applying social return on investment to community greenspace projects

greenspace scotland enabled 10 greenspace community groups to use a Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach to measure the value of their activities. greenspace is good so prove it was a two year SROI programme supported by the Big Lottery Fund.

A report of the findings and key learning points from the programme can be found here and a summary of the report can be found here

in May 2012 two of the SROI reports developed through the programme were assured by the SROI Network. Assurance means the analysis has been independently checked by qualified assessors and assured by a panel to have been prepared in line with the principles of SROI and is therefore to a consistent standard.

The two reports are:

Auchinleck Community Development Initiative 

and Bums Off Seats

New resources developed through the programme can be found here

Information on community groups taking part and individual SROI studies can be found here

This programme was supported by the BIG Lottery Fund research programme

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download the reports

Ardler Village Trust – Environment Group (Dundee), SROI report and summary report, 2011

Auchinleck Community Development Initiative (East Ayrshire), SROI report and summary report, 2011

Bridgend Growing Communities (Edinburgh), SROI report and summary report, 2011

Bums Off Seats (Fife), SROI report and summary report, 2011

Craigshill Greenspace Group (West Lothian), SROI report and summary report, 2011

Edinburgh and Lothian Greenspace Trust – Hailes Quarry Park(Edinburgh), SROI report and summary report, 2011

Friends of Sunnybank Park (Aberdeen), SROI report and summary report, 2011

Gorbals Healthy Living Network (Glasgow), SROI report and summary report, 2011

Merkinch Local Nature Reserve (Inverness), SROI report and summary report, 2011

North Lanarkshire Scramble and Quad Bike Club (Lanarkshire), SROI report and summary report, 2011