Standing out from the crowd: How tech providers can better compete on social value

Society’s understanding of social value has advanced dramatically in a few years. The base was initially set low; showing a cursory understanding of the concept, together with well-intentioned tactical activity like volunteering or tree planting it was sometimes sufficient to get a foot in the door with local councils.

2025-04-29T12:30:54+00:00April 29, 2025|Latest, News|

Unpacking social value in procurement: A perspective from Liverpool City Region

The new Public Procurement Act is set to create more opportunities for a broader range of organisations. But only if authorities take the necessary steps to engage suppliers in the right way.

2025-04-16T13:54:55+00:00April 16, 2025|Latest, News|

Graft, tenacity and a touch of maverick: embedding social value across Cheshire & Merseyside

When Dave Sweeney first got started with social value, he readily admits few people understood his job.

Now the region has one of the UK's most innovative and flourishing social value scenes, thanks to the work of the Cheshire & Merseyside Health & Care Partnership.

2025-03-10T10:40:09+00:00March 10, 2025|Latest, News|

Our journey to Silver: embedding social value within our health systems

Social value has a central role to play in the positive transformation of the NHS and our healthcare systems. But how can health organisations and NHS suppliers get smarter at embedding best practice at scale?

2024-12-13T11:28:30+00:00December 13, 2024|Latest, News|

Dream Big Sports shares impressive impact in Annual Report

SVB client Dream Big Sports has demonstrated great strides in embedding social value, as showcased in the release of its new Annual Social Value report. This social enterprise contacted us in 2022 to undertake a gap analysis, develop a measurement framework and deliver social value training.

2024-12-05T15:58:27+00:00December 5, 2024|Latest, News|

Social Value pioneers unite to combat ‘value washing’ and promote authentic impact

Three leaders in UK social value, Social Value Business, Social Value Quality Mark CIC and Impact Reporting Ltd, are announcing a national partnership with a shared aim - to help clients combat ‘value washing’.

2024-09-04T07:54:46+00:00September 4, 2024|Latest, News|
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