5 Sources of support and further information
General
There are a number of online tools that are available to help you with SROI.
For more information go to the SROI network website:
www.thesroinetwork.org
nef has been working on SROI since 2001 and has pioneered its use in public policy.
For more information go to:
www.neweconomics.org
For an overview of evaluation in the voluntary sector, see Practical Monitoring and
Evaluation: a guide for voluntary organisations, by Jean Ellis:
www.ces-vol.org.uk/index.cfm?pg=140
There is also information on many of the issues covered in this guide at:
www.proveandimprove.org
There are a number of tools on, including ones for full cost recovery, at:
www.philanthropycapital.org
For guidance on the economic assessment of spending and investment, and for related
guidance, including the preparation of business cases for the public sector, see:
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/data_greenbook_index.htm

To learn more about social accounting and social audit, see the SAN Social Accounting
and Audit Workbook, Social Audit Network:
www.socialauditnetwork.org.uk
Really Telling Accounts!, by John Pearce and Alan Kay, can be found at:
www.socialauditnetwork.org.uk
Materiality
A number of reports relating to AccountAbility’s work on redefining materiality can be
found at:
www.accountability21.net
There is also a useful discussion of materiality in nef’s report Investing in Social Value,
which is available at:
www.thesroinetwork.org
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