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inFocus is a social impact consultancy firm that support partners to improve lives and transform communities worldwide.
Established in 2007, we’ve designed and implemented social impact measurement and grant management solutions for funders, policy makers and frontline agencies in over 40 countries.
Our mission is to ensure individuals, organisations and communities are empowered to resolve complex social issues. We help social-change professionals to examine their organisation’s impact goals, and subsequently develop the skills, capacities and tools to increase impact through their initiatives. Our goal is to help organisations to change lives and build stronger communities.
We offer both consultancy services and/or training (both in-person and online).
We believe that working with trusted partners is key to creating lasting solutions for change, in an increasingly inter-dependent world
We have a deep commitment to creating high quality customer solutions. We will always go the extra mile when the situation demands
We work with a spirit of fun & creativity, which we see as powerful forces to drive social innovation and create ‘people centered’ results
inFocus founders
Managing Director / Senior Consultant
Damian co-founded inFocus and overseas the consultancy team, leads on business development and marketing and undertakes delivery work, particularly to plan and implement shared measurement and evaluation of collective impact initiatives. His high-level facilitation, training and strategic planning expertise are applied within a wide variety of client projects, utilising his monitoring, evaluation and research experience across a number of different interest areas. Previous to inFocus, Damian founded Street League, a leading social development programme, working with severely disadvantaged youths and adults across the UK. He originally trained as a medical doctor at University College London Hospital, practising in both the UK and Australia for 5 years.
Deputy Director / Senior Consultant
Tom has over 10 years of experience as a trainer and consultant, supporting organisations with monitoring, evaluation and learning solutions. At inFocus, Tom sets up and facilitates global communities of practice with organisations from around the world, in order to share learning. He develops consultancy, training and marketing resources for monitoring and evaluation, including providing oversight of the development of the inFocus eLearning platform and resources. Additionally, Tom develops monitoring and evaluation solutions with key clients such as the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and Spirit of 2012, and develops and runs online and in-country training on key monitoring and evaluation topics. Tom has worked an inFocus (previously Acumen Social Enterprises) since 2006.
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inFocus is a social impact consultancy firm that support partners to improve lives and transform communities worldwide.
We have designed and implemented social impact measurement and grant management solutions for funders, policy makers and frontline agencies in over 40 countries across the globe.
inFocus Consulting Ltd, Omega House,
6 Buckingham Place, Bellfield Road West
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
HP13 5HW
Over the last 15 years, inFocus has also designed a wide range of different customised training courses for clients around the world. The courses are specifically tailored to the needs of your organisation and attendees in the training, building on the extensive inFocus resources.
Our custom training has covered a range of areas, including inFocus core areas of expertise in impact measurement and management
(IMM), theory of change and strategic planning. We have also developed training on more specific topics, such as the launch of new grant schemes for funders.
Our options for custom training include:
inFocus conducts independent, external evaluations to facilitate learning and support accountability.
We have conducted evaluations of high complexity projects, programmes and organisations for delivery agencies, funders, policymakers and networks, both in the Sport for Development and Peace and wider international development sector. We utilise a range of approaches including: Summative; Theory Based; Process; Developmental; Impact; and Participatory.
inFocus executes specific applied research projects on various topics such as Sport for Development, social impact measurement, and strategies for scaling impact. Our findings are designed to be implementable and timely.
Our team is comprised of experienced practitioners who are trained to bridge the gap between traditional research and practical evaluation. We provide a range of different evaluation approaches and methodologies suited to either individual projects or complex funding programmes. We systematically explore and document what is working and highlight areas to for further improvement to help funders explore overall impact strategies.
inFocus helps delivery agencies, funders and networks use their data effectively to report back to stakeholders and utilise data as a tool for development and growth. We work with organisations to do this by giving support in key areas, based upon their identified and priority needs:
inFocus works with philanthropic organisations that provide grants and support to third party organisations delivering programmes or initiatives. Funders include charities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community groups, governmental or inter-governmental agencies and private sector companies. Our consultancy services are specifically designed to address some of the key challenges that funders face, whether that is:
Theory of Change is a technique that helps you to map out and explore how your activities lead to social change, and your underlying beliefs or assumptions. It is a powerful tool for helping to:
‘A vision without a plan is just a dream. A plan without a vision is just drudgery. But a vision with a plan can change the world.’
Strategy is about asking yourself vital questions concerning What are you trying to achieve? What is the external situation and how can we address it? Are we effective? How can we convince others of this?
inFocus helps organisations to focus on their most critical issues and identify high leverage directions that allow the organisation to renew and reinvent itself, preserving its vitality and its competitive edge.
We’ve worked with non-profits and charities all around the world to scale up, scale out and scale together for more sustainable impact:
The Tools and Resources for Impact Measurement and Management section of our website is dedicated to providing a comprehensive suite of resources that can be downloaded and put to practical use by our Impact Community.
The resources are all aligned to our IMM courses, particularly the IMM Builder course, which provides step by step guidance on how they can be developed and adapted to your own context, and put firmly into practice.
The Tools and Resources are categorised and cover the following IMM areas:
PLEASE NOTE: This section to our website is coming soon.
InFocus is committed to sharing learning and best-practice within the development and humanitarian sectors.
We regularly run (free to join) public webinars (online workshops) on different topics to share best-practice and generate critical debates between experts and practitioners.
The 90-minute webinars cover a range of topics, including most recently:
Click on the ‘Impact Community’ section above to find out how to become a member and receive regular updates on our public training.
