Impetus support package:

Impetus investment period: 2012 - 2013 (Plan phase investment*)
Plan phase grant funding approved: £50k
Pro bono services donated: £239k
Investment management value: £88k
Total funding package to date: £377k

* Plan phase investment is an initial investment period to develop the plan for growth. It is usually followed by further investment over a longer period.

Background to the investment:

Impetus is investing in Family Links initially for 12 - 18 months with a view to making a longer-term investment at the end of the planning process.

The charity is expected to receive up to £400k in strategic funding during the total length of the Impetus investment, and at least the equivalent of that amount in pro bono expertise, management support and additional funds raised.
 
The objective of the investment is to support the development of a three-year business plan for the organisation.

Focus of Impetus expertise 2011/12:

• Intensive management support
• Review of strategic options led by OC&C Strategy Consultants
• Support with bid for government’s universal parenting pilot tender and legal support with subsequent contracts
• Financial forecasting advice from PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Organisational structure review

Key achievements 2011/12:

• Selected to be part of the government’s universal parenting pilot “CAN parent”, delivering parenting classes in Camden, Middlesbrough and High Peak, Derbyshire.
• Income higher than forecasted and surplus for the year despite severe cuts in local authority budgets, from which Family Links derive their income.
• Successful training pilot with Teach First student teachers in how to create emotionally calm learning environments, combined with positive behaviour management strategies, and commissioned training from Oxford Brookes University for their PGCE students.

Read more about Family Links.