Karl Leathem finishes his assurance role at the SROI Network

After 7 years at the SROI Network Karl Leathem, our Assurance Manager, is leaving. Karl has overseen assurance from the start of the network’s existence, and has contributed greatly to its development, from the initial idea of a peer review system to its current success as a formalised…

The SROI Network response to Social Value Act Review On the 13th February, Lord Young released the much anticipated review of the Social Value Act. The growing interest in social value, what it is and how we can produce more of it, is encouraging and a revision to the Act is a great…

Pier11 has become the latest organisational member to join the SROI Network (soon to be Social Value UK). Pier11 Community CIC provides guidance and solutions to social enterprises, charities, community energy groups and housing associations. Based in Honiton, South West, Pier11 are…

We’re trying to measure the impact of SROI at this crucial stage of our organisation’s history, as we transfer to becoming Social Value UK. To do this, we need you to complete a survey – it shouldn’t take any more than 5 minutes, and you’ll be helping us to improve our awareness…

The SROI Network has teamed up with WINGS to find out the current state of impact measurement in philanthropy. So if you’re a foundation or a private social investor, we want to hear from you! The aim of the survey is to discover what current practices exist in the field, and…

The SROI Network (soon to be Social Value UK) and HACT are very pleased to publish a ‘linkages paper’ that sets out the relationship between Social Return on Investment (SROI) and HACT’s Social Value Bank (and accompanying tools the Value Calculator and Value Insight).  HACT…

Colleagues from the Social Audit Network (SAN) and the SROI Network (soon to be Social Value UK) recently met to discuss joint interests and potential areas for closer working. Now formally members of each other’s organisations, one area of discussion was the increasing need for…

The SROI Network, soon to be Social Value UK, has just released a report calling for a change in legislation to demand more assurance of social and environmental impact information. The report, entitled How Do Companies Act, outlines an argument for extending statutory audit requirements…

There have been some great new ways to show SROI findings recently – whilst reports can get the message across, vidoes can be an interesting and more creative way to present results. We’ve got a couple of examples below, but if you have some other ones, let us know and…