Jonathan Schifferes
Senior Consultant
+ 44 (0) 207 820 6398
jonathan.schifferes@nef-consulting.co.uk
Jonathan is a consultant with a focus on using nef tools to evaluate community development work, and regeneration projects in the built environment. He has worked with a number of organisations in the private sector and community and voluntary sector to calculate the social return on investment for their activities. He is an accredited practitioner of SROI and is part of the nef consulting delivery team for SROI training. In previous jobs, Jonathan has been tasked to engage young New Yorkers in community work, and has worked to forecast the economic and social impact of a proposed Eco-village in the UK. He has a strong interest in sustainable urban design, and remains a volunteer for several community projects with young people.
Client publications
2012, ‘Growing Social Capital’ – (SROI analysis of three community capacity building organisations in Kirklees), Kirklees Council
2011, ‘Our Social and Economic Contribution’, John Lewis Partnership
2010, ‘Catalysts for Community Action and Investment’ (SROI analysis of community development activities in four local authorities), Community Development Foundation
Thought leadership
‘New Economics for impact investing’ (June 2012)
‘Perspectives Issue 1 Brains, behaviour, & better organisations’ (2012)
Blogs
- Perspectives: new magazine from nef consulting (4 December 2012)
- Measuring Well-being on a street near you (30 July 2012)
- The End of the Beginning for Social Value (3 March 2012)
- Fleeting role reversal for the August Rioters (23 August 2011)
- High and dry streets? (21 June 2011)
- It’s not who you know, it’s who you don’t know (27 May 2011)
- Building for the Great Transition (25 March 2011)
- Mapping the Big Society (27 January 2011)
- Prevention is the cure (8 December 2010)
- Addressing inequality in cities (29 October 2010)
- Policy changes will worsen the housing crisis (20 August 2010)
