Social Value
With the rising importance of Social Value in the world of bids and proposals, the APMP UK Social Value Group is here to help members get to grips with the subject. The Group includes 12 Social Value enthusiasts who are committed to helping you across all stages of the procurement and contract lifecycle:
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Beyond the Tick Box: Seeking Genuine Social Value Maturity
Based on output from our Social Value Roadshow on 18th September 2025, this blog shares thoughts on the meaning and manifestation of social value maturity.
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Beyond the Tick Box: Seeking Genuine Social Value Maturity
Based on output from our Social Value Roadshow on 18th September 2025, this blog shares thoughts on the meaning and manifestation of social value maturity.
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Driving Social Value through meaningful partnerships with the VCSE Sector
The APMP UK Social Value Committee recently hosted a thought-provoking webinar exploring how businesses can partner more effectively with the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector to deliver meaningful social value through bidding and delivery.
Read moreFinding the Right Fit: My Journey Exploring Social Value Measurement Tools
As part of a commitment to deliver meaningful social value across an entire business, Charlotte Hobster undertook a comprehensive market review of social value measurement tools (SVMTs). Read her blog to see how she got on...
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TBO24 Revisited: Social Value Past, Present and Future
The APMP UK Social Value Group revisits its session at the annual conference, including the in-session feedback.
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Apprenticeships as Social Value for Public Sector Suppliers
Our latest blog is a guest article from apprenticeship and training provider, JGA Group. They explain some creative ways in which apprenticeships can be used to contribute to your social value commitments.
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The struggle to manage work when you're a carer
Founder and CEO of Myfolks, Louise Thompson, shares her story in this powerful blog, which highlights the often hidden problem of managing caring responsibilities whilst working and running a home.
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Redefining Social Value
We're probably all considering whether the commitment to social value will change now we have a new Labour government. Niel Kirk shares his opinion in our latest blog....
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Putting the 'Local' into Social Value
Our blog this month is written by social value practitioners Ben Tucker and Emma Bell from QinetiQ. Their article offers great insights into how to conduct research so you can prepare a tailored and localised response to tender questions.
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Capturing Social Value
Explore the wisdom of building social value into your sales campaigns before the formal procurement phase begins.
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9 top tips for writing a good Social Value bid response
Our guest blog this month is written by Lorraine O’Donovan of SLR Consulting. Lorraine’s ‘9 Top Tips’ complement our newly-published ‘How To’ guides, which you can find in the APMP Resource Library.
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Social Value: Employing prison leavers and ex-offenders.
An important aspect of the Government’s agenda on social value, is to provide work for those who face barriers to employment and they specifically state prison leavers as a target group.
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Social Value by Design
A simple concept to help embed Social Value into the hearts and minds of everyone involved in growing the economy.
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Policies that deliver social value: Domestic Abuse and the Workplace
Let’s take a closer look at how a domestic abuse policy can contribute to tackling inequality, provide equal opportunities, and improve employee wellbeing.
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How we became better at delivering Social Value
This article focuses on the tips we used to help our teams get more comfortable planning, delivering and recording Social Value on our construction projects.
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A Disadvantage of Social Value – An International Business Lens
While Social Value is recognised as a meaningful mechanism to ensure that Government contracting delivers benefit to local communities and important agendas, there is a disadvantage.
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Social Value: The Bidders’ Perspective
It’s just over a year since we formed the APMP UK Social Value Group. We set out to help members understand social value, improve how we approach social value in bids and have meaningful social value conversations with employers and client
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Social Value Strategy - The Need for a Functional Approach
Georgina Wilson Ayilara asks "What functions contribute the most to the roll-out of an effective social value strategy?"
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Social Value - 10 Top Tips
Georgina Wilson Ayilara shares her top 10 tips for capture and bids teams to consider when responding to Social Value in procurements.
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Social Value - A Professional Services Perspective
Jillian Lilico shares her views on how services companies (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations) can create a Social Value offer for tenders and, more desirably, create a long-term
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The Rise of Social Value
Sarah Hinchliffe explores the growing importance of Social Value in public sector tendering.
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How to Win Work Through Social Value and Strategic Partnership
Once upon a time, doing good in the world and doing well in business were mutually exclusive goals. However, today, this is no longer the mindset. In the U.K.
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