Methods and Tools
There are a number of established, and some less well know, approaches to understanding and measuring social impact.There are also a number of related methods or tools which can help an organisation get a better understanding of the outcomes it generates; or support commissioners or those engaged with service design or delivery to understand better how to achieve certian outcomes from a given service.
This section aims to support a better understanding of some of the key methodologies and tools for understanding, measuring and evaluating social impact, including a developed section on SROI. It offers an introduction to some prominent approaches, methodologies and tools, and provides links to further sources of more detailed information, as well as some guidance on the appropriacey of featured approaches in realtion to their use and focus. Many of the approaches and methodologies included in this section are also applicable to the commissioning and design of services, where a commissioner or service provider wishes to take an outcomes approach to this process.
We are keen to ensure that the information we provide in this section is up to date and that whatever information we provide is accurate. We are also keen to ensure that we include as many relevant approaches, methods and tools here as possible. If you or your organisation would like to provide content or links to further resources within this section, please get in touch with us here.