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WORKING TOGETHER: HOW A SHARED APPROACH TO MEASUREMENT CAN BENEFIT THE SOCIAL SECTORAngela Kail, New Philanthropy Capital
June 2016
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TRANSFORMING THE CHARITY SECTOR
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Transforming the charity sector
Charity
Funder
Increasing the impact of charitieseg, impact-focused theories of change
Strengthening the partnership
eg, collaboration towards shared
goals
Increasing the impact of funders
eg, effective commissioning
Sector
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WORK IN SHARED MEASUREMENT
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• Charities and social enterprises under pressure to demonstrate impact
• New funding mechanisms, eg, social invesment requires robust and comparable measurement
• But:
• Impact information is often of low quality, not embedded, not easily comparable, and rarely standardised
• Charities are spending resources developing custom measurement frameworks and tools
BACKGROUND
Shared measurement is a potential solution
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BENEFITS OF SHARED MEASUREMENT
• Saves time and resources
• Reduces duplication in reporting
• Improves standards of impact measurement
• Externally validates impact data
• Allows comparing what works best for whom
• Promotes systems thinking
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WHAT WORKS?
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SHARED MEASUREMENT