The start of the new financial year in April offers a vital window for organisations to move from reactive to proactive social value measurement by designing data collection before projects begin.
A poorly designed survey is one of the most common sources of weak social value evidence. It asks too much, captures too little that is useful, and leaves practitioners trying to build a credible SROI case from data that...
Proportionality is one of the most important, and most frequently misunderstood, concepts in social value measurement. Put simply, it means matching the depth, rigour, and cost of your measurement approach to the scale of the activity, the significance of...
Most organisations know they create value beyond their balance sheet, but it can be challenging to prove it in a way that is credible, comparable, and useful for decision-making. Social Return on Investment (SROI) is the methodology most widely...
Public and third sector organisations are increasingly expected to demonstrate that their work improves people’s lives while also making responsible use of public money. As a result, approaches that attempt to measure social impact in a structured way have...
Scotland's Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill represents a significant shift in how public spending is approached across local and national government. If you work for a third sector organisation delivering services, competing for contracts, or working in partnership with...
Sensitivity analysis is a technique that helps you test how your social value results change when you adjust key assumptions.
In recent years, the terms sustainability and social value have become increasingly prominent in public policy, procurement, and business strategy. But while they're often used interchangeably, especially in tenders and ESG reports, they’re not quite the same thing. So what’s...
“Social value will be at the heart of this procurement.” You’ve heard it. You might have said it. But what does it really mean --- and more importantly, what does it ask of procurement?
Organisations responsible for awarding grants play an important role in deciding where funding goes and how effectively it contributes to social change. Accurately identifying genuine social value among numerous applications can be challenging. This article outlines how to evaluate...