Evaluation of the Sport Ireland Innovation for Sports Inclusion Fund

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The Innovation for Sports Inclusion fund is funded by Sport Ireland through the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF). The DAF was established by legislation and enables unclaimed funds from accounts in credit institutions in Ireland to be used towards projects for the development of disadvantaged areas. In 2020, Sport Ireland funded bodies will receive funding to roll out the Innovation for Sports Inclusion programme. The total Dormant Accounts funding received by funded bodies under this funding stream will amount to €955,000. Sport Ireland now wishes to commission a process and outcome evaluation of the Innovation for Sports Inclusion fund 2020. The purpose of this evaluation is to understand to what extent funded bodies who have rolled out the programme, have achieved their intended outputs, outcomes and aims, and if so, what are the factors that influenced this. It is expected that the report will present national level findings across all funded programmes, as well as highlighting the success or otherwise, of individual programmes. The evaluation will use programme guidelines and application forms provided by Sport Ireland as key reference documents, as well as other reporting documents submitted to Sport Ireland by funded bodies throughout the duration of the programme. The key findings of this evaluation will inform Sport Ireland’s investment in the Innovation for Sports Inclusion fund going forward. The main deliverable of this project is an evaluation report of no more than 45 pages (excluding appendices). This report must address to what extent the objectives as stated below have been achieved by the Initiatives by undertaking a process and outcome evaluation. The evaluation will also highlight what corresponding outputs and outcomes have been achieved, and what factors contributed to this. In alignment with the National Sports Policy (NSP) the primary outcome of interest will be change in levels of sport and physical activity participation. Specifically, the evaluation will entail- •A process evaluation to