In fact, what is the best way for local authorities to understand what "the best way" even is?One method that CfGS have been interested in for a long time is Social Return on Investment, as advocated by Social Value UK. We believe both scrutiny and decision makers can use a SROI framework to judge the social value that big decisions can bring. With the support of Grant Thornton UK, we published a paper outlining how and why local councils should use SROI when it comes to major service change.To continue discussion on SROI and scrutiny even further, we held a roundtable event ...
Ensuring that public money delivers clear, positive outcomes to those who use public services is at the heart of good decision-making. Unless we have a clear idea of what the projected outcomes are from the decisions we take, and a sense of whether those outcomes are worth the monetary investment needed to make them happen, we can’t know that resources are being spent in the right way on the right things. This has always been important, but with councils now managing much smaller resource bases, getting it right is more important than ever. Leaders and Chief Executives also need reassurance ...