Starting to measure your impact
Take your first steps into measuring, understanding, and improving your impact through good impact practice.
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Impact reporting: 5 ways to turn principle into practice
By Sarah Broad, and Elliot Trevithick .
On 16 September 2025.
A new Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) is expected this autumn. During the SORP consultation we recommended signposting guidance. We don’t yet know if the SORP Committee will adopt our recommendations, but regardless we've lots of resources to support you on your impact journey.
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4 questions to ask when building an impact dashboard
By Kaan Yilmazturk, and Elliot Trevithick .
On 16 June 2025.
Where are you on your impact journey? What’s your main aim? How will you collect and manage the data? Who will maintain and update the dashboard?
Organisation we’ve worked with
Tommy’s
On 12 June 2025.
Tommy’s asked NPC to help them develop a measurement framework and a dashboard to collect data and track outcomes identified in their theory of change.
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What do you do when your impact isn’t measurable?
By Elliot Trevithick .
On 27 May 2025.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Develop a compelling explanation of your impact. Measure what you can. Don’t prioritise measurement over the work.
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Listen: Impact measurement and the systems change approach
On 14 February 2025.
Listen to Elliot Trevithick, NPC's Principal for Charities Evaluation and Learning on the Third Sector Podcast.
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Listen: Creating Impactful Charity-Corporate Partnerships
On 3 December 2024.
Brendan McGowan, Senior Consultant at NPC, on the Tiger’s Mouth podcast.
Organisation we’ve worked with
dabbledoo
On 20 November 2024.
dabbledoo asked NPC to help them with measuring impact. The work focused on developing a theory of change and a custom-built impact dashboard.
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Developing an organisational approach to impact
By Richard McManus and Rory Parker-Smith.
On 7 December 2023.
In this blog, Richard McManus and Rory Parker-Smith talk about developing an organisational approach to impact at Rethink Mental Illness.
Resources
Impact practices: getting started
On 18 March 2022.
The cycle of good impact practice provides simple, step-by-step guidance for how to plan your impact, carry out measurement, assess the data you collect, and review your work. It is a four-step process and there are lots of practical, downloadable resources to support you along the way.
Resources
The code of good impact practice
On 4 March 2019.
The code of good impact practice sets out a cycle of good impact practice and eight high level principles for charities and social enterprises to follow.
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The cycle of good impact practice: Visualise your data
On 15 February 2019.
How can you visualise your data to tell a clearer story?
Resources
The cycle of good impact practice: Research ethics and data protection
On 5 February 2019.
How can you follow ethical research principles, and store and protect data appropriately?
