Programme Monitoring Measures A short suite of core programme monitoring data, which will provide an overview of progress. Data should be provided for ALL activities. MEASURE INDICATOR Coverage METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION & TIMING BIG Lottery funding Expenditure on Ageing Better programme, in £’000s – Budget, Forecast, Actual All expenditure Breakdown of expenditure on Ageing Better activities. Project administration End of Quarter funding including in-kind Expenditure on Ageing Better programme activities, in £’000s – Budget, Forecast, Actual All funding including funding As for in-kind funding. Project administration End of Quarter Participants (new) Number of new participants – Budget, Forecast, Actual All participants including those not covered by individual records of characteristics and outcomes New participants are recorded each quarter, to avoid double-counting Project administration End of Quarter Volunteers Number of volunteers All formal volunteers of any age Project administration End of Quarter Volunteers Number of volunteer hours All formal volunteers of any age Project administration End of Quarter Systems change Number of organisations involved in referral network Third sector organisation Membership organisation or faith group Clinical commissioning group GP Community health provider Hospital / other acute or tertiary provider All stakeholders Project administration End of Quarter
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 Reading out questions Support / companionship No response All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Project administration Entry 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 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 Entry Ethnic group What is your ethnic background? White Irish/UK Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Any other White background All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Big Lottery Equalities indicator Self-completion questionnaire Entry
Full questionnaire with outcomes Short questionnaire for participant characteristics Local tool only CMF database, and is not part of the CMF Toolkit 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 Gujarati Hindi Polish Punjabi Somali Spanish Turkish Urdu Vietnamese 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 Type of Activities What activities is the participant involved in? (please tick all that apply) All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Participant/volunteer may be involved in more than one activity. Project Administration Entry and Exit
Pharmacist Project staff/ volunteer Came across it Other (please specify) Prefer not to say No response Is the participant a formal volunteer? Is the participant a formal volunteer? Yes/No All participants completing a CMF questionnaire Records whether a participant is also a volunteer Project administration Entry Participant Tracked Indicators and Outcomes Participant Tracked Indicators The following table lists three measures which provide participant details which are tracked over time (at Entry and Follow-up). MEASURE INDICATOR Coverage NOTES METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION & TIMING Living arrangements Who do you live with? Alone With spouse, partner With family In residential accommodation Other (please specify) Prefer not to say All participants engaged in on-going activity Identified as risk for social isolation in some circumstances. This indicator can be used as part of the Shankar et al index of Social Isolation (used in ELSA). Self- completion questionnaire Follow-up Disability/ long term illness Do you have any long-standing physical or mental illness, or disability? By ‘long-standing’ I All participants engaged in on-going activity Big Lottery Equalities indicator. Identified as risk for Self completion questionnaire Entry Follow-up
mean anything that has troubled you over a period of at least 12 months or that is likely to affect you over a period of at least 12 months. Yes No Prefer not to say social isolation in some circumstances. Caring responsibilities Is there anyone who is sick, disabled or elderly whom you look after or give special help to (for example, a sick, disabled or elderly relative, wife, husband, partner, child, friend)? Yes No Prefer not to say All participants engaged in on-going activity Big Lottery Equalities indicator. Identified as risk for social isolation in some circumstances. Self-completion questionnaire Follow-up 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 I experience a general sense of emptiness All participants engaged in on-going activity This measures social and emotional loneliness. Self questionnaire Entry Follow-up
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 on-going 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 Entry 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 Befriending or mentoring people Giving advice/information/counselling Secretarial, or clerical work Providing transport/driving Representing Campaigning 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