Impact, Value & Quality
We offer training in a number of areas to support groups to measure and demonstrate the difference they make, including in monitoring, evaluation, added value and quality assurance. Our current programme includes the following courses and sessions.
Demonstrating Added Value from Volunteering
An Introduction to LM3 (Local Multiplier 3)
Demonstrating Added Value from Volunteering
VIVA Workshop
In the current commissioning funding climate your organisation needs to actively illustrate the added value of volunteers in your work. VIVA (Volunteer Investment & Value Audit) is a measurement tool that assesses the value of volunteers’ time in relation to resources used to support volunteers. VIVA was created and developed by the Institute of Volunteering Research.
Contact: Simone Hensby T: 020 7284 6553 E: vac@vac.org.uk
An introduction to LM3 (Local Multiplier 3)
LM3 enables groups to calculate their organisation’s economic contribution to the community. This tool was developed by the New Economics Foundation. The VAC staff team have been trained in the use of LM3 and are available to provide support to any voluntary and community organisation based in Camden that wishes to use this tool. LM3 works by measuring an organisation’s income, then looking at how the organisation spends its income, then looking at how business and individuals who receive the income spend the money. A quick mathematical calculation then enables the organisation to arrive at LM3 (ie. a figure that demonstrates how much spending by the organisation impacts on the local community). LM3 Online is free for the use of not-for-profit organisations at www.lm3online.org
Contact: Simone Hensby T: 020 7284 6553 E: vac@vac.org.uk
Quality Assurance Workshops
VAC now offers quarterly “Quality Assurance” surgeries to support voluntary and community groups in Camden to embed Quality Assurance in all areas of their work. The sessions look at issues such as how to address quality assurance within an organisation, how to develop a quality assurance policy or framework, and the potential usefulness of some of the quality marks that might be recognised by funders and commissioners (eg. PQASSO, NAVCA, Matrix, VISIBLE and IIP). Following on from the surgeries, trained VAC staff are available on a consultancy basis to support groups to implement quality assurance policies and/or work towards achieving an appropriate quality mark. Details of forthcoming sessions are included within our online training calendar.
Contact: Somanah Achadoo for more information or to arrange an hour surgery session. T: 020 7284 6556 E: sachadoo@vac.org.uk