Your organisation may have already committed to making charitable donations, fundraising and volunteering as part of your social value offer. But how did you decide what commitments to make, and how effective are these commitments in the scheme of things?

Meet Matt Richardson, Social Value Lead at The Growth Company. A social enterprise operating and supporting businesses across Greater Manchester and the North. We discussed diversity and inclusion and how employers can become more inclusive. He shares excellent advice that companies can adopt to make sure they are addressing barriers to employment.

Meet Jon Tabbush, Senior Researcher at Centre for London. They recently launched a new report titled ‘Property, Pensions and Procurement: Are Councils making the most of their community assets’. Exploring how community wealth-building-style programs have been working in London so far - How they can work better, how various stakeholders and experts are seeing that progress and whether or not they can improve them.

In this short piece, we will outline five things to consider if your organisation has existing social value commitments based on the Living Wage to adapt effectively and ensure you deliver on your commitment.

To help you understand the differences, we will explore each model in detail. Give you the history behind them and why procurers use different frameworks and offer some practical ideas to help you prepare social value answers for both models.

Nicola shares what her first few months of working with Samtaler have been like. From travelling for the 1st time in 2 years, working on exciting projects and how she is balancing life working five days a week.

There are many ways tech suppliers can produce benefits that enhance society and support the technology sector across the UK. We've put together a list of seven things you can do to deliver meaningful social value to get you started.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Nicola Gooch as Senior Social Value Consultant at Samtaler. Nicola comes with 12 years of social value experience. So we were thrilled when she agreed to join us. I am sure many of you know Nicola, but if not, read on and find out what brought her to Samtaler and her guilty pleasure!

Louise is our first Trainee Social Value Consultant at Samtaler, and we are delighted to have her onboard. Louise shares what brought her to Samtaler and what she wants to achieve in the next 12 months, professionally and personally.

When it comes to social value, it can be challenging to know where to start. Are you doing the right things? What more could you do as a business? Don’t worry; we have got you covered. We have free resources that give practical ideas to create social value and help you understand what ‘good’ looks like.

Suppose you’re the person facing the barrage of social value questions alone. You know what a difference getting this right could make for your company. If only you could get someone senior to focus on it long enough to be effective. We have two magic words for you: ‘Business Risk’.

To score full marks, you need to show not only what you will do to achieve the outcomes they’re looking for but also that you understand the challenges (i.e. what the outcomes mean). This is a critical step that a lot of suppliers miss.