Reporting

SCF has a strong commitment to measuring impact.

We ask recipients of SCF funding to measure and report on the impact our funded activity by:

• completing an impact statement at the end of funded activity.

We don’t want schools and colleges to spend lots of time reporting but we do want to know about the difference SCF funding has made. The SCF impact statement is a short online form in four sections.  It asks recipients to reflect on:

• the project or initiative's impact on autistic students (and where applicable, on staff, families of autistic students and non-autistic peers), the school/college community and culture as well as the number of autistic students benefiting from the activity
• learnings - both the 'most proud of' impacts and the challenges encountered
• future plans - will the project continue in some form after the funding has finished
• how the funding was used - whether funds were used as anticipated or whether plans changed during implementation.

We need this information to help us understand how our charitable funds are being spent. Impact statements also play a crucial role in guiding decisions about the themes, priorities and timing of future grant rounds. 

SCF trustees or research partners may want to connect with a few schools or colleges to discuss the impact of your activity and the difference our funding has made.  We'll provide you with ample notice and share what to expect.  The conversation will be low-key and will have a focus on SCF engaging with your work.

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