‘Greenspace is good – so prove it!’

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Posted on: 18 November 2011
By: mackene
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In this two-year research programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund. greenspace scotland worked with ten community groups to use a Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach to show the social, economic and environmental value of their greenspace activities. SROI is a framework for measuring and accounting for a broad concept of value. SROI focuses on change, measuring outcomes and uses monetary values to represent them. SROI is about value, rather than money. According to the programme report, all of the projects made a positive contribution to their local communities and generated a good return on investment. The individual SROI analyses undertaken covered a wide range of activities including: community growing; diversionary use of greenspace; community engagement; youth volunteering; health walks; and environmental competitions. A report of the findings and key learning points from the programme are available online together with a SROI Guide and related supplements which set out a step by step approach to completing an analysis of social return.

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