identify whether the targets outlined in the original application have been met. The monitoring and evaluation programme includes attendance by Trust personnel at project meetings, site visits, completion of the Trust’s evaluation form and written progress reports, photographs and CD Roms from grant recipients.
It should also be
stated that the Trustees will only consider repeat funding for a project/initiative where the recipient can demonstrate that the funds awarded have (a) been applied as intended; (b) met the specified objectives; and (c) have gone some way in making an impact or difference to the ultimate beneficiaries. When awarding grants consideration is also given to withholding an element of funding until satisfactory feedback and evaluation has been completed, submitted and approved.
In some cases grants are awarded on a multi-year basis. In the main these are for a
period of three years and usually not more than five. At the present time there are three such grants namely, Oxford Brookes University for the Martin Radcliffe Fellowship; the Worshipful Company of Innholders for the Scholarship scheme; and the Academy of Culinary Arts for the ‘Chefs Adopt a School’ programme. All term grants are contingent on an annual review process. This reflects the obligations placed on the recipients of these grants to meet specific conditions in order for funding to be renewed each year.
P S CI I IS C IVMNS A D PRO MNE AT A TVTE , AHE E E T N E F R A C
It is not always possible for the Trustees to report on the breadth, depth or change a project has made during the scope of the financial year that funding was awarded. There are many occasions when projects funded are completed in the ensuing year or in the case of some of the major projects, years. For this reason evaluations on the success or impact of a project is a continuous process and one to which the Trustees place significant importance. Detailed below is a progress report on a project that received funding in the previous year end.
Switchback received charitable status in
November 2007 with the aim to support 18-24 year old offenders that are involved in catering to convert what they learn inside prison kitchens into real, positive change on release. They received funding from the Trust for their Pilot Year and reported the following measurable results for the educational programme:-
39 potential trainees were identified with prison staff; 28 trainees signed up; 23 were supported by their Switchback Mentor while in custody; 21 trainees went on to receive support after their release; 12 trainees worked in Crisis Skylight Café; 6 trainees benefited from mock interviews and feedback; 5 trainees completed work placements; 2 trainees entered full-time education; 7 trainees gained paid employment. Achievements, as well as those listed above, include things like preparing/serving food at a Switchback event, visiting a psychologist to address anger management issues and arranging for family members to visit the café for lunch. Switchback were impressed by how quickly these trainees have taken these major
steps. However, they offer long term support and it is early days to claim success. Switchback will continue to work with these young people as they progress.
A Switchback trainee that was sent on a work placement to River Cottage last year did so well that they offered him a full time job as soon as they had a vacancy. He took the incredibly brave move of moving his life down to Axminster earlier this year and is doing really well.
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