Auticon is a social enterprise, so it's very much a case of our social mission driving everything we do. Our social mission really is focused on two things. The first thing is creating employment opportunities for autistic adults, and the second part is much more broad - creating awareness and education around neurodiversity as a whole. We work by recruiting and training people with autism to become IT consultants.

Nicola is a Social Impact and Evaluation specialist and is one of only a handful of accredited Social Value & SROI trainers in the UK.  

Here, she talks us through what social value means, unpacks the language used around social value and takes us into a deeper understanding of theory of change and logic models.

In 5 Minutes with Rachel Stancliffe, we find out how sustainable healthcare combines environmental stewardship, financial prudence, and wellbeing in medicine. She highlights healthcare's carbon impact, particularly in pharmaceuticals and equipment, and emphasises strategies like prevention and low-carbon solutions. The blog also covers the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's role in educating professionals and patients for systemic transformation.

Kate is our new Social Value Consultant at Samtaler, and we are delighted to have her onboard. Kate shares what brought her to Samtaler and what she wants to achieve in the next 12 months, professionally and personally.

Explore Flexi Job Apprenticeships: offering learners diverse, short-term company placements and employers access to new talent pools for 12-14 months. These cost-effective, agency-supported programmes promote workforce diversity and align with industry-standard costs.

Discover why the MoD's Social Value Centre of Expertise is pivotal in defence. It transcends box-ticking, integrating social value in procurement for UK society and defence. Focusing on social mobility, veteran support, and climate impact, it seeks meaningful supplier engagement and tangible outcomes in defence contracts.

This Social Value Conversation is with Susan McPherson, CEO and Founder of McPherson Strategies, and Author of ‘The Lost Art of Connecting’. We discuss the ESG and social impact landscape in the US, being a B-Corp, and we explore Susan’s ‘Gather, Ask, Do’ methodology, and how it can be applied to create meaningful connections and positive stakeholder engagement.

As social value is becoming increasingly significant in both the procurement of and delivery of public services, we are increasingly seeing the public sector ask their prospective suppliers to show evidence of their Social Value Policy. In this article, we give you guidance on how to structure your policy and what to consider to ensure your policy is robust.

Discover Unseen, a charity combating modern slavery through victim support, collaboration, education, advocacy, and research. Join their Business Hub for tools and community engagement to fight slavery. Reach out to Unseen for comprehensive support and make a difference in this crucial battle.

We met with Lucy Mann, from Unseen to discuss modern slavery. Read to find out about the forms that modern slavery can take, why it’s important for your organisation to be aware of modern slavery risks, and how Unseen can support your business to tackle slavery and become a leader in preventing worker exploitation

We met with Founder of Recruit for Spouses, Heledd, to find out more about the B-Corp certified social enterprise RFS and how they work to support the partners of serving members of the UK Armed Forces, their unique barriers to employment, and how organisations can engage with RFS to tap into a diverse and resilient talent pool.

Financial wellbeing is a critical aspect of overall wellbeing. More and more employers are becoming interested in financial wellbeing as a driver of productivity, employee engagement and employer differentiation in the marketplace.

Paul Fox, Regional Partnerships Manager at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), shares five actions that organisations can take to support their employee’s financial wellbeing, why it’s important to promote and support financial wellbeing, and how the MaPS can help.