SVUK Extraordinary General Meeting

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NOTICE is given that an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the Company will be held on 19 June 2024 at 2:00 pm. The general meeting can be attended by electronic means, via Zoom (the Conference Call Platform). Please register your attendance here. A proxy voting form is available here.

The general meeting is being held to consider and, if deemed fit, pass the following as special resolution(s): 

SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S): 

1. That the name of the Company be changed from Social Value Network UK to The Institute for Social Value with immediate effect.  

BACKGROUND

1. Social Value UK (SVUK) was originally established in 2007 in Scotland as a membership organisation, then known as ‘The SROI Network’. It represented a group of individuals who advocated for the Social Return on Investment framework – a way of measuring the impact of decisions beyond the balance sheet, pioneered by our experts.   
2. Since 2007, SVUK has evolved into a membership network that offers training, accreditation, report review and assurance, development of best practice, advocacy, Thought Leadership, a consultants’ directory, events and much more. Although we have created a community for everyone interested in social value and impact management, this message could be made more clearly in our organisational setup and branding. 
3. We are of the view that a change of name is an essential foundation to a change of positioning for SVUK to reflect what we have evolved into since we were established nearly 20 years ago. See our Theory of Change here and a link to The Eight Principles of Social Value here. 
4. The idea of becoming an Institute was first raised by one of our Board members over a year ago and, since then, we have been re-establishing ourselves in that vein. We are now in a position where we are ready to take some next steps, one of which is a change in our name. This will reflect the call for us to step into the lead on social value within the UK in a much more formal and inclusive way. 

We invite members to join us to discuss and vote on this.  

Please download the EGM papers below which consist of:

• Formal notice document
• Proxy voting form

The meeting will take place on Zoom. Please register using the link below.

We hope to see at the meeting.

The Social Value UK Team