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June Newsletter
It's June 2018 and World Cup fever has taken hold of the UK. Many people watch the football competition but what about it's legacy of social value?
Sheffield Hallam SIRC, on behalf of London Sport, carried out a social return on investment (SROI) study into the social value of physical activity and sport in London. The SROI was estimated at £1.48 for every £1 invested in 2015/16, with forecasted returns for achieving their target of 1 million Londoners more active over the coming years. They have built a website which details the key findings of the study in an interactive way.
The World Cup has also been a reason for domestic violence in the UK to hit the headlines as 'warnings sent to high-risk individuals as research reveals levels of domestic abuse rise after England games, win or lose.' Read more about the Football Against Domestic Violence campaign.
News from Social Value UK
Charlotte Österman from VINCI Facilities, on how SVUK training activated their social value journey
Charlotte Österman, Senior Sustainability Advisor at VINCI Facilities took Social Value UK's Social Value Practitioner (SROI) Training. Our training is designed to support you to respond to questions about social value in the procurement process and to embed the Social Value Principles into your organisation.
Charlotte says, “Don’t get too focused on finding the holy grail of a perfect system of measurement. The most important part is not the number at the end; it is what you do in the first place and how you design your efforts to have the most impact. That’s where Social Value UK has helped us the most.”
Social Value Portal announces a strong alignment between the Social Value Principles and the National Themes, Outcomes and Measures Framework
"We are happy to report that we have found a strong alignment between the Principles and the National TOMs. The starting point for the National TOMs Framework was extensive consultation with over 35 separate stakeholders over a period of 18 months including public, voluntary and private sector organisations that reflected the need to prioritise and report the delivery of social value through specific policy areas and 5 key themes."
Making social accounting relevant for you - with SVUK & Social Audit Network
On 20 September 2018, Social Value UK and the Social Audit Network are joining together to bring you a networking and learning event about social accounting.
Accounting for value is gaining impetus on the back of the Social Value Act and there's a huge amount of interest in social accounting becoming the way to describe social value. We will explore in this seminar how you could embed social accounting as a way to account for social value, both in your own role and for the benefit of your organisation.
Come along to hear, learn, and meet other people who are interested in proving, improving and being accountable for their social value. We have arranged for local organisations to tell you about what they are doing, invited some 'experts' from the world of social accounting, and will facilitate discussion aimed at helping you start your social value measurement journey.
Our friends at York St John University will host a networking lunch at 12.30pm in the Foyer to the De Grey Building to start us off, and share information about some of their exciting work around social impact.
Social Value UK are recruiting a new Membership Manager
The role will sit within the Social Value UK staff team, but work across Social Value UK and Social Value International. Social Value International is a charity made up of networks across the globe. Social Value UK is the UK national network and, for some services, acts as secretariat for Social Value International.
Impact Management: moving from theory, to practice, to an entirely different metric - responsiveness
Ben Carpenter, future CEO of Social Value UK, shares his insights on moving from impact management theory to effectively responding to the needs of those you work with.
Don't miss the special 30% conference discount for Social Value UK & Social Value International members
3S: Manage for Impact is an inspirational and interactive two-day event focused on impact management. The first of the Stone Soup Recipes for Impact series, this conference will bring us beyond measurement to more effective management of the impact we seek to create. It is the first event of its kind in Europe to unite best practice and collaborative learning.
When & Where?
In beautiful Barcelona on 27-28th September 2018 At ESADE Business School
Why?
Impact metrics and methodologies are under constant discussion; it is time to move from simply measuring impact to managing it. Impact is the ability to set objectives and measure the changes you generate. Management is actually using the data you collect from your measurement to actively optimize and improve your performance to achieve greater social impact.
Who for?
3S: Manage for Impact is an inclusive event designed for any organisation working within and/or financing the impact economy: social purpose organisations, social enterprises and non-profit of all sizes, impact investors, venture philanthropists, financial institutions, corporates & CSR teams, public administrations, service providers and academics.
Conference goals:
1. Increase the capacity of actors in the impact economy to improve their value through efficient and effective impact management strategies.
2. Strengthen the impact community across Europe (and beyond).
3. Improve the value chain of impact across organistions and countries.
Roadshow in Birmingham: Social impact accounting for faith-based organisations
Within the VCSE sector there is an ever-increasing need to account for the impact of projects, initiatives or the whole organisation. Faith-based organisations play a significant role in the sector but often their contribution and the good work they do goes unsung.
