The IARS International Institute is delighted to be appointed as an approved provider for the Impact Management Programme, funded by the Access Foundation and Power to Change. The programme offers a total of £1.8m of funding to charities and social enterprises to help them manage their impact capabilities and diversify through access to social investment and contracts. 
As an approved provider, The IARS International Institute are looking to work with organisations with an ambition to grow that are actively seeking investment or contract opportunities in which impact plays a defined and significant role. The grant combines accredited training, grant funding and support to help organisations develop the systems required to meet the needs of investors or commissioners. Support will also be offered in developing all stages of the application.
To be eligible to access funding through the Impact for Growth Strand, your organisation must:
• Be a charity and/or a social enterprise with a clear social mission
• Operate and deliver outcomes in England
• Focus on achieving positive outcomes for individuals
• Be actively seeking investment or contract opportunities
• Collect outcome data
• Be committed to learning and collaboration
• Have an impact focused senior management team that values and promotes impact measurement
• Be available to attend a free one-day training session delivered by Impetus-PEF that will cover the building blocks of impact management and how to use the data you collect
If you wish to work with us and apply for a grant contact Andriana Ntziadima, IARS Programme Development Manager, on 0793 159 6900 or email: [email protected] to express an interest by 30 August 2017.
The Manchester date of the compulsory pre-application stage training session is taking place on Monday 16 October 2017.
The grant application window opens on 28 September 2017 and grants will be awarded in 3 rounds with decisions to be made in November 2017, February 2018 and March 2018.
For further information, visit: www.iars.org.uk/content/Impact_Management_Fund