The James Model
James 1:27 Trust has a functional delivery structure that supports the social innovation model as derived to support the mission. The organisation has been structured to operate within a complex environment to maintain a focus on delivering against its strategic objectives, taking into account the changing environment in which it operates from a global and national nature.
The James 1:27 Trust social innovation model, is based on the understanding that to support the care of the growing population of orphans in South Africa, requires the need to influence and partner with in a multi-faceted and complex stakeholder environment, the ability to be nimble within a changing complexity of global and local developments in the area of Social innovation and an understanding that only technology can bring a measure of managed control in an attempt to aggregate and link donor and recipients through a robust and scalable technology platform.
In addition the James Secretariat supports CBO’s with a shared services back-office centre, for administration and a help-desk facility (4). Further, James 1:27 Trust supports CBOs (6) directly with funding through the James Care Fund (5) which forms part of the James Secretariat( 4).