2022 Social Value Awards
Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to everyone who submitted their entries for the Social Value Awards!
The quality of entries was exceptionally high, and we saw over 100 submissions this year (a new Social Value Award record).
Read on and learn who won.

This year's nominees and winners
Social Value Champion 2022
- Tim Neobard – WSP in the UK (Winner)
- Karyn Williams – Stride Treglown (Highly Commended)
- Julian Sanz – EQUANS UK & Ireland (Highly Commended)
- Carol Glenn – Solihul Metropolitan Borough Council
- Faye Elliott – Barking and Dagenham Council
- Julie Baker – Keepmoat Homes
Public Sector Leadership
- Essex County Council (Winner)
- Salford City Council (Highly Commended)
- Sellafield Ltd (Highly Commended)
- Portsmouth City Council
- BlueLight Commercial
- London Borough Waltham Forest
Private Sector Leadership
- GreenZone Cleaning & Support Services (Winner)
- Countryside (Highly Commended)
- Stride Treglown (Highly Commended)
- EQUANS
- Higgins Partnerships
- Morrison Construction
Voluntary/Third Sector Leadership
- The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation (Winner)
- Nuneaton Signs Ltd (Highly Commended)
SME Organisational Leadership
- Service Design Solution (Winner)
- Starting Point Recruitment (Highly Commended)
- Y.O.U. Underwear (Highly Commended)
- NEMI Teas
- STM Group (UK) Ltd
Social Innovation Award
- Architecture Design Services Framework (Winner)
- Breadwinners (Winner)
- Parkside Primary School (Highly Commended)
- The Food Bus (Highly Commended)
- Morgan Sindall
- Supply Change
Best Public Sector Project
- NEPO – NEPO301 Electricity (Winner)
- Southwark – Southwark Stands Together (Highly Commended)
- London South East Colleges – Future Greenwich (Highly Commended)
- Cardiff Council – Fairwater Campus
Best Private Sector Project
- Lyreco – Lyreco Goodness Microbusiness Support Program (Winner)
- ScotRail – Saltcoats (Highly Commended)
- VGC – Go Beyond the Gates (Highly Commended)
- Maximus – From Start to “Restart”
- North London Waste Authority – EcoPark South
- The Northumberland Line
Best Third Sector Project
- Royal British Legion Industries (Winner)
- Bouygues UK – Women into Construction (Highly Commended)
- Sporting Communities CIC – Normanton Park Development
- Targeted Prostate Awareness Project for Black, African and Caribbean Men in Leeds
Social Value Champion 2022
- Tim Neobard – WSP in the UK (Winner)
- Karyn Williams – Stride Treglown (Highly Commended)
- Julian Sanz – EQUANS UK & Ireland (Highly Commended)
- Carol Glenn – Solihul Metropolitan Borough Council
- Faye Elliott – Barking and Dagenham Council
- Julie Baker – Keepmoat Homes
- Tim Neobard – WSP in the UK (Winner)
- Karyn Williams – Stride Treglown (Highly Commended)
- Julian Sanz – EQUANS UK & Ireland (Highly Commended)
- Carol Glenn – Solihul Metropolitan Borough Council
- Faye Elliott – Barking and Dagenham Council
- Julie Baker – Keepmoat Homes
Public Sector Leadership
- Essex County Council (Winner)
- Salford City Council (Highly Commended)
- Sellafield Ltd (Highly Commended)
- Portsmouth City Council
- BlueLight Commercial
- London Borough Waltham Forest
- Essex County Council (Winner)
- Salford City Council (Highly Commended)
- Sellafield Ltd (Highly Commended)
- Portsmouth City Council
- BlueLight Commercial
- London Borough Waltham Forest
Private Sector Leadership
- GreenZone Cleaning & Support Services (Winner)
- Countryside (Highly Commended)
- Stride Treglown (Highly Commended)
- EQUANS
- Higgins Partnerships
- Morrison Construction
- GreenZone Cleaning & Support Services (Winner)
- Countryside (Highly Commended)
- Stride Treglown (Highly Commended)
- EQUANS
- Higgins Partnerships
- Morrison Construction
Voluntary/Third Sector Leadership
- The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation (Winner)
- Nuneaton Signs Ltd (Highly Commended)
- The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation (Winner)
- Nuneaton Signs Ltd (Highly Commended)
SME Organisational Leadership
- Service Design Solution (Winner)
- Starting Point Recruitment (Highly Commended)
- Y.O.U. Underwear (Highly Commended)
- NEMI Teas
- STM Group (UK) Ltd
- Service Design Solution (Winner)
- Starting Point Recruitment (Highly Commended)
- Y.O.U. Underwear (Highly Commended)
- NEMI Teas
- STM Group (UK) Ltd
Social Innovation Award
- Architecture Design Services Framework (Winner)
- Breadwinners (Winner)
- Parkside Primary School (Highly Commended)
- The Food Bus (Highly Commended)
- Morgan Sindall
- Supply Change
- Architecture Design Services Framework (Winner)
- Breadwinners (Winner)
- Parkside Primary School (Highly Commended)
- The Food Bus (Highly Commended)
- Morgan Sindall
- Supply Change
Best Public Sector Project
- NEPO – NEPO301 Electricity (Winner)
- Southwark – Southwark Stands Together (Highly Commended)
- London South East Colleges – Future Greenwich (Highly Commended)
- Cardiff Council – Fairwater Campus
- NEPO – NEPO301 Electricity (Winner)
- Southwark – Southwark Stands Together (Highly Commended)
- London South East Colleges – Future Greenwich (Highly Commended)
- Cardiff Council – Fairwater Campus
Best Private Sector Project
- Lyreco – Lyreco Goodness Microbusiness Support Program (Winner)
- ScotRail – Saltcoats (Highly Commended)
- VGC – Go Beyond the Gates (Highly Commended)
- Maximus – From Start to “Restart”
- North London Waste Authority – EcoPark South
- The Northumberland Line
- Lyreco – Lyreco Goodness Microbusiness Support Program (Winner)
- ScotRail – Saltcoats (Highly Commended)
- VGC – Go Beyond the Gates (Highly Commended)
- Maximus – From Start to “Restart”
- North London Waste Authority – EcoPark South
- The Northumberland Line
Best Third Sector Project
- Royal British Legion Industries (Winner)
- Bouygues UK – Women into Construction (Highly Commended)
- Sporting Communities CIC – Normanton Park Development
- Targeted Prostate Awareness Project for Black, African and Caribbean Men in Leeds
- Royal British Legion Industries (Winner)
- Bouygues UK – Women into Construction (Highly Commended)
- Sporting Communities CIC – Normanton Park Development
- Targeted Prostate Awareness Project for Black, African and Caribbean Men in Leeds
What are the social value awards?
The Social Value Awards are the awards to win for any organisation concerned with doing more good. They aim to recognise organisations who champion social value creation and community wellbeing.
Every day, more and more social value creators make positive impacts in communities across the country. No matter who you are, and what sector you operate in, there’s an award for you.
The Social Value Awards are the awards to win for any organisation concerned with doing more good. They aim to recognise organisations who champion social value creation and community wellbeing.
Every day, more and more social value creators make positive impacts in communities across the country. No matter who you are, and what sector you operate in, there’s an award for you.


