Regional Dual Impact Hubs
With our own independent network of Dual Impact Research Hubs we can monitor the evolution of dual impact deep within communities our ecosystem supports.
Hubs support the Dual Impact Collaboration Model (DICM) and how public buyers and business suppliers present social value as a fresh alternative to the static evaluation and acceptance of social value and impact.
Regionalisation
Impact research is one of the 6 elements of our ecosystem construct.
45 geographic activity areas are clustered into 12 regions of the UK, with a regional research hub to track the evolution of dual impact over time;
Longitudinal, Quantitative & Qualitative Research
Dual impact means the dual benefits from the sustained activities on the ground building healthier, safer and more resilient communities.
Over time, through collecting data via a simple and common method and including interviews and focus groups to dig deeper, we have the ability to inform and shape policy and practice.
Business Social Value/Impact Reporting
We invite business members to share their own social value and impact data they report into public bodies.
Although businesses self-assess their social value and impact, and this is unvalidated within communities in terms of impact, the data plays a major role in informing a balanced research and is already being fed regularly by businesses into into established social value portals.
Public Sector Data Harvesting
Through freedom of information and following GDPR with public bodies, we collect valuable impact data.
Always mindful of sensitivities and the law protecting data sharing, we collect data from criminal justice and health, and the end-to-end costings linked to services and other socioeconomic impact data (precluding personal or identity based data).
Hubs are academic-led
Our Hubs network utilises the expertise of academics from within our ecosystem's university membership across the UK.
Each Hub operation is built as a social impact service to support the objectives of the DICM, sponsored as social value by business members supplying into police, councils, NHS, fire & rescue and criminal justice.
