Improving your impact

Infrastructure organisations create impact at different levels. The VIP impact tools allow you to measure and improve the difference you make. 

Collecting data puts you into a stronger position to:

• Identity areas where your work is successful
• Prioritise areas where you can create more impact
• Communicate your impact with others.

Read about improving impact for all organisations in our main impact section of the website.

Impact and infrastructure - case studies

Below are examples of infrastructure organisations that are working to measure and improve their impact.  These examples are intended as an introduction to infrastructure organisations and how they think about improving their impact. 

As the VIP tools are rolled out, we hope to gather more content and examples of good practice. 

• The alliance for inclusive education case study Young disabled leaders of the future project 
• Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East (VONNE) case study 
• Warwickshire CVS case study 60+ luncheon club

You can also read about communicating your impact more effectively in this case study from Pilotlight. 

Unfortunately, when people talk about impact, the focus has often been on measuring it. Some have been put off by this or feel it isn't relevant to their work. Whilst measuring impact is important, we believe that there are other things that you need to do with impact as well to achieve more. If you are looking for inspiration, here are six things you can do with impact.

How are you improving impact?

Are you using the VIP tools and training? We’d love to hear how it’s helping you improve your impact. Get in touch to tell us more. 

Communicating your impact

Infrastructure organisations must spread the word about the work they do. VIP tools can help you communicate more effectively with:

• Funders
• Internal audiences
• The wider sector
• Other stakeholders

The VIP tools offer some simple ways to help you get your message across. For example, our case study framework is an excellent way to get stories from your beneficiaries. It’s designed to be very user friendly, and you don’t need specialist communications skills to use the questions and get content. 

The VIP tools help you to generate graphs and statistics that show at-a-glance the impact you’re having. This kind of content is excellent for use in impact and annual reports. 

Sign up to the training to start making use of the VIP tools.