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The development of indicators for impact assessment 53 Conclusion 7.5 The main conclusion from this study was that it is important to attempt to cover the full range of activities and stakeholders that a group is involved with. The systems approach was a particularly useful tool for achieving this aim and its basic principles could be incorporated into any organisation’s impact assessment process.
54 <strong>Measuring</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> – Case-studies of impact assessment Lessons learnt and guidance for future work 8 Karl Wilding,NCVO and Marion Lacey,SCVO This final section draws together a few conclusions about our experience of assessing the impact of the voluntary sector, from sector level through to individual organisation level. It also highlights the common approaches to impact assessment that worked for us. However, it is first worth summarising some of the impact themes uncovered in our findings, and these are the focus of the next section. Summary of the main impact themes 8.1 One of the main issues highlighted by the four studies is the diversity of impacts achieved not only by the sector as a whole, but also by individual organisations. The studies also highlighted how organisations impact on other organisations, individuals, and the environment. The process began by thinking in terms of social, economic and political impacts, but organisations highlighted themes using quite different language: quality of life, improved health and well-being, enhanced cultural life, improved local environment, new skills and opportunities, and community involvement and cohesion. The different language suggests that organisations are not output-oriented. However, there was also evidence of hard thinking about the economic impact of organisations’ activities. The case-study organisations recognised that their work indirectly reduced demand for government services or welfare benefits – although no quantification of these impacts was undertaken. Given the diversity of areas where the sector and organisations can achieve impact, an overall summary is problematic. Table 8.1 attempts to summarise areas of impact by looking at the relationship between voluntary and community sector functions, and three main groupings of those impacted upon (a typology developed in Chapter 4).
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