Ep. 3 The Power of Good: The power of measuring social value

In our third episode, our experts explore how to measure social value and why this is key to influencing policy and opinion to positively impact lives.

Date Thursday, 25 January 2024

The Power of Good, our new podcast series explores social value in its many forms - how it's created, why it's important and the sheer power of giving back to our communities and our planet.

Hosted by Legal Director, Anna Phillips & Senior Associate, Marina Leigh, this podcast is for anyone who is interested in the impact positive actions can have on the world around us and the people within it. Through discussing pivotal issues and listening to heart-warming stories, our new series highlights how the power of good should always be valued.  

What's in this episode?

In our third episode of the series, our experts discuss how to measure social value and why this is key to influencing policy and opinion to positively impact lives.

Anna & Marina are joined by Partner, Patrick Howarth and Matthew McKew, Advocacy Lead for Social Value UK to answer some key questions including:

  • Why social value is important and how added social value makes 'life worthwhile'?
  • How social value is measured?
  • How the quality of social value reports can be assured?
  • Why and how quality measurement of social value helps influence policy and opinion?
  • How this helps improve lives, experiences and makes our businesses and organisations more successful?
  • What free resources are available for local authorities to assist with the use of social value in procurement?

Podcast speakers

Guest Speaker


Advocacy Lead | Social Value UK

Useful resources

Access all previous episodes of our podcast via our dedicated The Power of Good podcast page.

Get in touch

We'd love to know what you thought of this podcast episode, as well as any of the other episodes in our series! We'd also really appreciate any ideas you had on future topics you'd like us to discuss. Please do reach out and we look forward to hearing from you!

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Ep. 3: The power of measuring social value