has read/write access to all participant data within the project The project manager: does have any access to participant data in projects outside the managed project does not have any access to programme monitoring data does not have any access to programme reports The programme evaluator/read-only access: has read-only access participant data within the evaluated programme The programme evaluator: does not have any access to participant data outside the evaluated programme does not have any access to programme monitoring data does not have any access to programme reporting The project viewer: has read only access to all participant data across all projects within a programme along filter option to allow users to see their own participant data records from their associated projects. The project viewer does not have any access to programme monitoring data does not have access to participant data un-associated with the administered programme does not have access to programme reporting Logins are issued centrally to the programme manager and the partnership is responsible for allocating logins to individuals. Logins can be shared. Data can be entered on an on-going basis (in real time). Within four weeks of the end of each quarter we will expect all data for that quarter to be entered (see Section 3.2 for deadlines). Technical information The common measurement framework database is hosted on a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition as its operating system. This is a Web-server, providing the Web-pages to the user whenever the portal is accessed via a Web-browser. The data resides within a Microsoft SQL Server database (Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition). Data security The database has been designed to ensure rigorous standards of data security. When the portal you will assign a unique reference number (URN) to each participant. The database does not hold personally identifying information. The database can only be accessed by named database administrators. Access to account data will be restricted to individual users of the account and protected with a password. Ecorys UK will manage all data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2008. based
Project Name No. of participants to the end of contract No. of participants Year 1 No. of participants Year 2 No. of participants Year 3 No. of participants Year 4 No. of participants Year 5 No. of participants Year 6 Is this activity / project suitable to be covered by CMF? Justification Sample Justification Short CMF Long CMF Social isolation, social contact and social participation Co-design Influencing Volunteering Wellbeing Health EXAMPLE PROJECT NAME 600 100 100 100 100 100 100 Yes N/A No Yes   
Hospitality (accommodation, food, travel and tourism) Retail Transport Other Systems change To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following: Older people are more engaged in the design and delivery of services that help reduce their isolation; Services that help to reduce isolation and better planned, coordinated and delivered; Better evidence is available to influence the services that help reduce isolation for older people in the future. Strongly agree, agree, neither agree or disagree, disagree, strongly disagree All stakeholders This will require identification of the full range of stakeholders. Project administration End of year Participant Characteristics and Project Participation Participant Characteristics The table below lists measures which provide a profile of all participants. They include the Big Lottery Fund’s Equality indicators and other demographic characteristics including those that are risk factors for isolation. All indicators include a ‘Prefer not to say’ and/or ‘No response’ option in the self-completion survey and online database.
MEASURE INDICATOR Coverage NOTES METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION & TIMING Help with data completion Please indicate whether the participant was helped to provide data No help was given Reading out questions Support / companionship No response Other All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Project administration Gender Male Female Prefer not to say No response All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Big Lottery Equalities indicator Self-completion questionnaire Entry Gender at birth Is the participant’s gender the same as registered as birth? Yes No Prefer not to say No response All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Big Lottery Equalities indicator Self-completion questionnaire Entry Age What is your year of birth? Prefer not to say No response All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Big Lottery Equalities indicator Self-completion questionnaire Postcode What is your postcode? Prefer not to say No response All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Identified as risk for social isolation in some circumstances. This will be used to examine the geographical coverage of the programme Self-completion questionnaire
Other ethnic group Arab Any ethnic group Prefer not to say No response Religion What is your religion? No religion Christian Buddhist Hindu Jewish Muslim Sikh Other Prefer not to say No response All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Big Lottery Equalities indicator Self-completion questionnaire Sexual orientation I consider myself to be: Heterosexual Lesbian Gay man Bisexual Prefer not to say No response All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Big Lottery Equalities indicator Self- completion questionnaire Entry Participant Project Participation The table below lists measures which provide an account of participants’ project participation. This is essential information to track which projects participants have been involved with, and also to collect information on project activities.
