SWAN SROIHarriette Boyden CEO

relate Northumberland and TynesideKatie Wheatley, SWAN Co ordinator

Northumberland

2,019 square miles

310,600 population (2007)

5 Probation Offices

Rural crime

Urban crime

Mobile service

Overview of outputs - a snapshot

• 120 women referred• 80 women assessed• 50 engaged for three months or more

Independently evaluated by

Overview of outcomes - a snapshot

• 73% reduction in number of charges• 81% reduction in number of convictions• 72% reduction in appearance before

Magistrates• 70% reduction in arrests

but that is only part of the story…..

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77IdKFqXbUY

The SROI Method. We asked:

• What is the change that occurred? • How much change occurred? And for how long?• What would have happened anyway?• What change must be attributed to others?• What problems have been displaced by our work?

These calculations make our findings extremely robust and realistic

• What is the value of that change?

This is where we have applied proxies to calculate the value of our outcomes.

The SROI Method. How?:

• Theory of Change • What did women value? • What had to happen first?• What is the journey like and how might it go wrong or go

nowhere?• How does one person’s journey differ from another?• What are the indicators of change?

• What is the value of that change? Proxies

The SROI Method. How?:

• Boundaries round what we will measure• Identify Stakeholders• Impact Map – stakeholder engagement• Identify Indicators• Valuation – existing data and proxies• Data Collection – drop off• Model and Calculate

The SROI Method. How?:

• Proxies – an approximate financial value

Already established by the market – private healthcare or gym membership

The things the Third Sector deliver – improved self esteem, well being

Findings• The Social Return on Investment ratio

for SWAN is 1:6.65

This means that for every £1 invested in SWAN’s activities, £6.65 of social and economic value is created for beneficiaries.

• The £160,000 invested created £1,064,000 SROI

The value for women was greater than that produced for the State. For women, £748,699 and the State £314,662.

Conclusions of the work

•Women feeling empowered and feeling valued were essential to achieving outcomes for the State

•The NOMS pathways work – especially attitudes to thinking and behaviour – ie : what matters to women, has a real effect

•The value of the Corston Report findings and recommendations are borne out by the Social Return on Investment produced by SWAN

And Finally

•SROI reporting gives the Voluntary Sector a different language to articulate what matters•It can help to influence commissioning decisions from our point of unique experience and expertise, with our specific client groups•Shark Repellent perhaps?

And a thank youTo New Economics Foundation

andBarefoot Research and Evaluation