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Re-purposed IT equipment: an environmental initiative with add on social good, or a social initiative with added environmental good? It doesn’t really matter what the motivation*. Circular economy initiative or a desire to support local communities, re-purposing unwanted kit and gifting it to someone for whom it still has value is a brilliant idea. Laptops […]

Are small enterprises disadvantaged in Social Value? The jury is out on this one. In principle, absolutely not, but in practice it remains to be seen. Why might small enterprises be disadvantaged? Mainly around capacity. Generally speaking, larger businesses have greater flexibility in their overhead. This allows them to contract specialist Social Value support, enabling

There is much focus within Social Value methodology on young people. And it’s obvious why this is the case. Younger people have been disproportionately economically disadvantaged by Covid19. They are also the future of our workforce and as such it’s right that employability programmes positively discriminate to create the brightest futures for our young people.

“The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.”W Somerset Maugham Poverty is a grim, but fairly straightforward concept, isn’t it? Well, yes, but once you start thinking about how to define and measure the impact of initiatives to tackle it, it gets a whole lot more