MEASURE INDICATOR Coverage METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION & TIMING Name of project What project is the participant / volunteer involved in? All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Name of project What project is the participant / volunteer involved in? Status of participant What situation best describes the status of the participant: Provided with information only Engaged in one-off activity Engaged in on-going activity All participants completing a CMF questionnaire This classification will provide information on the intensity of support provided and also help to determine whether an outcome questionnaire is administered. Project administration Entry CMF tool What CMF tool has been administered? Full questionnaire with outcomes Short questionnaire for participant characteristics Local tool only All participants completing a CMF questionnaire This only needs to be completed by the person inputting the data onto the CMF database, and is not part of the CMF Toolkit Project administration Entry Language Was the questionnaire completed in a language other than English? Yes/No [If yes] Please choose the language from the list below: Arabic Bengali Chinese Farsi Greek Gujarati Hindi All participants completing a CMF questionnaire This only needs to be completed by the person inputting the data onto the CMF database, and is not part of the CMF Toolkit Project administration
Establishing or working in a business or social enterprise Assessing local services and businesses on age-friendliness Provided with information only Engagement activities (please specify) Start date When did the participant first attend an event / join in an activity/ use a service Month / Year All participants completing a CMF questionnaire To provide information on the length of intervention and whether it is Project administration Entry End date When did the participant end their involvement Month/Year All participants completing a CMF questionnaire To provide information on the length of intervention. Project administration Exit Service delivery What type of model of service is the participant involved in? Include all that apply: One to one telephone One-to-one home One-to-one in community setting Group based Mixed delivery model All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Information on the service model. Project administration Finding out the project / source of information How did you find out the activity? GP GP surgery All participants completing a CMF questionnaire To provide evidence of referral networks. Self-completion questionnaire Entry
Participant Outcomes This section outlines measures related to participant outcomes. This data provides evidence of changes in self-reported outcomes for individuals involved in the Ageing Better programme. MEASURE INDICATOR COVERAGE METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION & TIMING Social isolation and loneliness Social and emotional isolation – De Jong Gierveld scale I experience a general of emptiness There are plenty of people I can rely on when I have problems There are many people I can trust completely There are enough people I feel close to I miss having people around I feel rejected (Yes, More or less, No) All participants engaged in activity This scale measures social and emotional loneliness. Source: de Jong Gierveld emotional and social loneliness scale- 6 scale version, 3 responses. Self questionnaire Entry Follow-up Social and emotional isolation – UCLA scale How often do you feel you lack companionship? How often do you feel left out? How often do you feel isolated from others? How often do you feel in tune with the people around you? (Hardly ever or never, Some of the time, Often) All participants engaged in on-going activity This scale measures social and emotional loneliness. Source: UCLA scale. Self completion questionnaire Entry Follow-up Social contact
Co-design Co-design Which of the following activities have you been involved in? Bespoke response list to be agreed with each partnership. All participants engaged in developing services and projects Self-completion questionnaire Follow-up Influencing Ability to influence local decisions Do you agree or disagree that you personally can influence decisions affecting your local area? (Definitely agree/Tend to agree/Tend to disagree/Definitely disagree/Don't know) All participants engaged in activity which aims to increase older people’s perceptions about influence over decisions that affect their area This measure can be used to evaluate activities which aim to change in participants’ perception about their influence on local decision making. Source: adapted from Community Life Survey 2013/ 2014 Self-completion questionnaire Follow-up Volunteering Volunteering In the last 12 months, that is, since have you given unpaid help in any of the ways shown on this card? Raising or handling money/taking part in sponsored events Leading a group/member of a committee Organising or helping to run an activity or event Visiting people All participants engaged in on-going activity which aims to promote volunteering This measure can be used to evaluate activities which aim to support volunteering. It will provide evidence of the types of volunteering carried out by participants. Source: Community Life Survey 2013 /2014 with adaption. Self-completion questionnaire Entry Follow-up