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Welcome to the Social Value UK April Newsletter!
We hope you all enjoyed a restful long weekend!
First up, a message from our CEO Isabelle Parasram:
We are relaunching Contract for Change...
Contract for Change is a thought leadership group that will bring together volunteers to collaborate, and embed the principles of social value into procurement and commissioning best practice. This initiative is a major opportunity for the procurement profession to make a significant contribution to a national policy initiative that has implications at every level of society and within each of the organisations we work for and organisations we work with. This Thought Leadership Group will harness the know-how from procurement and social value practitioners from across civil society, the public and particularly the private sectors to embed this in mainstream practice.
If you wish to receive communications about the project, or indeed volunteer for involvement, please complete this short application
Join our Thought Leadership Group series!
This year's RealWorth / Social Value UK Thought Leadership Group for the Design and Use of Buildings and Places series will be on the theme of The Significance of People in the Creation of Social Value. There will be three events throughout the year, with the first taking place on Wednesday 18th May.
Missed out on our latest panel discussion?
Last month we hosted a panel discussion - 'What Does it Mean to be 'Levelled Up' in Britain?'. If you were unable to attend or simply want to recap the session it is now available for catch up over on our Vimeo.
Training:
We still have some booking availability for our May & June training dates! This course tends to fill up fast so make sure to sign up ASAP to guarantee spaces.
Assurance:
Applying for Level 1 Associate Practitioner status is an excellent way to gain a professional qualification and begin your journey in the social value space. As a result, we have made the decision to accept applications for this at any time - meaning you can start whenever suits you! More info here.
*If you have completed our Social Value & SROI Practitioner training course within the last 3 months, you are eligible for a discount - reach out to info@socialvalueuk.org for more details!*
Our next Assurance round is for Level 2 Accredited Practitioner and Level 3 Advanced Practitioner applications. This will run from May 9th - May 20th, so make sure to get your applications in for our team!
As usual, if you have any questions for the team regarding the assurance & accreditation process, pop in to our next 'Assurance Coffee Morning & Questions' session on March 22nd. Our team will be happy to advise you!
Looking to Connect?
Calling all members from the Legal profession!
One of our members is seeking other members that are part of or considering joining Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL). They are particularly interested in exchanging ideas about that initiative with lawyers who are SVUK members.
Are you based in Gloucestershire?
A new Social Enterprise in Gloucestershire, The Meeting Ground, are wanting to connect with professionals and organisations working in or on Social Value in the area. Get in touch and we can put you in contact!
If you have any future opportunities you'd like to share with our network, send them in to info@socialvalueuk.org.
- On May 20th The Social Audit Network welcomes its members, partner orgs and those interested in sharing learning and good practice around measuring the impact of wellbeing to their Wellbeing & Social Reporting gathering (in person, in Liverpool).
- Hear from our members, The Social Investment Consultancy, about their experience assisting OVO Foundation in their 'Impact Management' journey - Organisation-level SROI analysis: our learnings and reflections
- Following the Supply Change Social Procurement Festival, our Operations Director (Catherine Manning) shared her thought's in an article for Pioneers Post. Read in full.
- An alarming headline in The Telegraph 'Jacob Rees-Mogg to reduce government focus on ethical contracts'. We're shaping a response and calling for input! Moving away from social value and ethics in procurement is not in line with achieving Net Zero or Levelling Up, and will not be good for our communities!
- Social Value Strategic Workshop for Members April 26th @ 9:00am - 11:30am As part of your SVUK membership, all organisation members are invited to join a Social Value Strategic Workshop. These workshops aim to demystify social value and the landscape of tools and approaches available.
Organisational Members ONLY
- A decade of ‘Inspiring Impact’, what’s next? Wednesday 27th April @ 1:30pm - 3:10pm After a decade of supporting voluntary orgs to improve their impact practice, Inspiring Impact is coming to a close. SVUK will be convening a listening event on April 27th, so that we can hear directly from VCSE sector orgs about their wants & needs in relation to impact management.
- Assurance Coffee Morning & Questions Thursday 28th April @ 11:30am - 12:30pm If you are in the process of applying for Assurance/Accreditation with SVUK, or just want to learn more about it - get some answers to your questions at our drop in session on 28th April!
- Introduction to Social Value UK Friday 29th April @ 11:00am - 11:45am If you've been debating SVUK membership, then this is the session for you! Drop in to meet with our Membership manager and learn a little bit more about us & how we can help you!
- Member Coffee Morning Thursday 12th May @ 10:30am - 11:30am Our Member Coffee mornings have proven to be a hit so far. Make sure to join us on May 12th for the opportunity to meet with other like minded individuals and discuss the opportunities and challenges you face in your social value journeys.
At the end of our Newsletters, we always like to highlight some positive news for our readers:
This month we are delighted to announce that The Moses Project, Fusion21 and Sirio have all joined SVUK as Social Value Pioneers.
Ahead of their joining we spoke to them about their social value journey - make sure to check out their announcement blogs for more info!
As always, if you have any Q's for our team or want to share your news with us, we are just an email away - info@socialvalueuk.org!
Best wishes,
The Social Value UK Team
