women in london

Want to demonstrate the economic, social and environmental impacts of your work to funders, commissioners, policy makers and your supporters?

WRC, supported by the City Parochial Foundation and the new economics foundation (nef), is starting a new project with five front-line women’s organisations in London on measuring their economic, social and environmental impacts. Organisations will learn new and important skills and be able to demonstrate the full value of their work – essential in an increasingly competitive funding environment.

With competition for resources increasing, we want to make sure that women’s organisations are able to make the best possible case when seeking funds.

Find out what your work is worth

WRC is looking for 5 women’s organisations in London to participate in our unique capacity-building and research pilot project on using Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis to evaluate and communicate the economic, social and environmental impacts of women’s organisations and the work they do. Read more about the project. http://www.wrc.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2009/s/sroi_project_brief_may_2009.pdf

What will we get from the project?

Organisations that participate in the project will develop new skills in research, stakeholder engagement and evaluation, and will gain valuable data specific to their organisation. The research will reveal the ‘value for money’ each organisation is creating in monetised form, which is a language that commissioners and investors easily understand.

There will be a small payment of £1,500 to each of the 5 participating organisations in recognition of the time and energy needed to participate in the project, and as an acknowledgement of organisations’ expertise.

How to apply

Interested organisations should complete the brief application form http://www.wrc.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2009/s/sroi_project_application_form_may_2009.doc and return it to policy@wrc.org.uk by Monday 1 June 2009 at 12 noon.