The finalists for this year’s SIMNA Awards have been revealed – with 12 organisations from across the country recognised for their work.
Run annually by the Social Impact Measurement Network of Australia (SIMNA), the awards are open to any organisation based in Australia that undertakes or supports social impact measurement.
This includes not-for-profit organisations, Government organisations or departments, philanthropic organisations, social enterprises, for-purpose businesses and impact investors.
The winners will be announced at a sparkling awards ceremony next week, on Thursday 17 October, at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Melbourne.
The full shortlist includes:
Excellence in Social Impact Measurement:
- icare Foundation Social and Economic Impact Report
- Love Mercy Foundation – Cents for Seeds Social Impact Report
- Skyline Education Foundation Australia – A Social Return on Investment Evaluation
- YMCA of Brisbane, Impact Measurement Methodology
With thanks to 2019 award sponsor Think Impact.
Innovation in Social Impact Measurement
- City of Parramatta Council – Valuing Our Green Places
- Dignity Ltd – Building communities: Dignity Studios
- Sacred Heart Mission – Journey To Social Inclusion (J2SI)
With thanks to 2019 award sponsor Urbis.
Outstanding Collaboration in Social Impact Measurement
- Connecting Community for Kids – Collective Impact: Connecting Communities
- Connections Week (Adelaide Zero Project)
- Life Education Queensland – Healthy Eats Pilot Program
With thanks to 2019 award sponsor SVA Consulting.
Effective investment in Social Impact Measurement
- Creative Victoria’s Social Impact Program
- icare Foundation Social and Economic Impact Report
- Landcom – Skills Exchange
With thanks to 2019 award sponsor Our Community.
Helen Sheppard, SIMNA Board Member, praised the standard of applications to the awards.
She said: “I am looking forward to this year’s SIMNA Awards – we have 13 finalists, which highlights the diverse variety of fantastic work that’s being going on in Australia’s social impact sector over the past 12 months.
“The awards are a great way of celebrating and recognising those working to measure the difference that they are making, and as in previous years, the calibre of this year’s finalists highlights their creative and innovate approaches to finding solutions to making better decisions for people and local communities.
All of our finalists are very deserving of the title.”
The SIMNA Awards would not be possible without the support of our incredible sponsors. We especially thank Major Awards Sponsor the Australian Government, Department of Social Services for their support.
Notes
Last year, Mission Australia won the 2018 Excellence in Social Impact Measurement Award – for their Impact Management Project.
The Salvation Army won the 2018 Social Impact Measurement Changemaker Award – for their Moneycare Outcomes Measurement Project.
Finally, the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) took home the 2018 Outstanding Collaboration in Social Impact Measurement title.
Read more at: https://simna.com.au/2018-winners/