We hope this event will begin a conversation about the practicalities and good practice of impact accounting for a faith-based context regardless of organisation size. We would value the contribution of others who are not in faith-based projects but who work in partnership with them, to stimulate a grounded discussion and the sharing of experience and good practice principles.
Hosted by the Springfield Project join us on:
Thursday 12 July 2018, 10.00am
The Springfield Project, Springfield Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9NY
Cost: £15.00 (£10.00 for registered SAN Members)
We are reading...
What happens when ordinary people learn economics? Young entrepreneurs choose social impact as their top business priority. KPMG's audit work unacceptable, says watchdog.
It is impossible not to read about what's happening in the USA this week, and Europe's 34,361 and rising.
Social Value Bulletin
The latest news from Social Value UK members
Measuring and Managing your Social Value, North Wales, is an exciting project for organisations to measure the impact of their work funded by the Big Lottery Fund for a period of three years.
An innovative partnership was established between the six County Voluntary Councils in North Wales, with Mantell Gwynedd (Social Value Cymru) sharing their learning on social value measurement. As support organisations for the third sector in North Wales, Mantell Gwynedd are best placed to enable organisations to demonstrate and communicate their impact on communities.
The Mantell Gwynedd team will work closely with staff and trustees from 30 third sector organisations across North Wales to measure the social value of their work, and then use this information for planning and decision making. Read the press release for more information.
- Over 4,000 people have already used the Impact Management Programme's new website full of practical tools and guidance to help charities and social enterprises get started with impact management. Check out the site to improve how your organisation collects, analyses and uses data.
- In June, M·E·L Research co-presented a poster with Walsall Public Health at the 1st International Social Prescribing Network Research Conference. The poster showcases the Making Connections Walsall Programme, which takes a social prescribing approach to tackle loneliness and social isolation of older people living in Walsall. It's exciting as the poster shares M·E·L Research’s learning on using the Social Return on Investment (SROI) approach to support the evaluation of the programme.
- You have the opportunity to attend a Manchester-based focus group on VCSE research needs. This focus group is part of a series of six focus group across the country that have been organised by Charity Futures to find out what sort of research would help VCSE organisations in their work. The output will be a list of research questions that people have raised across all six focus groups and that will be made widely available.
The Social Enterprise NI Awards 2018 are now open for applications. Paul Roberts, CEO of Ashton Community Trust, and winner of last year’s Social Enterprise of the Year, launched the awards.
The awards recognise organisations for their business excellence and contribution to society, as well as the achievements of people working at the heart of the sector. All social enterprises can apply, but there are additional categories that investors, corporate, private and public sector bodies can apply for.
This year there is a another new category, the Social Enterprise Stakeholder of the Year. The intention is to recognise all private and public sector organisations who support the sector, whether by including social enterprises in their supply chains, having a strategy in support of them or indeed by offering advice to the sector. There are 12 categories in total.
Is offering apprenticeships an attractive strategy to recruit your future skilled work force? Read 'Return on investment of apprenticeship systems for enterprises: Evidence from cost-benefit analyses'
Are you an SME and you want to calculate your return on investment for apprenticeships and work based learning supply?
ROI is an online tool that offers a cost and social benefits model calibrated on specific needs of SMEs.
Events we recommend
Here are the events we think are particularly relevant to those interested in the social value agenda.
- Social Accounting and Audit – learn and network event - 6 July
- Social Accounting and Audit - Learn and Network Event - 12 July
- Social Impact Accounting for Faith-based Organisations - 12 July
*member rate discount to £10 ticket price available* - Fit for the future 2018 by Social Enterprise UK - 12 July
- Survey design in the charity sector - 12 September
- 3S: Manage for Impact - 27 & 28 September
*EARLY BIRD 30% DISCOUNT FOR SVUK & SVI MEMBERS* - NPC Ignites 2018 (NPC annual conference) - 10 October
- National Social Value Conference 2018 - 20-21 November 2018
If there is an event our network should know about, please reply to this email.
Our training and services
Social Value Practitioner Training - BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE
Our most popular training course to demystify social value.
If Charlotte's experience has inspired you to take the training, book soon because the sessions are filling up fast. We also offer bespoke training.
- London, 26 & 27 June - FULL
- Zagreb, Croatia, 5 & 6 July
- London, 17 & 18 July - FULL
- London, 19 & 20 September - AVAILABLE
- Manchester, 4 & 5 October - AVAILABLE
- London, 20 & 21 November - AVAILABLE
- London, 12 & 13 December - AVAILABLE
Would you like to host a webinar? Then get in touch with Catherine Manning.
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