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The power of the collective is proven. Together, we can build better communities, enhance our social value, and make the good we do go further. Listen up, buckle down. It’s time to take action.
National TOMs: updated for 2022
Have you heard about the market-leading way to measure social value? We built the National TOMs framework to give organisations like yours a practical way to measure the good you do for society.
This year we’ve made them simpler, greener and more relevant. Learn how the National TOMs have evolved in 2022.
A simple, SaaS-based solution that makes clear the social value you're creating, and helps you enhance it
Procure, measure, manage and report social value through an intuitive, adaptable dashboard.
bridging thegap
Setting the standard across all sectors
Backed by our LGA-endorsed framework and intuitive social value measurement tool, Social Value Portal is a straightforward, repeatable system that’s simple for project commissioners and suppliers alike. Our years of experience mean we can ensure you not only meet the Social Value Act mandate, but maximise your impact too.
Find out how your social value maturity measures up against other public sector organisations here.
Setting the standard across all sectors
Backed by years spent leading the public sector, we help you to establish, monitor and manage the social, economic and environmental impact you and your supply chain have on the communities you serve. From local employment to community investments, measure the good you do, maximise your social value and prove your impact.
Find out how your social value maturity measures up against other private organisations here.
Our members
How we help
The Portal
An intuitive tool to procure, measure, manage and report social value. The system is adaptable, repeatable and transparent, making it easy to prove the good you do.
An intuitive tool to procure, measure, manage and report social value. The system is adaptable, repeatable and transparent, making it easy to prove the good you do.
National TOMs
A local government-endorsed, standardised framework to help you report and measure social value and ensure you are target aligned, evidence based and impact driven.
A local government-endorsed, standardised framework to help you report and measure social value and ensure you are target aligned, evidence based and impact driven.
Expert consultancy
Our Social Value Advisors provide expert consultancy. We’ll work with you to ensure the system is tailored to your needs, maximising the social value you’re creating.
Our Social Value Advisors provide expert consultancy. We’ll work with you to ensure the system is tailored to your needs, maximising the social value you’re creating.
National Social Value Taskforce
As a subgroup of the Local Government Association (LGA), the National Social Value Taskforce is open to everyone who wants to learn and do more good. Find out more here.
As a subgroup of the Local Government Association (LGA), the National Social Value Taskforce is open to everyone who wants to learn and do more good. Find out more here.
Data validation
Data is securely stored, available for audit, and easy to access. It’s fully validated to ensure absolute accuracy and deliver to-the-minute metrics against your targets, KPIs and frameworks.
Data is securely stored, available for audit, and easy to access. It’s fully validated to ensure absolute accuracy and deliver to-the-minute metrics against your targets, KPIs and frameworks.
People, not processes
Social value is about building sustainable communities. We want to make good go further, and help others to see the real-world effectiveness of social value as a movement.
Social value is about building sustainable communities. We want to make good go further, and help others to see the real-world effectiveness of social value as a movement.
Useful resources
Webinar - The National TOMs 2022
Catch up on our National TOMs 2022 updates webinar. Learn how to get more from the National TOMs, and hear more from
Members' stories: University of Manchester
Learn how our partnership with University of Manchester saw a ripple affect, turning a key supplier on to the power of social value.
Our latest insights
10 years of the Social Value Act
As 2022 marks 10 years since the Public Services (Social Value) Act came into force, Guy Battle takes stock of where we are, and how things look for the year to come.
The changing attitude towards social value in real estate
We examine the changing attitude towards social value in our response to Savills’ ‘Spotlight: Social Value in Real Estate’.
Community of place: The power of the neighbour ‘hood’
The pandemic brought several matters to the surface – that the world is uneven, and that our society is, in many ways, even more unequal than we ever imagined. But it has also shown us the power of community, our neighbour ‘hood’.
Ready to make a difference?
Book a demo with a member of our team to see the Social Value Portal in action and find out how to maximise the good you do.