Social Impact in the Public, Third and Commercial Sectors
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Social Impact Scotland is a web resource dedicated
to supporting you to better understand your social impact, for Third
Sector OrganisationsFunders
and Investors in the Third Sector, and Public
Sector organisations.
Developed and maintained by Forth Sector Development,
the site is a legacy of the Scottish Government SROI Project, and retains
comprehensive information on SROI, which can be accessed from this sitelink
to Social Impact Scotland site .Maximizing the social impact of any investment, grant, funding allocation or spend from the public purse is a priority for public service providers, social investors & funders and third sector organisations alike. Whether a policy maker, public sector service commissioner or procurement specialist, funder or investor in social change, understanding how you can achieve positive outcomes for the people and communities you support is an essential part of ensuring value for money. For third sector organisations, social enterprises and others involved in the delivery of projects and services supporting the most vulnerable in society, being able to understand and evidence your impact has never been more important.
Forth Sector has played a prominent role in the development of the discourse of social impact and social impact measurement in Scotland in the last 20 years, and is well positioned to support you in your role, whatever your sector, to understand, measure and improve your positive social impact for the people and communities you support.
Social Impact Measurement
We take a bespoke approach to helping you understand, evidence and report on your social impact. With experience across a range of different methods including SROI, we can help you to identify the approach best suited to your needs and facilitate an evaluation of your social impact
We take a bespoke approach to helping you understand, evidence and report on your social impact. With experience across a range of different methods including SROI, we can help you to identify the approach best suited to your needs and facilitate an evaluation of your social impact
Outcomes Monitoring for Services Programmes and
Projects
Whether you are a commissioner wishing to monitor the success of a spread of services to deliver outcomes in line with your objectives, a funder or an investor wishing to monitor the performance of the projects you support, or a service or project keen to better understand and evidence the outcomes you are delivering, we can help you. We can work with you and key stakeholders to identify the outcomes to be monitored and to select or develop the tools and process that you’ll need to monitor outcomes effectively. We can work with you to collect, collate, store and analyse outcomes data, whether at service level or across a spread of services. And we can help you apply what you have learned to embed co-production principles and outcomes approaches to improving current services and developing new ones
Whether you are a commissioner wishing to monitor the success of a spread of services to deliver outcomes in line with your objectives, a funder or an investor wishing to monitor the performance of the projects you support, or a service or project keen to better understand and evidence the outcomes you are delivering, we can help you. We can work with you and key stakeholders to identify the outcomes to be monitored and to select or develop the tools and process that you’ll need to monitor outcomes effectively. We can work with you to collect, collate, store and analyse outcomes data, whether at service level or across a spread of services. And we can help you apply what you have learned to embed co-production principles and outcomes approaches to improving current services and developing new ones
Delivering Better Outcomes for Individuals and communities
For commissioners, funders, social investors and third sector leaders alike, it is becoming ever more important to ensure that all activities you undertake deliver real and measureable social impact. Whether you deliver services directly, or whether you work with external or internal suppliers, how can you ensure that you are achieving positive outcomes for the communities and individuals you support? Forth Sector Development can assist you to develop outcomes focused solutions to the challenges you face, through support in policy making, strategy development and resource allocation and planning.
For commissioners, funders, social investors and third sector leaders alike, it is becoming ever more important to ensure that all activities you undertake deliver real and measureable social impact. Whether you deliver services directly, or whether you work with external or internal suppliers, how can you ensure that you are achieving positive outcomes for the communities and individuals you support? Forth Sector Development can assist you to develop outcomes focused solutions to the challenges you face, through support in policy making, strategy development and resource allocation and planning.
Forth Sector Development has experience working with funders, local authorities,
national government and a host of organisations similar to yours. We are well
placed to provide you with the help you need to get a new project off the ground
or take an existing project to the next level.
