This document summarizes a presentation about making the most of social value. It provides information about the event location and logistics. The main outcomes of the event are to better understand how social value is viewed by public sector commissioners, how to show social objectives are being delivered, and networking opportunities. It also provides information about the Cumbria Growth Hub and Cumbria Social Enterprise Growth Network which support social enterprises. A key part of the presentation focuses on social value, explaining what it is, how it is now a legal part of commissioning, and the benefits social enterprises can gain from demonstrating their social and environmental impacts through measuring social value.

1. Making the Most of Social Value
Kendal
Daniel Heery, Cumbria Social
Enterprise Growth Hub

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Slides
www.slideshare.net/daniel.heery/presentations
• Twitter #socialvaluecumbria

3. Programme

4. Outcomes
• A better understanding about social value and
how it is viewed by public sector commissioners.
• How to show you are delivering you social
objectives.
• Find out how other local social enterprises are
getting to grips with measuring their impacts and
social value.
• Network and find out what other social
enterprises are up to around the County.

5. Cumbria Growth hub
• Cumbria Business Growth Hub aims to help
your business unleash its potential with free
business support for growth.
• A focal point for businesses looking to
increase their competitiveness and grow.
• Other Hub stuff – venues around the
County, specialist Hubs for Digital and
Media, Agriculture, Adventure Sports etc.
• www.cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk

7. About Cumbria Social Enterprise
Growth Network
• We offer a choice of business advice (2 days) specialist
support for social enterprises aiming to grow
• 4 Training and networking events – Launch of Alston
Moor Social Enterprise Town, Social Value, ? X 2
• CSEP Conference – 28th April, Kirkgate Centre
Cockermouth,
• Covers FC United, Baywind, investment readiness for
new EU funding, social enterprise awards.
• Supported by CCC, DEFRA, ERDF.
• Delivered by Cybermoor on behalf of CSEP.
• www.socialenterpriseincumbria.org

8. Social Value
• Social value has been defined as “‘the
additional benefit to the community from a
commissioning/procurement process over and
above the direct purchasing of goods, services
and outcomes”.
• Now public bodies are taking social value into
account, social enterprises can gain a
competitive advantage from their social and
environmental impacts.

9. 5 things to know about Social Value
• Social value is now a legal part of commissioning, by ensuring that
authorities consider the wider social, economic and environmental
benefit that they can achieve when buying services.
• Social Value came into law on the 1/1/13 so has been running for
13 months
• Councils can choose suppliers that provide social benefits, even if
they are not the cheapest.
• Social enterprises can benefit from the social value act as they
create social and environmental benefits, during their day to day
operations. Socially minded conventional businesses can benefit as
well.
• Social value needs to be measured and demonstrated – its
important to specify what the social value will be e.g. creating X
employment opportunities for long-term unemployed or disabled
people.

11. Measuring Social Value
• Social Enterprise Mark – toolkit includes a SV
statement and CSR certificate development.
• What do you measure?
• How do you measure?
• How is this communicated (annual
reports, bids, to stakeholders?)
• Benefits or disadvantages?
• Developing social value.