As we draw our evaluation of SPRING to an end, for this final blog in our series, Gordon Freer, the evaluation team lead spoke to Heidi Ober the evaluation’s Project […]

Gordon Freer, the SPRING evaluation team lead, takes a somewhat light hearted look at the final communications our findings, after nearly seven years of evaluation and ostensibly, never ending reports. […]

In celebration of this year’s International Women’s Day, Swaantje Marten from the SPRING evaluation team shares how SPRING businesses helped #BreakTheBias.

As we wrap up our six-year evaluation of SPRING, many of our team members are remembering SPRING-related events.  Gordon Freer (GF), the evaluation team lead took advantage of this self-reflective […]

In SPRING evaluation blogs and reports we often speak about Human Centred Design (HCD) and the central role it played in SPRING’s overall design. In this blog, Gordon Freer, the […]

SPRING businesses continue to learn and grow even after the programme has come to an end. Swaantje Marten, who is part of the Evaluation Partner team, reflects on the recent […]

SPRING helped girls stay safe, learn, earn, save and improve their health and wellbeing. The programme supported businesses by providing expertise in growth, human-centred design (HCD), innovation, marketing and investment […]

In this blog, we reflect on the lessons we have learned from SPRING businesses that engaged with adolescent girls through EdTech.  Zinnie Cowing and Libby Bligh, from the Evaluation Partner […]

On 29 September, our team facilitated a workshop hosted by the FCDO on private sector engagement in the development sector. The workshop explored various approaches adopted by programmes to work […]

While the impact focus for SPRING was improving adolescent girls’ lives, the programme could not have succeeded without the commitment and collaboration built with their partner businesses. SPRING established relationships […]

Whether you are just starting a new venture, or whether your enterprise is at growth level, there are many reasons to participate in business accelerator. Drawing from our Business Performance […]

SPRING sought to help girls stay safe, learn, earn, save and improve their health and wellbeing. Each of the 75 SPRING businesses focused their girl products and services in at […]

The true test of any successful international development intervention is not so much what happens during the programme, but what happens after it has come to an end.  In SPRING’s […]

In this month’s blog entry, we spoke to Eileen Lambourne – the Impact Evaluation Lead for the SPRING evaluation. Eileen reflected on how we devised an adaptive approach to measure […]

In a world full of complexities, human-centred design – a mindset and methodology that focuses on the needs and desires of users – has become a respected approach to improving […]

On International Women’s Day, we are reminded of our responsibility of pursuing change, whether this is by celebrating women’s achievements, calling out gender inequality, economically empowering women, or challenging the […]

In the world of international development, the story of a programme does not end with its implementation. For our SPRING evaluation team at Tetra Tech International Development, it is a […]

For several years, our evaluation team at Tetra Tech International Development has been working side by side with the SPRING programme to create sustainable business opportunities for adolescent girls around […]