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Social Value Training

Client: Social Care Organisation
Sector: Social Care | Social Value | Governance & Compliance

The Challenge

Our client, a social care provider operating across multiple communities, recognised that strong social value governance was essential, both for meaningful impact and for improving their competitiveness in public‑sector tenders.

However, they were starting completely from scratch. They needed support to:

  • Understand what credible social value delivery looks like

  • Build internal governance structures

  • Develop documentation, processes, and role clarity

  • Maximise future social value scoring in bids

They turned to us to help them lay the foundations of a professional, strategic, and authentic social value framework.

Our Approach

We provided end‑to‑end development of their social value system, ensuring it aligned with national standards, client expectations, and meaningful community outcomes.

Our support included:

  • Policy Creation: Drafting a comprehensive Social Value Policy aligned with best practice and the areas they serve.

  • Social Value Plan: Developing a clear, actionable, and measurable plan with defined activities, KPIs, and governance structures.

  • Governance Framework: Establishing a Social Value Committee, including meeting structures, reporting expectations, and decision‑making flows.

  • Role Development: Writing a complete Social Value Lead job description, outlining responsibilities, expectations, and required competencies.

  • Training & Upskilling: Delivering training on:

    • Social value best practices

    • Evidence creation and tracking

    • Community impact

    • Potential schemes and initiatives tailored to health and social care

    • How to embed meaningful, realistic commitments rather than token gestures

Throughout the process, we combined strategic insight with practical tools, making it easy for the organisation to adopt, implement, and sustain the new system.

The Outcome

The transformation was immediate and measurable:

  • Robust governance in place, enabling consistent decision‑making and accountability

  • Higher social value scores in bids, helping them become more competitive across tenders

  • Meaningful community impact, with initiatives that genuinely benefit local people

  • A confident organisation with the structures, knowledge, and clarity needed to deliver social value with purpose, not box‑ticking

This case demonstrates how building strong social value foundations doesn’t just improve bid outcomes, it improves real‑world outcomes too.

Why This Matters

Social value is a core determinant of success in public‑sector procurement. Organisations that fail to demonstrate structured, measurable, and genuine social value risk losing out, regardless of service quality.

At BidVantage, we help organisations:

  • Build social value systems from the ground up

  • Strengthen existing governance

  • Train teams on best practice

  • Turn social value into a genuine competitive advantage

Whether for tendering, impact reporting, or organisational development, our support ensures that your social value offering is credible, compliant, and compelling.