I know that everyone has been going through a tough time. For some, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. For others, the future is less bright. Many Social Impact organisations are struggling right now. Finances are squeezed, governments are hostile, stakeholders need higher levels of support… Read more…
A couple of weeks ago I talked about the four factors for successful social impact reviews. One of the factors was communication – sharing your social impact story. To do that successfully you really need to have thought about how you might share your social impact story before you even Read more…
I cannot say this strongly enough: we do this work to make the world a better place. Here’s the rub though: we don’t get to decide what someone else’s ‘better’ looks like. By now you know how much importance I put on participation from stakeholders into every step of Read more…
If you really want that social impact review to be meaningful and worthwhile, make sure you get your head around these four factors: Purpose: why do you want to do the social impact review? Have you been asked to do a review by a donor as part of your grant Read more…
In July last year I wrote about the challenges to civil society that the concept of Access presents As a reminder, Access is a new pivot point for social impact and social cohesion. Access to healthcare, access to welfare support, access to education, access to employment, access to technology, access Read more…
The one thing that we have seen in the era of Covid is just how important it is to both collaborate over distance and trust your colleagues in different parts of the world it is. This comes at the same time as a growing unease (again) about how and why Read more…
This tweet came up on my twitter timeline last week. With over a decade’s experience of being a consultant I have to admit I did sigh and reflect that sooner or later, he will probably pitch for work. Of course the usual twitter echo-chamber provided lots of supportive noises and Read more…
This is a variation of a post I first published in May 2020, which has proved popular. This version was also shared in January 2021 with an evaluator’s forum in South West England that has a health focus – so the timing was rather perfect…. In case you missed it, Read more…
By now we all know people who have been seriously affected by the Covid-19 pandemic: we’ve lost friends and loved ones, jobs, incomes. Further down the line some will lose their homes. Wellbeing and mental health are suffering. Many civil society organisations were initially set up to respond to challenges Read more…
In the UK it used to be that simply by being a charity or a social enterprise you were assumed to be doing good. Those times have gone and civil society organisations now have to demonstrate that they are in fact contributing positively to society and/or the environment. You can Read more…