Plings
“Plings is brilliant because it lets young people know what’s going on in their area. I was playing in local clubs for a long time before I got signed; I developed my talent there, made friends and met some inspirational people who have really helped my football and who always made me feel I was part of something. I would recommend using Plings to find a local club to anyone, whatever sport they're into.”
Theo Walcott, Arsenal and England footballer and Plings ambassador
Service:
Plings Positive Futures
“Positive Futures has been committed to finding the most appropriate ways to highlight the impact of the wide range of diverse local projects that make up the national programme. Crucially through the programme’s state of the art, web-based monitoring and evaluation systems, this approach has enabled Positive Futures to capture the finer detail of young people’s engagement and progression and the programme’s fit with a wide range of government policy agendas”
Vernon Coaker, when Under Secretary of State, Home office
Client:
Home Office
Project:
Positive Futures Tom Hall, Supporters Direct
In 2008 we commissioned Substance to undertake some research on the Social Value of Football Clubs. Substance was chosen to due to their rich background of Social Research in Sport with a reputation of having a great understanding of the issues facing communities and how they need to be considered in this type of research. Their knowledge has brought considerable value to the research and the trust developed allows us to take on board their suggestions without questioning their motives.
Tom Hall, Policy and Operations Manager
Client:
Supporters Direct
Project:
Supporters Direct Substance Views
“We are very excited to be involved in Substance’s Substance Views pilot project and look forward to embedding outcomes based performance management across our services at Camden.”
Miia Chambers, Social Investment and Strategy Manager
Client:
The London Borough of Camden
Service:
Monitoring & Evaluation Substance Views
“Social and community projects are hungry for tools which allow them to assess the impact of their work and Substance Views will provide an innovative and practical way to do this. Project organisers will be able to access reliable and sophisticated data about their projects without getting tied up in cumbersome and bureaucratic reporting methods.”
Laura Dawson, NESTA
Client:
Football Foundation
Service:
Monitoring & Evaluation SPRS
With new funders comes the responsibility to ensure that the project provides quality evidence of the value of funders’ contributions. Thank goodness for Substance! SPRS has made, what can be an irksome chore on occasions, much more straight forward. (Birmingham King’s Norton)
Positive Futures, Birmingham King's Norton
Client:
Home Office
Project:
Positive Futures
Service:
Monitoring & Evaluation SPRS
“(SPRS has) revolutionised the ability to record data and improve the quality of reporting.”
Freddie Hudson of Arsenal Football Club Arsenal’s Positive Futures Programme
Client:
Home Office
Service:
Monitoring & Evaluation The Social and Community Benefits of Angling
“It is estimated that 3.9 million people fish in the UK. However, not much is known about angling within policy or the wider public as a result of a lack of research. Our Research programme is all about looking at tackling exclusion and building local communities, and providing an evidence base of the potential and actual social benefits of angling is a very creative way of doing this.”
Sir Clive Booth, Chair of the Big Lottery Fund
Client:
Big Lottery Fund Clubs for Young People
"We know that structured activity programmes lead to better outcomes for young people and one of the big barriers to involvement has been good quality information in the places where young people want it. Finding innovative ways to connect young people with positive activities, whether delivered from the voluntary or statutory sector is just what is needed right now".
Simon Antrobus, Chief Executive, Clubs for Young People
Supporters Direct
In 2008 we commissioned Substance to undertake some research on the Social Value of Football Clubs. Substance was chosen to due to their rich background of Social Research in Sport with a reputation of having a great understanding of the issues facing communities and how they need to be considered in this type of research. Their knowledge has brought considerable value to the research and the trust developed allows us to take on board their suggestions without questioning their motives.
Tom Hall, Policy and Operations Manager
Client:
Supporters Direct