Local Authority
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
A decade of positive difference
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has used the Social Value Engine for over a decade to measure community impact across diverse programmes, from homelessness support to refugee assistance.
Over the past decade, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has prioritised social value, using the Social Value Engine to quantify the impact of diverse community projects, from homelessness support to refugee assistance, setting a benchmark for local authority impact measurement.
"The Social Value Engine has transformed how we evidence the difference we make to communities across East Riding. It gives us the rigour we need to stand behind our numbers."
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Economic Development Team
The challenge
As both a major public sector commissioner and the co-founder of the Social Value Engine, East Riding of Yorkshire Council needed a consistent, credible methodology to measure the social return on investment of community programmes spanning housing, employment, health, and social cohesion. Anecdotal reporting was no longer sufficient for elected members or central government scrutiny.
The solution
ERYC embedded the Social Value Engine across its commissioning and community investment functions, using it to conduct evaluative SROI analyses of programmes from homelessness outreach to refugee resettlement support. The platform's financial proxy library, grounded in SVI methodology, gave officers the tools to translate qualitative outcomes into auditable monetary values without specialist consultancy costs.
Key outcomes
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