Today we launch our new website, which brings together all the elements of Renaisi’s updated brand and finishes several months of work to update who we are, without losing who we were. I want to share how we got here as I think it says something more about the last two years, which is the
An embedded researcher-led evaluation of the Cares Family network of volunteers and older neighbours in North and South London. Renaisi was commissioned to evaluate the impact of North London Cares and South London Cares’ community networks of young professionals and older neighbours hanging out and helping one another in a rapidly changing city. We had
Power to Change’s More than a Pub programme funds community ownership of pubs in England and supports them to grow the range of services they offer to the community. In October 2016, Renaisi was commissioned to lead the evaluation of phase 1. For many people in England, pubs are a core part of their community.
Renaisi is delighted to be Spirit of 2012’s external evaluation and learning partner for the next three years. The London 2012 legacy charity funds arts and sports projects that foster greater community cohesion, empower those who are most under-served and challenge perceptions of disability. Renaisi will work with Spirit and its grant-funded partners to build
Check out a cool blog from our friends at Gehl on food and the build environment
We are pleased to share the evaluation of the first year of the Place Based Social Action Programme. The Place Based Social Action (PBSA) Programme is jointly-funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the National Lottery Community Fund. It provides approximately £4.5 million funding to enable people, communities, local non-statutory organisations
TSIP are delighted to be working with the environmental charity Hubbub as part of their #CupCupandAway re-use trial being run with Starbucks and Gatwick Airport
Renaisi was set up in 1998 to work in, with and for deprived neighbourhoods. Our definition of deprivation and scale of work was very much of its time – an era of significant government investment – and a focus on neighbourhoods drove our work. While much has changed in the intervening twenty years, not least
Renaisi continues to work with the Power to Change Trust to evaluate their community initiatives, in partnership with MyCake and Close-Up Research. Evaluation of community business funds Renaisi will evaluate the Community Business Fund, Trade Up, and Bright Ideas Fund. Renaisi’s evaluation team will use a mixed methods approach, including quantitative analysis of programme and external
Hannah Woods, Gingerbread’s Head of Evaluation and Learning explains how the charity for single parents is working with Renaisi to use evidence to inform organisational strategies and learning. Gingerbread has been championing single parents for over a hundred years, but like many charities today, we face tough decisions about where we concentrate our efforts. Through
