Making impact meaningful for social entrepreneurs

How AKOU's Research Associate programme provided in-depth insight for SSE's impact report.

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We’ve uncovered some amazing findings about social enterprises in our independent study on the impact of the Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme.

Published in January 2024, the full report explores the impact generated by the programme run by the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE).

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Empowering Social Entrepreneurs: The Ripple Effect

In our work for the SSE report, we wanted to go beyond traditional evaluation, taking a collaborative and participatory approach.

Learn about AKOU’s Research Associates programme in our publication: Making impact meaningful for social entrepreneurs. Explore key insights and see how this approach can transform impact evaluation for the Social Enterprise sector.

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SSE fellows trained as Research Associates
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Beneficiaries provided direct insights
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Connections and collaborators mapped

“We’re now using the data we gathered from the Research Associate’s programme to write our own impact report. We feel more skilled now to do so.”

Ali Horton, The Gateway Collective

Ten people who had been on the SSE programme (SSE fellows) were selected to become Research Associates. Each received training, support and payment to gather new impact data relating to their social enterprise and local community.

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