Meet the Finalists in the running to take home a 2020 SIMNA Award! Now in their 6th year, the SIMNA Awards celebrate the great work being done across Australia to evidence social change.
Winners will be announced at a ‘virtual’ awards ceremony next week, on 2 December. Thanks to the generosity of our funders, this year’s social impact party is FREE for all to attend!
The full 2020 SIMNA Awards shortlist includes:
Excellence in Social Impact Measurement, sponsored by Think Impact
- Evaluation of the Youth Communities Living Support Service, MH – Children and Young People Mental Health Branch, NSW Ministry of Health
- Measuring Impact of the Socially Sustainable Parramatta Framework, City of Parramatta
- Transitioning to outcomes focused early intervention and prevention, Fams
Innovation in Social Impact Measurement, sponsored by Urbis
- Documentary Evidence, Documentary Australia Foundation
- Impact Yarns, National Centre of Indigenous Excellence
- Measuring Impact of the Socially Sustainable Parramatta Framework, City of Parramatta
- Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project – Social return on Investment (SROI), CYP Design and Construct Joint Venture (CYP D&C)
- Women Inside and Out – Social Impact and Evalution Framework, Flat Out
Outstanding Collaboration in Social Impact Measurement, sponsored by SVA Consulting
- Data Partnership, Taskforce
- Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project – Social return on Investment (SROI), CYP Design and Construct Joint Venture (CYP D&C)
- The social impact of Gippsland’s neighbourhood Houses, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Effective investment in Social Impact Measurement, sponsored by Our Community
- Return on investment analysis for Raising Expectations, Deloitte Access Economics
- Social Impact Analysis if Out-Commuting, Central Coast Council
SIMNA Board Member Helen Sheppard praised the standard of applications to this year’s awards. She said:
“In the current climate, the dialogue around social impact, social change and its measurement is gaining momentum. SIMNA is excited to accelerate this momentum through the internationally recognised SIMNA Awards.
I am looking forward to this year’s virtual SIMNA Awards. It’s going to be our most engaging online event yet! We have 13 finalists, which highlights the diverse variety of fantastic work that’s going on in Australia’s social impact sector.
Given the extraordinary times and challenges that we have all been facing, this work is becoming more important than ever before.
All of our Finalists are very worthy winners.”
The SIMNA Awards would not be possible without the support of our incredible sponsors. We especially thank SIMNA’s Platinum Awards Sponsor the Australian Government, Department of Social Services for their support.
Notes
The SIMNA Awards are 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 NFP organisations, Governments, philanthropic organisations, social enterprises, for-purpose businesses and impact investors.
Last year:
- YMCA of Brisbane won the 2019 Excellence in Social Impact Measurement Award, for their Impact Management Project.
- The City of Parramatta Council won the 2019 Innovation in Social Impact Measurement Award, for its Valuing Our Green Places Project.
- Life Education Queensland won the 2019 Outstanding Collaboration in Social Impact Measurement Award, for its Healthy Eats Pilot Program.
- And the icare Foundation took home the 2019 Effective Investment in Social Impact Measurement title, for its Social and Economic Impact Report.
Read more at: https://simna.com.au/2019-winners/
Enquiries: lisa@simna.com.au