Your charity's Journey to Excellence©
J2E© is our unique tool for measuring change, progress, and success in the charities we help with our pro bono management consultancy.
Do you have a clear sense of where your charity or not-for-profit organisation is now, and where you want to be in the immediate and longer-term future?
Embarking on your Journey to Excellence© will help you understand your charity's effectiveness and ability to achieve your vision. J2E© works in harmony with our pro bono management consultancy to measure your organisation's progress, growth and success. With the help of your Regional Manager, you will fill out an assessment to score your charity in four core business areas before and after the project:
1. Leadership and strategic direction
2. People management
3. Financial management and sustainability
4. Performance and impact
Once your pro bono management consultancy project ends, you and your Regional Manager will discuss the results of your pre and post project assessments.
The results will be used to produce your personalised J2E© Client Report which will help you to measure your progress, celebrate success, and set goals in areas you would like to develop further. J2E© is also a great tool for showing off your accomplishments to your trustees, funders, and other stakeholders.
What what are the key outcomes for your charity from the J2E© process?
Evaluate
Your personalised J2E© Client Report maps your charity's journey with us, evaluates your progress and provides you with a focus point for future development and success.
Communicate
J2E© helps you prioritise, plan, produce outputs, and measure performance, enabling you to communicate your organisation's progress with key stakeholders.
Learn
J2E© has been designed to educate and share knowledge, so you can identify strengths, areas for development and highlight further opportunities for growth.
Recognition
On completion of your J2E© project you will be awarded our recognition badge to demonstrate your charity's commitment to improvement.
Helping charities do more good with J2E©
Building Circles came to Cranfield Trust for assistance with measuring their impact and evaluation of its work.
The charity wanted to measure the impact of its abuse prevention training packages for adults with learning disabilities, which helps their clients go out in the community safely. It wanted to be able to demonstrate the difference the training makes, understand where change is needed in order to improve the existing training package, and share their learning with other organisations.
The project had a direct impact on improved J2E © scores for Building Circles on the main project area of performance and improvement, as well as other three J2E© areas.
The charity was the first to be awarded Cranfield Trust's J2E© recognition badge to demonstrate their commitment to improvement.
The below illustration shows an example J2E© Client Report illustrating the pre and post project results across all four management areas.
J2E© Recognition Badge
In 2024 we introduced a recognition badge for those charities that have completed their J2E© consultancy project.
The badge has been developed for our charity clients who have completed their J2E© so they can proudly display their commitment to development and improvement. It can be used on a charity's own publications, website or e-communications to visibly show their development journey.
