Contribution analysis is a way to show the impact or progress of an activity or piece of work by focusing on how things that are more easy to measure ‘contribute’ to longer term, or higher-level outcomes.

Support is available to help voluntary and community organisations to collect and use statistical data, including from the Royal Statistical Society and the Scottish Government.

Scotland’s National Outcomes are contained in the National Performance Framework. The Scottish Government's National Outcomes are a set of broad ambitions around making Scotland better for everyone who lives here. Some third sector organisations have used the National Performance Framework (NPF) in their work, and it could be useful for measuring your own progress, evidencing your imact and in funding applications.

This resource is for third sector organisations and those who fund or commission third sector organisations seeking to understand how the sector contributes to tackling health inequalities. It includes step by step guides, examples and templates for how to realistically show your contribution to outcomes at a societal level.

This toolkit helps you to measure the impact of existing work on social capital, health and wellbeing, to think about your outcomes and develop new ideas. It includes a range of tools and templates to assist you with logic modelling, weekly diaries, recognised measures of mental health and questionnaires.

Designed by Youth Scotland for groups working with young people, the Mini-Evaluation Pack contains an overall framework and specific exercises to help effectively evaluate a project over time.

How good is our third sector organisation? (HGIOTSO) is a self-evaluation resource created to support third sector organisations of all sizes to evaluate their performance and to identify priorities for action.

Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) works with voluntary organisations and funders so that they can measure and report on their impact.

A step-by-step guide to evaluating community projects published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) back in 2005, based on work with 20 groups and projects across England and Wales.

Infed.org is a website for community education and commmunity development and covers everything from social theory to practical guides to action research and evaluation.