What Does Sunscreen, A UV Scanner And Behaviour Change Have In Common?

Click here to read more about the ‘Love Your Skin’ campaign and the workshop we will be running to explore how it can help your organisation have a positive social impact.

At the second BSII roundtable on measuring social impact, held at the School for Social Entrepreneurs, the discussion was focussed on why businesses want or need to measure social impact, why many find it so difficult and why there are so few examples of good practice.

The BSII has published ‘How and why are businesses having a positive social impact?’ reporting the six key findings from conversations with over twenty people with social impact responsibility in a number of different roles and organisations.

Driven by the energy of the Olympics, Uscreates worked with NHS Trafford and Trafford Council to improve wellbeing through a project called The Summer of Wellbeing.

The result is an adaptable model that local organisations can use to improve the wellbeing of the communities around them.

We worked with staff at the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and local residents to encourage them to work together to improve public services.

The project has achieved a 5% increase in resident satisfaction in the area.

Uscreates collaborated with local volunteers to raise breast awareness.

Key impacts:

• 20% increase in women exposed to breast awareness campaigns
• 10% increase in the number of women able to name three symptoms

We co-produced an award-winning programme to increase Chlamydia screening among 15 to 24 year olds including:

• a film competition
• a free screening event
• a Facebook hub with over 6,000 fans
• an outdoor marketing campaign

We co-produced a community based campaign with Bristol residents and the University of West England.

The collaborative approach has resulted in a higher impact on awareness than a traditional media approach, with spontaneous symptom recognition up 25%.