Project Director: Jan Gilbertson
Project Duration: 2011-2012
The main aim of the research was to provide evidence and learning which would support EDFET trustees to meet their operational objectives for 2011 and which would help the trustees and EDF Energy shape the future direction of the Trust in meeting its overall aims.
The research itself was retrospective looking at the operation and impact of the Individuals and Families Grants Programme, and the Organisational Grants Programme, between 1 January 2009 and 31 March 2011 to address a number of core, and subsidiary, research questions:
- is the Trust meeting its objective to target individuals and families in hardship?
- what are applicants' experiences of applying to the Trust?
- how effective are the Trusts' processes to allocate funding?
- what impacts do the Trust's awards through the Individuals and Grants Programme have on individuals and families?
- what is the impact of the Trust's awards through the Organisational Grants Programme?
- do organisational grants provide ‘value for money’?
- how can awareness and promotion of the Trust be raised?
- what are the options for the future constitutional basis of the Trust to maximise public benefit to ensure the charity continues to meet the public benefit requirement under the Charities Act 2006?
The project team also includes Gareth Morgan (Sheffield Hallam University).
