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Reporting on your charity’s impact doesn’t have to be scary or difficult

(Image screen grab from OSCR video recording)

Reporting on your charity’s impact doesn’t have to be scary or difficult – it helps you reflect and learn from the difference you’ve made!

This is one of the key messages from the panel hosted by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) at The Gathering 2020, ‘Telling your story with impact’. ESS Director Steven Marwick joined the panel with speakers from OSCR and The National Lottery Community Fund. The speakers gave useful advice on reporting from the perspective of regulators, trustees, and funders.

If you missed this event, you can watch the recording here (recorded by OSCR).

And don’t forget – ESS has a lot of free resources that can help you with reporting! Here are some of them:

Getting Ready to Report – Webinar

ESS Support Guide 3.3: Report writing

Harmonising Reporting

Reporting Template

Top tips on what makes a good report

Building mutually beneficial relationships – Top tips for Funded Organisations