In-person events resume with impact measurement seminar

[THIRD SECTOR think tank NPC will resume in-person meeting with a seminar on the issue of Impact measurement for trustees. The event takes place at Clothworkers’ Company Hall on London’s Mincing Lane on 4 April.

In its preamble to the seminar, NPC explains: “Impact measurement helps charities to understand their performance and improve their work. But it’s important to have clear expectations about what kinds of data are feasible to collect and how often. Long-term outcomes can be hard to track, but there are other types of data that can inform decisionmaking and help a charity increase its impact.

“As the pandemic has shown, regularly collected user, engagement, quality and feedback data can often be more useful in informing charities’ work – particularly when it comes to helping charities to learn and adapt to a changing landscape in real-time.”

The free seminar, which is being run in partnership with the Clothworker’s Company, will explore the kinds of questions trustees should be asking their charities in order to inform decision making; what expectations are proportionate when it comes to impact measurement; and the kinds of challenges charities commonly come across when planning their impact measurement. Practical examples will be used to think through how charities can approach questions like: • Did we make a difference? • What was our contribution; what • change would have happened anyway? • What worked particularly well about our • approach? The Clothworkers’ Company is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London. Part of its mission is to promote trusteeship among members and improve charity governance across the UK. Founded in 1528 to promote the craft of clothworking, the Company’s members help to fulfil civic duties to the City of London and the Company itself has focused one area of its grant-making on championing good governance, trusteeship, and fostering a more resilient non-profit sector in the UK.

In keeping with that focus, for the past 11 years the Clothworkers’ Company has partnered with NPC on its trusteeship events series, with the aim of exploring the key issues affecting charity governance in the UK.

Bookings for the 4 April seminar – which begins at 4pm following 3.30pm registration and is followed by a drinks reception – can be made at www.thinknpc.org/events-and-training/ where information on other NPC events can also be found. q

The range of charities which depend on legacies to carry out their valuable work is a broad one. Those that are represented in this publication are listed below, grouped according to the area of activity in which they operate.

INDEX

ANIMAL WELFARE

Humane Slaughter Association 2 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare 2 Friends of the Animals 4/5 The New European Distressed Donkey Initiative Ltd 9 The Suffolk Owl Sanctuary 12 Wild Futures 12 The Suffolk Punch Trust 16 Last Chance Animal Rescue 16 Tiggywinkles 17 Environmental Investigation Agency 22 Oak Tree Animals’ Charity 25 Hopefield Animal Sanctuary 26 Pet Rescue Welfare Association 27 Hope Rescue 30 Heartbeat Home for Horses 30 Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue 31 Paws2Rescue 32 The Devon Horse and Pony Sanctuary 33 The Fox Project 34/35 Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary 36 Three Counties Dog Rescue 37 British Chelonia Group 37

OVERSEAS AID

ZANE: Zimbabwe A National Emergency 8

MEDICAL RESEARCH

Prostate Cancer Research 1 CLEFT 8 Royal College of Surgeons of England 10 Pain Relief Foundation 10 Caring Cancer Trust 20/21 Against Breast Cancer 24 The National Brain Appeal 28/29 Cancer Prevention Research Trust 38 FRAME 40

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

Youth Cancer Trust 15 Kidney Kids Scotland 19 Hypo Hounds 23

HEALTH & DISABILITY

Multiple Sclerosis Trust 6 National Federation of the Blind of the United Kingdom 11 The Respite Association 14 The Partially Sighted Society 18 Blood Pressure UK 18