Problem that matters

Futures Group needed to:

• Improve data capture in numbers and stories
• Create Social Impact measures to improve performance
• Develop a robust Social Impact measurement and reporting strategy and sustainable process to secure future funding

Innovative solution

Apply the Social Impact Game for:

1. Purpose: Clarity about Future Group’s purpose and problem to solve
2. Plan: Focus on problem of specific sector to work with and set social impact measures
3. People: engage with key staff with insights about clients’ needs in alignment with staff’s & clients’ ‘bigger picture’
4. Practice: implement project by gathering data, developing way to measure Social Impact and calculate and report Social Value
5. Performance: showcase impact to steering committee and get commitment to use Social Impact strategy and Social Value for securing funding

Making impact happen

• Developed easy-to-use tool for measuring Social Value
• Created a framework for Futures Group to measure and showcase Social Value in this and other projects
• Process for measuring and reporting Social Value consistently across the organisation means greater and reliable access to funding