Volunteers Week: Our Impact Studies

Shared Interest: Impact Studies

Our final talk of day one of our Volunteer Festival 2023 saw members of the Shared Interest team share a behind-the-scenes look at how and why we conduct our impact studies work. In 2015, Shared Interest began creating in depth studies of selected customers and project participants on an annual basis. 

These case studies are primarily intended to demonstrate two levels of impact: that of our financial support to producer organisations, and the wider impact on the livelihoods of the smallholder farmers or artisans they serve. 

We situate this impact within the broader context of the country and value chain, to illustrate how these businesses, end-buyers and social financiers like Shared Interest work together to grow rural prosperity for smallholder producers and their communities.

Check out the video below to learn more. Alternatively, you can find the full studies for KOAKAKA and Inka Moss here: https://www.shared-interest.com/gb/impact/social-accounts/appendices