Demonstrating return beyond outputs
Funders and central government increasingly want outcomes and social returns, not just participant numbers or job placements. Building a credible evidence base is time-consuming without the right tools.
Who We Help
Social Value for Economic Development
Prove the full return on your investment in people and places.
Local authorities, LEPs, combined authorities, and growth hubs invest millions in skills, regeneration, and enterprise support. The Social Value Engine gives you the credible, accredited measurement framework to show what that investment is really worth, in terms commissioners, funders, and communities understand.
The challenge
What organisations in your sector face
Comparing diverse programmes
Economic development portfolios span skills, enterprise, inward investment, and regeneration. Comparing social return across all of them using a consistent methodology is rarely straightforward.
Satisfying Local Growth Fund and Pride in Place requirements
Local Growth Fund, Pride in Place, and other devolved programmes increasingly require social value evidence at bid stage and in reporting. Getting this right first time matters.
How SVE helps
Built for how you work
SROI across your whole portfolio
Run forecast and evaluative SROI analyses for every programme, with consistent methodology. Compare SROI ratios across your economic development portfolio at a glance.
Evidence for funders and boards
Produce publication-ready SROI reports with full calculation transparency. Give funders, elected members, and scrutiny panels the rigorous evidence they need.
Framework alignment built in
Map outcomes automatically to UN Sustainable Development Goals and National and Regional Frameworks, so reporting across multiple frameworks is handled in one place.
Common use cases
What organisations like yours measure
- Measuring SROI of adult skills and employment support programmes
- Evaluating social return from business start-up and growth programmes
- Proving value of regeneration and place-based investment
- Reporting social value for Local Growth Fund
- Demonstrating outcomes for Pride in Place and successor programmes
- Social value evidence for Combined Authority devolution deals
- Measuring community benefit from inward investment initiatives
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The Social Value Engine has transformed how we evidence the difference we make to communities across East Riding. It gives us the rigour we need to stand behind our numbers.
Case studies
See it in practice
Knowledge Hub
Guides and resources for your sector
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