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The Code of Good Impact Practice

The Code of Good Impact Practice provides broad, agreed guidelines for focusing on impact. It sets out a cycle of impact practice and a series of high level principles to follow. Each principle includes a brief description of how your impact practice would look if you were applying the principle, an explanation of why it is important and some ideas about how to implement it. Read more and download the report >

Funders’ principles and drivers of good imapct practice

Funders have a critical role to play in shaping behaviour around impact practice. Their approach and support strongly influences practice among their grantees and investees. This framework is designed to encourage good impact practice and to offer practical and useful guidance for funders, and to help funders promote good impact practice amongst the organisations and people they support. Read more and download the report >

The Journey to Employment

Tackling youth unemployment is a priority. Nearly 1.4 million young people are not in employment, full-time education or training—almost 1 in 5 of all young people in the UK. This report helps organisations that work with young people understand and measure the impact they have on the journey to employment. Read more and download the report > 

News from Scotland

‘Impact’ might be a small word but for most third sector organisations in the UK it has a very powerful meaning. Impact is, in fact, at the heart of everything we do. It is the smile of an older person who is supported to do the shopping; the sight of a child happily playing with others in the community; knowing that our work helps those we support to live better lives. We all know the difference we make… Read more >

Online shopping: Not just for groceries!

A decade or so ago when I noticed that more and more people were trying to sell their wares online I had a thought that it might be worth investing in shares in the big parcel delivery firms. After all, surely that’s the main benefit of shopping online – not having to get in your car, on the bus or fight through the crowds to get what you’re after. Read more >