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CEP and partners ERS to evaluate Big Lottery Fund's Our Bright Future Programme
CEP, with partners Economic Research Services (ERS), are undertaking the evaluation of the Our Bright Future Programme. The Our Bright Future Programme aims to empower young people to lead progressive change in their communities and local environment, through a portfolio of 31 projects across the UK, each with a duration of three to five years. The Programme is supported by £33 million of funding from the Big Lottery Fund, and is managed by a consortium of eight organisations led by The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts.
The supported projects range in scale from those with a local focus to national level delivering in multiple areas. All the projects are based around key themes including: environmental action, environmental campaigning, leadership and influencing, and sustainable enterprises and vocational training.
CEP and ERS have been commissioned by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts to undertake the Programme level evaluation. The evaluation aims to:
- Test whether the Our Bright Future Programme has achieved its long term ambitions
- Provide better evidence on how young people can improve their local environment
- Test and evidence whether a partnership way of working that invests in human, social and natural capital, is an effective means by which to deliver greater impact
- Identify good practice and ongoing improvements
Owen White is CEP’s lead for this project.