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‘Pledge to be Social in Salford’ Report
Salford Social Value Alliance are privileged to be working with such a committed and creative group of partners, without whom…
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The Fed Publish their First Social Accounts
In August 2014 Lucy Edwards from The Fed attended a two day master class in ‘Social Accounting and Audit’ run…
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Public procurement should be delivering opportunities for people with disabilities
Following the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)’s report on employment for people with disabilities (or perhaps more aptly ‘lack of…
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Placing social value at the heart of procurement
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is supporting public bodies to deliver more social value through their procurement activity. CCS has published…
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Manchester Social Value Toolkit for Suppliers Published
Introduction This document outlines what the Council is seeking to achieve for Manchester’s residents and neighbourhoods through Social Value. Its…
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Starting Out on Social Return on Investment
Social Value UK have published a guide for anyone who thinks that value is more important than cost – but…
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Useful Resources from Green Growth
Green Growth have a variety of video and written case studies of what local companies have done to reduce their impact…
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Social and Economic Impact Report – University of Salford
The University of Salford’s role in the city and the wider region, in terms of its economic contribution and social…
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Valuing Housing and Local Environment Improvements report
Housing associations annually spend £3.3 billion on routine maintenance, planned maintenance and major repairs, representing a huge proportion of organisational…
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Groundwork Publish Their Impact Report
Groundwork Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford have published their impact report for 2015-16. Impact and standards Building stronger communities…
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Commissioning in Crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation’s latest report Commissioning in Crisis highlights how commissioning processes penalise small charities in particular. Since the outlook…
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Impact Management Programme
New Philanthropy Capital and a group of partners have recently launched the Impact Management Programme http://accessimpact.org/#about This programme aims to…
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Nominations for Social Value Awards 2017: open now
Nominations are now open for the Social Value Awards 2017. These awards recognise and celebrate good practice in commissioning and…
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HACT and the Northern Housing Consortium’s Social Value Conference
Housing associations are already leading the way in driving and demonstrating social value. They are starting to collect better data…
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Twine – easy impact management for community businesses
Power to Change was set up in response to growing recognition of the challenges faced by communities in maintaining vibrant…
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