Thousands of children around the UK are at risk of falling behind their peers because they don’t have access to digital learning. Whilst ...

Not for the faint hearted this one: Crown Commercial Services: Procurement Policy Note 06/20 Social Value in the Award of Central Governm...

The fourth scenario in the series ‘Defining Success in Social Impact’ considered the very topical issue of digital engagement. The situation

The third scenario in the series ‘Defining Success in Social Impact’ considered the following scenario: "As a direct result of partnering...

Last month saw the publication of ‘Levelling up our Communities: proposals for a new social covenant” Report by Danny Kruger MP. This was...

The second LinkedIn scenario in the series ‘Defining Success in Social Impact’ had a great level of response, with comments provided by t...

Let’s explore this. For context here’s the scenario again: “A company offers employment to an individual with a history of substance misuse

In April 2020, MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee launched an enquiry into Covid-19 and food supply. This report ha...

The Local Government Association (LGA) has recently issued some excellent guidance for councils on how to connect with the UN Sustainable...

In the past few weeks, there will be few of us with young children who have not held a certain anxiety during any video call that family w...

Businesses are under increasing pressure and responsibility to work towards Net Zero Carbon emissions. This isn’t just the remit of the m...

I’ve just attended a fascinating international webinar hosted by the Shared Value Initiative, with a no holds barred discussion around th...

Last year I posted a short video discussing skills shortages in rural areas and how businesses might address this. The current situation ...

This article is a response to a recent thread on LinkedIn by a Fundraising and Marketing professional who commented about tired opening l...

I attended an excellent webinar with the Social Value Portal yesterday, to understand the impact of Covid-19 on Social Impact delivery. ...

At this time, many businesses and individuals are keen to offer their support to the most vulnerable in society. At the same time, busine...

We all need our daily bread. And pasta. And toilet roll. Recent and current scenes of empty supermarket shelves and shoppers fighting ove...

As I write this article, the World Health Organisation has declared Coronavirus a pandemic, with over 200,000 cases worldwide now identif...

For better or worse, Wellbeing is all around us. Some organisations have embraced it with open arms, others with an element of uncertain...

The Social Value Act (SVA) has been in force since 2013. A small Act of Government, this has slipped completely under the radar of the ma...