select from formative and summative approaches, blend the techniques and tools employed, unlock the qualitative and quantitative data before applying rigorous analysis to cut to the core of the issues. Then we benchmark performance, produce clear and considered recommendations and verify them by peer review amongst our management team.

Embed Hallmarks quality into your programs with our fully customisable services:

Full evaluation (Top)

    Build full evaluation into your program from the outset. Benefit from having the right data collection methods embedded from the start, so that evidence is accumulated throughout the life of the program. Data that can be used to help inform your management decisions to ensure your programs keep on track. To ensure that accurate and fact based results are available for analysis and the timely production of funder statistics and reports.

Interim evaluation (Top)

    A popular service, typically used to assess the current performance of a program or organisation. This service is also used to verify that existing monitoring processes are performing correctly and to set in place any additional measures that may be required.

Final evaluation (Top)

    Publish an independent final report of your project, detailing and evidencing its performance. No evidence – don’t worry, we will devise and implement a program to gather and analyse the data. Use the report to inform your funders of your success and the recommendations to demonstrate a process of continual revue and improvement.

Short evaluative review (Top)

    Fast, independent audits of your program results or your organisation’s performance. We take your existing evidence and information, and draw up clear recommendations for the future based on our expert analysis. Benefit from our perspective to move your organisation forward and inform others of your success.

Executive Summaries (Top)

    Hallmarks Executive Summaries take your program results and data, and disseminate them using a common reporting format that highlights success (and what could have been done better) and publishes the results on the internet.

Monitoring strategies (Top)

    Benefit from our experience in devising monitoring and data gathering programs that can be embedded into your projects, or that we can run for you. We run a full consultancy service for your convenience.