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Fixers utilizes Apricot Software for all of their record keeping, project tracking, crm, volunteer tracking, workflow support and outcomes reporting.TRANSCRIPT
Alison PopeDirector of Projects
What is Fixers…
Fixers is a UK-wide campaign supporting young people to take action on issues they feel strongly about – changing things for the better.
The story so far….
• Started in 2008 funded primarily by v • Received £7.2m from The Big Lottery
Fund in April 2012• Premises in Winchester, Manchester,
Cardiff, Belfast and Glasgow• 76 staff• Developed website• Adopted and customised Apricot
database
To date:
• 9973 Fixers • 1145 Projects• 4 countries• 13 different broadcast items a month• 438 items broadcast on ITV
What we have to report to BIG
• 21,000 Fixers across four years• 2885 projects over four years• Split by country• Demonstrate impact • Demonstrate local people are engaged• Changes in local people’s perceptions
of young people• Improvements in the skills and
attributes of young people
How and when we gather data
• 18 YPCs meet Fixers• Fixers registration forms• Online registrations – survey monkey• During project• At audience stage • At project close • Uploaded manually to Apricot, or
imported from Excel spreadsheets
What else we record
• Demographics• Budget information• Progress of a Fix• Geographical information• Theme of projects• Types of resource• Other funder information
What we do with that data
• Progress monitoring • Geographic spread of Fixers and
projects • Monitoring budgets• Pulling through to the website• Potential funders
Project spread
Audience feedback
Transferring to the website
