Social Economy Agency IMMPACT Programme

IMMPACT aims to be a ‘first-stop shop’ encouraging and enabling voluntary and community organisations in Northern Ireland to explore a full range of funding & finance opportunities to develop a sustainable funding mix. The project is a new capacity building, training, mentoring and learning support programme led by the Social Economy Agency (SEA).

A key strand of IMMPACT’s approach is to increase the capacity and capability of Infrastructure Organisations or Networks by providing them with the tools, skills and resources to support frontline organisations to develop their financial and organisational sustainability.

The IMMPACT project is a response to the rapidly changing grant funding, administrative and policy environments impacting on the community and voluntary sector in Northern Ireland.

SEA will pilot new learning methodologies and provide high quality learning resources to help participating organisations to address the key issues and acquire the necessary skills and knowledge related to long-term financial and organisational sustainability.

The IMMPACT project is seeking to work with a range of Infrastructure Partners (IPs) who are interested and committed to hosting a number of different workshops over a 12–18 month period to share the learning and resources received through IMMPACT with a small number of their member or client organisations.

The tailored package of training and support offered to each IP comprises a series of training courses and workshops, support and learning resources including:

• Foundational Workshops
• Training Programmes
• Website & e-Resource Library , e-bulletins
• 'Introduction to Sustainable Funding’ Booklet
• Case study resources – printed and DVD based
• Other training resources and guides
• Mentoring Support

IMMPACT Foundational Workshops will include: Train-the-Trainer Workshop & Multimedia Pack and Introduction to Sustainable Funding Workshop

IMMPACT Training Programmes will cover: Strategic Planning; Understanding Social Enterprise and; Outcomes Management

IMMPACT Resources used will include: National Council for Voluntary Organisations 'Sustainable Funding Project' Guides; New Economics Foundation 'Proving & Improving' Toolkit; CASS Business School 'Tools for Tomorrow' Strategic Planning Manual

IMMPACT will seek to work with a range of assigned staff or volunteers from Infrastructure Partners including:

• Board/Committee members or trustees
• Directors or senior management
• Training & development, funding advisors or other staff

For more information on IMMPACT contact Seamus Carlin on Project Manager, IMMPACT on 028 9096 1115 or email seamus@socialeconomyagency.org

www.immpact.co.uk

Social Economy Agency, 45-47 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2FG

IMMPACT(Improving & Modernising Mission Performance And Community Transformation).

The IMMPACT initiative is supported by the Department of Social Development (DSD) Modernisation Fund & National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Sustainable Funding Project.