In our webinar session on social value for SMEs back in June, we announced that we would be publishing a collection of step by step guides for Buyers, SMEs and VCSEs. These easy-to-read guides include: 7 simple steps for utilising social value the lastest TOMs
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The BRE Trust is an independent charity with a focus on research and education in the built environment. With several subsidiaries dedicated to the standards and certification in sustainability, the organisation has been aiming to establish a more environmentally conscious construction sector through carbon emission
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Thank you to everyone who joined us on Friday the 26th of June to take part in our SME webinar. Presentation slides and a full recording of yesteray's event can be accessed below. Special thanks to our panelists Guy Battle, Terry Brewer, Rachael Morgan, Arnab Dutt,
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Thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday the 11th of May to take part in our National TOMs tutorial webinar. The full presentation can be viewed at the bottom of this page. You can download the presentation slides from the day by clicking
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Thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday the 27th of April to take part in the breakdown of our COVID-19 Plug-in for the National TOMs. You can download the presentation slides from the day by clicking the button below. Special thanks to our panelists
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As a social business Social Value Portal is keen to demonstrate how we can play our part to support communities work through COVID-19. Our mission is to engage, enable, empower people and organisations to work together in the pursuit of social, economic and environmental wellbeing.
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The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) are a measure of relative deprivation used to rank neighbourhoods across the UK. Deprivation is essentially defined as ‘a lack of…’, and the IMD is intended to offer multidimensional information on material living conditions in an area or neighbourhood based on a
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The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 was implemented in January 2013. It’s already widely used within public sector procurement to build stronger and deeper relationships with suppliers and deliver more value to local communities. However, the Act is not yet being used within the planning process and as
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Leading by Example – A series of interviews with some of the leading innovators pushing for Social Value in procurement with the aim of sharing their knowledge and inspiring others to follow their lead. In this feature we spoke to Terry Brewer of Harrow Council, who
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