Impact Alliance: West of England

Issue:
Social welfare
 • 
Community development
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Activities:
Aligning processes
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Co-ordinating funding
 • 
Influencing policy or practice
 • 
Information-sharing
 • 
Joint research
 • 
Peer learning
 • 
Pooled funding
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Location:
South West
Stage:
Emerging opportunity

Aims and activities

Aims and questions

Aims and activities

The Impact Alliance seeks to proactively tackle pressing community issues in the West of England through an innovative, collaborative and strategic funding approach.

It aims to co-build a series of 3 programmes that deliver against our shared ambitions:

  • Delivering greater impact
  • Aligning with shared vision
  • Collaborating and breaking silos
  • Working strategically
  • Learning from each other and our communities to create opportunities for change
  • Taking risks, adapting, and then refocusing
  • Seeking new models and solutions for end users
  • Longer-term sustainable funding

Each programme aims to initially leverage £1.5m of funding into the region from a range of contributing funders, to create meaningful impact by providing funding aligned with a collective vision.

The first of these is centred on loneliness and social isolation. The programme aims to build a series of themes within loneliness and social isolation, where projects can be developed by any type of organisation. These projects collectively help to achieve our overarching goal and bring our vision to life and will be underpinned by a common evaluation framework.

How to get involved

Interested funders can get involved by joining the Impact Alliance – each member is currently considering what their contribution is (ranging from funding to be distributed to communities; facilities/resources; skills e.g. marketing, providing capacity development to funded organisations; data/research sharing; networks etc). The Alliance meets monthly in Bristol, in person. For further details please contact Impact Alliance

Who's involved

Who was involved

Who was involved

A range of organisations across Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. Current partners include:

3SG, Badminton School, Black South West Network, Bristol Ageing Better Alliance, Bristol Older People's Funding Alliance, Bristol & Bath Regional Capital, Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity, Bristol Beacon, Bristol Black Carers, Bristol Charities, Bristol City Council, Bristol Diocese, Building the Bridge, Churchill and Langford Minibus Society, CVS South Gloucestershire, DJR Consulting, Good Faith Partnership, Intergenerational England, Jo Cox Foundation, Learning Partnership West, Oasis Academy, Quartet Community Foundation, Society of Merchant Venturers, South Gloucestershire Council, Sovereign Network Group, St Monica Trust, The Anchor Society, The Shaw Foundation, University of Bristol, Voluntary Action North Somerset, WeSport.

Learning and Resources

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