SWAN SROI
Harriette Boyden CEO
relate Northumberland and Tyneside
Katie 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…..
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The SROI Method. We asked:
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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?:
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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 you
To New Economics Foundation
and
Barefoot Research and Evaluation