Strategy and Impact

Ten powerful photographs depicting the positive difference that individual charities are making to the world have been shortlisted for the inaugural NCVO Members’ Photography competition The winner will be revealed at the Annual Conference on 23rd February. View the shortlist.

Charities will lag behind the rest of the UK economy in recovering from the recession, with the full impact of funding cuts yet to hit, NCVO’s latest quarterly survey of sector leaders reveals. But many respondents remain optimistic for their own organisations.

We need your views on Social Return on Investment (SROI), a technique that measures the social value of an organisation and converts it into pounds and pence. Whether you’re a seasoned SROI practitioner, are interested in the approach, or have never even heard of it, please take part in our online survey to tell us how useful the seven principles of the technique are for your organisation.

The Young Foundation’s new study of unmet needs compares material and psychological wellbeing in the light of growing inequalities, and the ability of different groups of people to cope with life.

Our new online resource outlines the likely climate-related changes we’ll see here in the UK and provides tips to help you explore the impact this could have on your beneficiaries or cause and your future work. Read the guidance and watch the film at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/climatechange.

NCVO has just completed research on the benefits of organisational values, exploring how ten voluntary and community organisations actively use their values to achieve more.

NCVO’s strategy and impact team is looking for a Senior Strategy and Impact Adviser to join the team for up to a year in 2010 (maternity contract).

Salary: £39,140 pa
Closing date: 3 December 2009

The Quality Measurement Framework (QMF) research project has used innovative methods to measure the quality and outcomes of several public services from the service user’s point of view.

The charity, founded to improve mutual knowledge between Britain and Germany and develop a deeper understanding of modern industrial society, is to close next month because it has achieved all that it set out to do.