1. Social Audit Network Annual Gathering 19 April 2013
Welcome
Social Audit Network
Annual Gathering
19 April 2013

2. World Café Conversations
Why do social accounting and audit?
Understanding the snags and benefits
What do you already do?
How to get started?
Facilitated by Liz Brookes - Allen

3. Social Accounting and Audit What’s it all about?

4. The business of social enterprises & community organisations is to make a difference. Social Accounting & Audit helps organisations to understand and demonstrate that difference.

5. What difference do we want to make. . . . Social Environmental Economic

6. Why it’s important to know that we’re making a difference
Why it’s important to know that we’re making a difference To report for our activities and social, environmental & economic impacts To inform future actions & improve performance To be accountable to all those we work with and work for

7. Prove Improve Account

8. Accountable Community
The SAN approach
Empowering
organisations & communities can track their own SEE impact
Accountable
not just to funders & commissioners, to our community, trustees & partners
Community
community & collective benefit, equality & social justice

9. “…has helped our organisation and our stakeholders to work together to deliver more effective services to our local community” “…enables us to regularly clarify and analyse our values and assess performance” “…highlights opportunities for improvement as well as providing positive reinforcement for the things we do well”

10. The Social Audit Network (SAN)
Social enterprise established in 2001
An international network of social accounting & audit practitioners
Information, training, mentoring, research, consultancy
Verification & register of Social Auditors

11. South Africa
Croatia
Nepal
Korea
India

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13. Social Accounting and Audit: Why do it?
Graeme Oram, Five Lamps
Christy Acton, ASAN
Matthew Lanham, NeuroMuscular Centre
Chaired by Dr Adam Richards, LJMU

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15. Investing for Social Impact
Kieron Kirkland, Nominet Trust
Pepe Morales, Big Society Capital
Chaired by Mary McGarry

16. Workshops
Why Social Accounting and Audit?
How Social Accounting & Audit can help my organisation make a difference.
How to gather the opinions that matter.
The philosophical challenges.

17. Lunch Social Audit Network Annual Gathering 2013

18. Workshops
Social book-keeping – putting the systems in place
Why bother to report environmental impact?
The Social Audit, what it involves and why it’s important
Issues in measuring social impact

19. SAN Memorial Lecture Maggie O’Carroll
Chief Executive, The Women’s Organisation
Chair, VIVARK, Knowsley Housing Trust Services
National Women’s Enterprise Policy Group

20. Chris Dabb, Unlimited Potential
Review
&
Reflections
Chris Dabb, Unlimited Potential

21. Next Steps the Options:
DIY. Buy the Guide and teach yourself
Attend “Prove, Improve, Account”
Get the 3 day “kick start to SAA”
Talk to your Regional SAN Rep/Director
Join or form a cluster of Organisations. Get trained together and support each other

22. Thank you & safe journey
Social Audit Network
Annual Gathering
2013

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