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Social Return on Investment

As part of a package of support from Government to help maximise the social value the third sector creates, the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) has published three tailored guides to Social Return on Investment (SROI), which supplement A guide to Social Return on Investment, published in May 2009.

The guides are part of the OTS Measuring Social Value project, which aims to encourage wider use of SROI, through making it more accessible and more cost effective for organisations and more attractive to investors, funders and commissioners.

‘Social Return on Investment – an introduction’ gives an overview of SROI, what it can do for organisations, commissioners and investors and signposts where more information and support can be found.

‘Social Return on Investment and commissioning’ explains how SROI can be used by commissioners and helps commissioners to use SROI to achieve more social value when commissioning services.

‘Social Return on Investment – for social investing’ explains how SROI can be used by investors if they want to integrate SROI approaches into investment decisions to help them decide which investment will achieve the most social impact.

http://www.sroi-uk.org/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/

The Duty To Involve: Making it happen

 

Duty to Involve: Making it Work is packed full of  advice for managers, practioners, councillors and partnerships. It shows you how you can turn this duty into an opportunity to boost community engagement.

  • Shows you the critical factors for successfully implementing the duty, identifying challenges and offering tips and suggestions for action
  • Provides an overview of the statutory requirements and responsibilities, and shows you how the duty to involve links to other duties and to comprehensive area assessment
  • Includes twelve in-depth case studies of authorities and agencies who have already successfully implemented the duty and are leading the way
  • Shows you how community development can help you to make the most of this new opportunity.

 

http://cdf.likecube.com//c/document_library/get_file?uuid=5f6aaeca-ae45-4757-a934-e7ddde8281de&groupId=10128

Localism: Unravelling the Supplicant State

Urgent reforms to re-localise Britain – that all three main political parties have committed to- are under threat because politicians don’t understand localism. In this nef pamphlet, David Boyle argues that unless the debate about localism is broadened, the narrow Westminster understanding of the issue will frustrate the re-locatlisation which is needed if we are to get Britain working again. Read the rest of this entry »

Power in People’s Hands: Learning from the World’s Best Public Services

This report presents the findings of a Strategy Unit study of leading edge innovations in world-wide public services, which involved interviewing 50 academics, public servants and other experts from around the world. The report highlights more than 30 case studies from 15 countries. It emphasises that innovation and productivity come from Read the rest of this entry »

Sustainability – The Road to Copenhagen

A ‘Road to Copenhagen’ document, laid before Parliament, sets out why a deal is so important and, for the first time, the details of what kind a deal the UK Government is pushing for.http://centralcontent.fco.gov.uk/central-content/campaigns/act-on-copenhagen/resources/en/pdf/road-full-document-pdf

Pamphlet

http://centralcontent.fco.gov.uk/central-content/campaigns/act-on-copenhagen/resources/en/pdf/road-leaflet-pdf

Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum AGM Trustee Nominees For 2009

We have listed below the nominations received for persons seeking election at the VSF AGM on 6th July:
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