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Helping creativity and culture thrive.

Measure what matters

Professional impact reports for organisations creating social, cultural and community impact. Turn the evidence you already have into a clear, credible and beautifully presented report for funders, sponsors, councils, partners and communities.

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Projects are currently accepted by invitation following an introductory conversation.

Designed for

Organisations creating social, cultural and community impact.

  • Festivals & Events
  • Arts, Culture & Heritage
  • Charities & Social Enterprises
  • Community Organisations
  • Local Authorities
  • Property & Placemaking
  • Tourism Organisations
  • Corporate Social Impact

Vision

Imagine a world where everyone feels they belong.

We believe creativity and culture help people connect with one another and become part of something bigger than themselves.

Festival Impact Reports combines evidence, insight and storytelling into professional reports that help stakeholders understand the social, cultural, environmental and economic value these events create.

Why we love festivals

Ordinary places can become extraordinary.

Festivals are among the most powerful expressions of that idea.

This is why we are called “Festival Impact Reports”. For a little while, ordinary places become extraordinary. Streets become stages. Parks become meeting places. People spend time together, discover new ideas and experience the places they live in different ways.

An empty, neglected concrete urban space before a festival.Before
The same urban space transformed into a colourful festival gathering.After
An ordinary urban space is transformed into a joyful festival gathering.

Impact Report Express

A focused service for events that have already taken place.

Turn the evidence you already have into a professionally written, designed and credible impact report.

Impact Report Express

From£950
Approximately5 to 10 pages
Professionallywritten anddesigned.
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Designed for

Funders, sponsors, councils, partners and communities.

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Brings together

Evidence, insight and storytelling.

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What you receive

A professionally written and designed impact report.

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More than a summary

Includes evidence-confidence observations and practical recommendations.

Our platform

A platform that helps you get report-ready.

Festival Impact Reports combines software, structure and human expertise to make impact reporting simpler.

Before your event, the platform helps you prepare what to measure and what evidence to collect. During the event, it gives you one place to keep everything organised. After the event, it helps turn that evidence into a professional impact report quickly and confidently.

Before the event

Prepare questionnaires, decide what to capture and get everything ready in advance.

During the event

Collect evidence in one place, from surveys and photos to quotes, stories and partner feedback.

After the event

Organise the material quickly and turn it into a clear, professionally written report.

Less scrambling after the event. Better evidence throughout the process.

How it works

Personal support, organised in one place.

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Understand your event

  1. 1
    Tell us about your event
  2. 2
    Discovery meetingPersonal support
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Build the evidence

  1. 3
    Upload evidence
  2. 4
    Evidence review
  3. 5
    Review meetingPersonal support
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Shape and deliver the story

  1. 6
    Creative direction
  2. 7
    Final impact report
  3. 8
    Final reviewPersonal support
  4. 9
    Final delivery and recommendations

Evidence examples

Use what you already have.

If your event has already happened:

Start with what you already have. Attendance figures, surveys, photographs, testimonials, press coverage, financial information and existing reports can all help tell the story of your event.

Don’t worry if there are gaps or if everything is not perfectly organised. We will review the evidence with you and work out what can realistically be included in the report.

  • Surveys
  • Attendance
  • Financial
  • Photographs
  • Video
  • Testimonials
  • Social media
  • Press & media
  • Environmental
  • Previous reports
  • Other

Who we are

We live and breathe community, events and festivals.

We combine first-hand event experience with impact measurement, strategy and storytelling.

We would love to work with you!
Dr Chris Arnold

DR CHRIS ARNOLD

Co-founder, My Social Impact

Runs Crouch End Festival, London

Founded London Community Arts CIC, author and creative strategist & guitar player!

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Marcus Warry

MARCUS WARRY

Co-founder, My Social Impact

Runs The Wild Ones, Kampala

Chartered Accountant, impact strategist, founder of The Ideas Shed, artist and boxer.

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Start a conversation

Let’s talk about your event.

Whether your event has already taken place or you are planning ahead, the first step is a straightforward conversation.

We will look at the evidence you already have, identify any realistic gaps and explain the strongest impact report we can produce.

marcus@festivalimpact.org
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Based in Somerset, London and East Africa.

SOMERSET OFFICE10 Market PlaceShepton MalletSomerset, UK
LONDON OFFICEPopHub Leicester SquareFloors 1 & 241 Whitcomb StreetLondonWC2H 7DT
KAMPALA OFFICEThe Wild OnesTank Hill RoadKampala, Uganda