Outcomes
Outcomes refer to the long term changes that are anticipated for an area or a group of people following specific interventions or activities. They focus on a particular problem and describe the anticipated change. They are closely related to objectives, but they are more specific. They may or may not be quantified.
These are examples of outcomes which have not been quantified:
• Improving performance of all S4 pupils
• Improved participation in the labour market for school leavers
• A clear and sustained year on year increase in women breastfeeding their baby.
Different funders have different expectations of the exact form of outcomes. For example, funders that fund individual projects (such as the Big Lottery Fund) look for outcomes that relate to that individual project, while programmes such as the Community Regeneration Fund (CRF) anticipate more broad ranging outcomes.
