The SROI Network promotes the use and development of the Social Return on Investment methodology in the UK..The SROI Network is a membership organisations owned by its members. You can become more involved in the Network by taking up an annual subscription and becoming a member. We also offer training internationally.
SROI is an approach to understanding and managing the value of the social, economic and environmental outcomes created by an activity or an organisation. It is based on a set of principles that are applied within a framework.
SROI will help you understand, manage and communicate the value that your work creates.lWhether you are a private enterprise, a social business, an investor or commissioning services, SROI will help you account for the wider impact of your work and allow you to make more informed decisionsear and consistent way with customers, beneficiaries and funders.
The objectives of the SROI Network are:
•To ensure the principles and standards of SROI are adhered to
•To develop the methodology
•To disseminate information on indicators and proxies for use in SROI analyses
•To train SROI practitioners and provide peer support.
SROI is a framework to structure thinking and understanding. It’s a story not a number. The story should show how you understand the value created, manage it and can prove it.