This year's categories
Social Value Champion
For individuals who make a significant contribution to the Social Value debate and in developing best practice across all sectors.
Public Sector Leadership
For a public sector organisation that leads the way in embedding social value into their business culture, processes and systems to ensure the needs of their communities are being met
Private Sector Leadership
For a private sector organisation that has led the way in embedding social value into their business culture via processes, systems and their people to ensure the needs of their customers and the communities where they work are being met.
Voluntary or Third Sector Leadership
For a third sector organisation that leads the way in embedding social value into the way in which they deliver their services and has made a significant impact on the needs of the communities where they operate .
Organisation Leadership
For a micro, small or medium sized business that leads the way in embedding social value into the way in which they deliver their services and has made a significant impact on the needs of the communities where they operate.
Supply Chain Excellence
One of the key challenges facing buyers is how to engage with the supply chain and ensure they have the capacity and capabilities to deliver social value, in particular SMEs and VCSEs. In this award we are looking to show case any buying organisation that can clearly demonstrate how they have supported the supply chain in delivering social value.
Social Innovation
An award for a business or project that takes a novel and creative approach to radically improve how social value is commissioned, delivered or managed.
Best Private Sector Project
For a private sector organisation relating to a single project, building or contract that includes social value as a part of the award.
Best Public Sector Project
For a public sector organisation that has commissioned or procured and single project or framework and have maximised the delivery of social value.
Best Third or Voluntary Sector Project
For a third sector or voluntary sector organisation that has commissioned or procured and single project or framework and have maximised the delivery of social value.

Excellent event and the submissions seemed to be off the highest quality. The conference itself was an excellent opportunity to engage with other practitioners and learn of innovative delivery from across the UK.
2021 Award ceremony attendee, public sector transport industry
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