Game Changing
Social Impacts

Knowing that we make a difference and understanding how we do that are two different things. Every year, we work with thousands of young people across hundreds of schools, but by working with The Connectives to conduct an independent review and analysis, we are benchmarking ourselves against others and truly begin to understand the incredible impacts we are having on the people we support and communities in which we work.

Our latest set of social accounts run from April 2021 – March 2022, during which time we were also responding to temporary lockdowns and school closures due to the pandemic.

To gain a better understanding as to the impacts we have had, The Connectives followed the Social Audit Network process of social accounting as a method of social impact assessment. This included following a process of qualitative and quantitative data collection to assess whether we have had an impact on the lives of learners, customers, and staff.

Such data was gathered from 1-2-1 interviews, case studies and business performance reports. The report also utilises the Social Return on Investment methodology introducing financial proxies to enumerate the social value derived from the collective group activity. These approaches were selected because we believe that in combination these methods:

• Capture quantitative and qualitative data to provide narrative and economic measures appealing to a mixed audience.
• Hear the voice of the person served and the partners in delivery.
• Consider the materiality of evidence – what matters most when considering the impact of each subsidiary.
• Have credibility in a crowded marketplace – secured
• from international recognition of the Social Audit
• Network accreditation.
• Be based upon clear and transparent principles.