Quantifying a Need
Before we commit to a project, we need to thoroughly understand the number of people who are suffering the injustice so that we can assess the size of social payoff. As well as understanding the size of the need, we also require to understand all the characteristics of the need, especially such things as;
- Where would service users come from?
- What networks are necessary to put us in contact with potential service users?
- What is the lead-in time between identifying service users and actually bringing them into a potential project?
- Are service users ready to enter our project from the outset or do they need a preliminary induction process?
- What is a complete inventory of the challenges that the service users face and what specification of help is required to overcome their challenges?
- What special sensitivities need to be addressed in order to resolve the plight of people suffering an injustice?
Answering the many questions, a few of which are indicated above, means that we need to work with expert partners so that we do not simply develop "good ideas" but that we create effective, very beneficial solutions that change people's lives for the better, permanently.