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Thematic Evaluation - Community Connection

The National Lottery Community Fund · Local or regional public body

In brief

The National Lottery Community Fund awarded consultancy work to Sheffield Hallam University on 26 August 2026.

The notice gives a value of £200,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 18 months, starting 1 October 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

Our Evidence and Impact Strategy sets out an ambition to increase the proportion of our funding supported by independent impact evaluations. A key way for achieving this is through commissioning and publishing cross-Fund impact evaluations on themes linked to our missions (e.g. environmental sustainability and community connection). To support this ambition, the Impact & Evaluation (I&E) Team is undertaking a project designed to: a. develop an pproach for carrying out cross-Fund thematic evaluation b. test this approach through a pilot thematic evaluation c. make recommendations for embedding thematic evaluation into future practice While the fund regularly commissions evaluations for specific programmes, undertaking an evaluation focused on a theme cutting across multiple portfolios is new. This pilot evaluation will therefore generate both impact evidence on a theme, and methodological learning from the process to support in decisions about rollong this approach out more widely.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Sheffield Hallam University
21 bids received
£199,535
Awarded 26 August 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 060964-2026
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 061163-2026
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 085323-2026

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From notice 060964-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 29 June 2026, last updated 9 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.