SROI - Creating Intergenerational Communities
While the benefits of intergenerational practice are relatively well established in academic and practice literature, Creating Intergenerational Communities Pilot funded by the National Lottery Community Fund set out to determine the social value of the creating intergenerational communities to Kit and support of 32 projects across Scotland, Northern Ireland of England.
The scope of the evaluation looked at the outcomes for the pilot organisations, particularly around training and increase quality provision able to be provided., it also looked at the impact to the projects and the legacy of provision where possible, as well as the outcomes for older people and young people taking part in the activity.
Looking at the contribution of the Creating Intergenerational Communities project, £3.7 million social value has been created through increased skills and knowledge across the sector in establishing and growing intergenerational practice, and through that, increased physical and mental health, increased wellbeing and improvements in school and in cognitive skills for young and older people.
= £6.97 for every £1 invested (based on £529,760 funded by the National Lottery Community Fund)
This evaluation was conducted by Bean Research, a level three Social Value international practitioner and social impact specialist. Click here to read the full report.