Who is the intended audience for impact cards?

Impact cards are particularly useful for commissioners and procurement teams reviewing bid submissions, funders and grant panels assessing applications or mid-term progress, board members and senior leaders who need a high-level view of outcomes, and communications teams producing newsletters, social media posts, or annual reports. The format suits any context where the reader has limited time and needs to understand the key points of a project's impact without reading a full evaluation report.

How does Impact Card Studio connect to the Social Value Engine?

Impact Card Studio draws on the project and outcome data held in the Social Value Engine. Once you have entered your activities, outcomes, and proxy values into the platform, the tool can surface that information in a structured, visual format suitable for sharing externally. This means impact cards stay consistent with your underlying analysis and can be updated as new data is added, without needing to reformat information manually each time.

Can impact cards be used in procurement submissions?

Yes. Impact cards can complement a formal social value section in a tender by providing a visual summary of past performance or projected outcomes that is easy for evaluators to scan. They are not a substitute for a detailed social value methodology or outcome evidence, but they can make a bid more readable and help evaluators quickly locate the key figures. Used alongside a full narrative response, they support rather than replace the substantive evidence.

Is Impact Card Studio free to use?

Yes. Impact Card Studio is a free tool available at impactcardstudio.com. It is designed to be accessible to organisations of any size, including small VCSEs and community groups that may not have design resources to produce polished impact communications. No subscription or Social Value Engine account is required to use the basic card creation features.

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Free tool: Visualise your impact with Impact Card Studio

Maddie Kortenaar

8 January 2026

1 min read

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In Short

The Impact Card Creation Tool helps organisations create a concise, visual summary of their social value evidence, making it easy to communicate outcomes to funders, commissioners, and partners.

Articulating impact clearly is a common challenge in social value delivery. The issue is rarely a lack of activity. More often, it is about finding a proportionate way to describe change that is structured, clear, and useful to others.

Full reports and formal frameworks have an important role. At the same time, many situations call for a simpler way to explain intended or achieved impact, for example within a social media post, newsletter, or briefing note. Funders, partners, and boards often need a concise explanation of who is affected, what change is expected, and why it matters.

What is Impact Card Studio?

Impact Card Studio is a free tool that allows organisations to create short impact cards. Each card can be tailored to include the information most relevant to the context, such as:

Project background
Outcomes and beneficiaries supported
Social Return on Investment (SROI)
Total social value figures

The tool provides a clear, visual way to present information from your projects in the Social Value Engine.

Impact Card Studio is free to use and available here: https://impactcardstudio.com

Frequently asked questions

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An impact card is a concise, visual summary of a project's social value evidence, designed to communicate key outcomes to audiences who need a quick, clear picture rather than a full report. A well-designed impact card typically includes the project or programme name, the outcomes delivered and for whom, a headline social value figure or SROI ratio where available, and the total investment made. The goal is clarity over comprehensiveness: a card that makes one or two outcomes immediately legible is more useful than one that tries to include everything.

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Frequently asked questions

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Who is the intended audience for impact cards?

How does Impact Card Studio connect to the Social Value Engine?

Can impact cards be used in procurement submissions?

Is Impact Card Studio free to use?

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