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When running a programme, project or activity within a community, it is critical for organisations to understand what IS working and what ISN’T and how to more effectively generate social and environmental impact. inFocus set up and run online learning communities around the world that bring organisations together to discuss and draw out best practice around a particular topic.
Typically, for inFocus a learning community includes the following elements:
Read about our approach to Peer-to-Peer Learning Communities here.
When running a programme, project or activity within a community, it is critical for organisations to understand what IS working and what ISN’T and how to more effectively generate social and environmental impact. inFocus set up and run online learning communities around the world that bring organisations together to discuss and draw out best practice around a particular topic.
Typically, for inFocus a learning community includes the following elements:
Read about our approach to Peer-to-Peer Learning Communities here.
Completing all three of the eLearning courses: IMM: Introduction, IMM: Foundation and IMM Builder will also open up ongoing professional development opportunities in IMM with free access to bi-monthly IMM webinars run by inFocus experts.
The 2-hour webinars will provide an opportunity to:
Theory of Change is a technique that helps you to map out and explore how your activities lead to social change, and your underlying beliefs or assumptions. It is a powerful tool for helping to:
Completing all three of the eLearning courses: IMM: Introduction, IMM: Foundation and IMM Builder will also open up ongoing professional development opportunities in IMM with free access to bi-monthly IMM webinars run by inFocus experts.
The 2-hour webinars will provide an opportunity to:
The Tools and Resources for Impact Measurement and Management section of our website is dedicated to providing a comprehensive suite of resources that can be downloaded and put to practical use by our Impact Community.
The resources are all aligned to our IMM courses, particularly the IMM Builder course, which provides step by step guidance on how they can be developed and adapted to your own context, and put firmly into practice.
The Tools and Resources are categorised and cover the following IMM areas:
PLEASE NOTE: This section to our website is coming soon!
inFocus conducts independent, external evaluations to facilitate learning and support accountability.
We have conducted evaluations of high complexity projects, programmes and organisations for delivery agencies, funders, policymakers and networks, both in the Sport for Development and Peace and wider international development sector. We utilise a range of approaches including: Summative; Theory Based; Process; Developmental; Impact; and Participatory.
inFocus executes specific applied research projects on various topics such as Sport for Development, social impact measurement, and strategies for scaling impact. Our findings are designed to be implementable and timely.
Our team is comprised of experienced practitioners who are trained to bridge the gap between traditional research and practical evaluation. We provide a range of different evaluation approaches and methodologies suited to either individual projects or complex funding programmes. We systematically explore and document what is working and highlight areas to for further improvement to help funders explore overall impact strategies.
inFocus helps delivery agencies, funders and networks use their data effectively to report back to stakeholders and utilise data as a tool for development and growth. We work with organisations to do this by giving support in key areas, based upon their identified and priority needs:
InFocus is committed to sharing learning and best-practice within the development and humanitarian sectors.
We regularly run (free to join) public webinars (online workshops) on different topics to share best-practice and generate critical debates between experts and practitioners.
Click on the ‘Impact Community’ section above to find out how to become a member and receive regular updates on our public training.
An inFocus Learning Community brings together ‘like-minded’ organisations to exchange knowledge, share methods and results and map out both commonalities and differences in approaches.
Our learning webinars and live workshops bring together actors and organisations that work directly with beneficiaries, with evaluation and research experts specialising in the focal area. These are dedicated to particular thematic areas (e.g. gender equality, or disability) and can have a global, regional or local geographic focus, sometimes linked to a specific funder or network. In our Learning Community webinars and workshops, common challenges and solutions are shared, common indicators, outcomes and tools discussed and defined, with best practices to achieve these outcomes identified and documented.
We pride ourselves upon being able to then translate insights and learning into highly accessible and engaging materials, taking advantage of multi-media capabilities and tools, such as eLearning modules, online forums, meetings and webinars to disseminate knowledge across the field.
inFocus works with philanthropic organisations that provide grants and support to third party organisations delivering programmes or initiatives. Funders include charities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community groups, governmental or inter-governmental agencies and private sector companies. Our consultancy services are specifically designed to address some of the key challenges that funders face, whether that is:
‘A vision without a plan is just a dream. A plan without a vision is just drudgery. But a vision with a plan can change the world.’
Strategy is about asking yourself vital questions concerning What are you trying to achieve? What is the external situation and how can we address it? Are we effective? How can we convince others of this?
inFocus helps organisations to focus on their most critical issues and identify high leverage directions that allow the organisation to renew and reinvent itself, preserving its vitality and its competitive edge.
We’ve worked with non-profits and charities all around the world to scale up, scale out and scale together for more sustainable impact:
InFocus is committed to sharing learning and best-practice within the development and humanitarian sectors.
We regularly run (free to join) public webinars (online workshops) on different topics to share best-practice and generate critical debates between experts and practitioners.
Click on the ‘Impact Community’ section above to find out how to become a member and receive regular updates on our public training.
Over the last 15 years, inFocus has also designed a wide range of different customised training courses for clients around the world. The courses are specifically tailored to the needs of your organisation and attendees in the training, building on the extensive inFocus resources.
Our custom training has covered a range of areas, including inFocus
core areas of expertise in impact measurement and management
(IMM), theory of change and strategic planning. We have also
developed training on more specific topics, such as the launch of new
grant schemes for funders.
Our options for custom training include:
Please feel free to get in touch to discuss your specific requirements for custom trainings.
