Social Firms UK

A Practical Guide' has been written for ESF projects that are interested in monitoring soft outcomes and distance travelled, primarily in terms of employability. The guide focuses on systems developed and used by ESF projects. It explains the main components of measurement systems, and provides practical, step by step guidance to developing an approach that best fits the needs of individual projects. (26 pages). 'Existing models' provides information and sample documentation from ten different approaches ranging from 'Bridges to progress' to 'Off the street and into work'. (47 pages)

With the support of I'SE and the EQUAL 'Adjust The Balance' project, Social Firms UK has developed a user-friendly performance management tool called 'The Third Sector Performance Dashboard'. It is designed to enable any organisation within the third sector, ranging from small voluntary sector organisations through to social enterprises and Social Firm, to monitor their progress against objectives and report as appropriate internally and externally on actual performance. The tool acknowledges that organisations in the third sector are typically short of time and resources and for that reason it has templates and samples for organisations to use as they are or adapt if they have the time.