We can add significant value as part of the Forth Sector Group which has 20 years experience of starting and operating social businesses. We can facilitate access to that experience and expertise, whether it is to replicate a business – link to Cogito here. or gain valuable input from the senior management team. Forth Sector’s model of sustainable social enterprise development and employability continues to attract interest from and collaboration with organizations from around the world.
“We worked closely with FSD who have been an invaluable source of support and information and have been positive and realistic as well as objective. The study visits were also really good in helping us to consider challenges and ask ourselves some difficult questions.” Julia Bracknall, Chief Executive, The Junction
We can add significant value as part of the Forth Sector Group which has 20 years experience of starting and operating social businesses. We can facilitate access to that experience and expertise, whether it is to replicate a business – link to Cogito here. or gain valuable input from the senior management team. Forth Sector’s model of sustainable social enterprise development and employability continues to attract interest from and collaboration with organizations from around the world.
“We worked closely with FSD who have been an invaluable source of support and information and have been positive and realistic as well as objective. The study visits were also really good in helping us to consider challenges and ask ourselves some difficult questions.” Julia Bracknall, Chief Executive, The Junction
Demonstrating the potential impact of any project to funders, potential public
sector customers and the people the project aims to support is vital and can
be challenging and complex. Forth Sector Development has experience of working
with major funders including social investors. We have gained a valuable insight
into what is required for community groups, social firms, social enterprises,
charities and others to secure funding. We have assisted a number of organisations
source and secure funding and we can do the same for you.
We can work with you, developing your idea so it meets the expectations of funders. Our team are able to help you develop your project outcomes, and we can offer guidance on community consultation. We can also help you build Full Cost Recovery into any application, and help you identify appropriate funding options.
We can work with you, developing your idea so it meets the expectations of funders. Our team are able to help you develop your project outcomes, and we can offer guidance on community consultation. We can also help you build Full Cost Recovery into any application, and help you identify appropriate funding options.
Forth Sector Development can provide training on a range of areas including
Business Planning, Procurement and Tendering, Introduction to SROI, Finance
and Marketing - (to be reviewed, leave as is in the meantime) We've
worked with a range of organisations to deliver tailored training for staff,
board and service users on social enterprise and business development. If you
have a particular training need, we can help.
Training sessions are bespoke, meaning that we tailor content to meet your exact
needs. We can provide the training either at your choice of venue or at our own
training
facilities. We can access expertise from within Forth Sector Development or
from Forth Sector Senior Management team.
“I think it was a great training day. FSD provided a fab trainer – he held our attention for the full time of the course and made the topic both informative and accessible. Thank you.” Wendy Bates, Health in Mind
“An enjoyable day –made practical and interesting. Good facilitation.” Margaret Barbier, City of Edinburgh Council (commenting on FSD-delivered training)
“The expertise, experience and enthusiasm of all [FSD] training facilitators was hugely apparent and subsequently led to a very interactive experience amongst the course participants. The group managed to extract lots of experience and examples from across the third sector and build a portfolio of knowledge on all stages of the tendering process. Admittedly, tendering has the opportunity to become a ‘dry’ subject. This was simply not the case during the Forth Sector sessions, the team kept it light yet informative and fun yet practical.” Jacqui Lees, Deaf Action
“I think it was a great training day. FSD provided a fab trainer – he held our attention for the full time of the course and made the topic both informative and accessible. Thank you.” Wendy Bates, Health in Mind
“An enjoyable day –made practical and interesting. Good facilitation.” Margaret Barbier, City of Edinburgh Council (commenting on FSD-delivered training)
“The expertise, experience and enthusiasm of all [FSD] training facilitators was hugely apparent and subsequently led to a very interactive experience amongst the course participants. The group managed to extract lots of experience and examples from across the third sector and build a portfolio of knowledge on all stages of the tendering process. Admittedly, tendering has the opportunity to become a ‘dry’ subject. This was simply not the case during the Forth Sector sessions, the team kept it light yet informative and fun yet practical.” Jacqui Lees, Deaf Action
