The CAVEAT toolkit – supporting sustainability of the VCSE sector

Through research carried out in the early stages of the pandemic, we found out about the extraordinary role the VCSE sector played in supporting the health and wellbeing of older people self-isolating. However, organisations also expressed concerns over future sustainability and how they could demonstrate the impact of their work. As a result, we supported a research project to co-produce the CAVEAT toolkit with the sector. CAVEAT is a free online toolkit, to support the VCSE sector to evaluate their services, measure outcomes and demonstrate impact. The toolkit also offers guidance on the many ways that information can be collected and presented and is particularly useful for an organisation looking to secure on-going and new funding and for quality improvement. It is also a helpful resource for funding bodies and service commissioners. Over 200 colleagues joined us for an online event to introduce the toolkit, and we look forward to seeing the impact that this
has had.

For further information, please visit the Social Care and Social Work website.