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Metrics
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
Links to resources associated with Social Return on Investment (SROI)
Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
Sources of support
From page 10 of the SROI introduction pdf
There is a range of support available to help you use SROI, including A guide to Social Return on Investment, training, consultancy and an indicator bank. The following websites are useful sources of this support.
The SROI Network website contains a range of SROI resources including A guide
to Social Return on Investment, a full description of the principles of SROI and details
of SROI training courses:
www.thesroinetwork.org
If you have an SROI report you would be happy to share, please send it to the SROI Network and they will include it in their SROI library.
The website of the Scottish Government funded SROI Project contains a range
of SROI resources, which will include an indicator bank and information on accredited
SROI training:
www.sroiproject.org.uk
new economics foundation’s website contains a range of relevant resources,
including information about SROI in commissioning and public policy:
www.neweconomics.org/gen/newways_socialreturn.aspx
nef consulting provides SROI resources and consultancy for third sector
organisations, including details of SROI training:
www.nef-consulting.co.uk
Charities Evaluation Services’ website contains a range of resources on evaluation
and outcomes assessment in the third sector:
www.ces-vol.org.uk
National Council for Voluntary Organisations’ website contains information and
advice on strategy and impact:
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/strategy-impact
New Philanthropy Capital’s website contains a range of resources relevant to
measuring social value, including SROI, well-being, reporting to funders and full cost
recovery:
www.philanthropycapital.org
For more information on the Office of the Third Sector’s Measuring Social Value
project go to
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/Research_and_statistics/measuring_social_value.aspx