Public Sector
Councils, NHS health boards, housing associations and other public bodies
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The National Social Value Marketplace®
The UK’s only open-access social value management system, built for everyone involved in procurement-related social value.
One system for social value delivery, grant making and volunteering, bringing money, products, services and volunteers to VCSEs and schools.
Private Sector
Businesses bidding for and delivering government contracts
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Charities, social enterprises, community groups and schools
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One system for every sector. Social value works best when everyone works together.
Public Sector
Facilitate, monitor and evidence social value across your contracts and suppliers.
Public Sector pagePrivate Sector
Find your local social value delivery partners, plan your bids, and deliver and report your commitments.
Private Sector pageVCSEs and schools
Join free, request resources and report your impact to supporters.
VCSE pageOur power is data
The most comprehensive VCSE and school data on the market
- VCSE profiles
- 300,000+
- School profiles
- 20,000+
- Local authorities
- 371
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Interactive map
300,000+ VCSEs and 20,000+ schools, on one map.
The interactive map shows VCSE and school profiles by location, for precise, hyper-local matching. See who is working in the communities where your contracts are delivered, and connect with them directly.
- Profiles plotted across all 371 local authorities
- Find partners close to your contract or site
- Open any profile straight from the map
Impact reporting for all social value. Partnerships and direct commitments, in one view.
Reported by the VCSE or school
Partnership reporting
The VCSE or school that delivered the activity completes a standardised Social Impact Report (SIR).
Reported by the supplier
Direct commitments
Suppliers self-assess their own employment and skills, environmental and supply chain activity.
One view
Both reported by contract number
Contract
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And mapped to the frameworks you already score and report against:
Modules
One system, more resources.
Core module
National Social Value Marketplace®
Find local VCSE and school delivery partners, and manage requirements, partnerships and impact reporting in one place.
Learn moreGrant Management
Promote, evaluate, award and report on grant programmes, for Public Sector, Private Sector and third sector grant makers.
Learn moreVolunteering Hub
Publish opportunities, record hours by contract and evidence impact, for organisations and their suppliers.
Learn moreImpact Hub
Track commitments against delivery, monitor social value performance and review the evidence across contracts.
Learn moreConsultancy Services
Specialist support with social value strategy, bidding, partnerships, delivery and impact reporting.
Learn moreAbout whatimpact
Robust technology, built around relationships.
whatimpact is a social impact technology company. Behind the technology is a team focused on relationships, engagement and support.
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2017
The technology
whatimpact starts building its social impact technology.
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2018
The marketplace opens
Connecting businesses with charities, social enterprises and schools.
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2021
Social value in procurement
Supporting social value delivery in Public Sector contracts, plus CSR and volunteering programmes.
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2025
Open access
The National Social Value Marketplace® opens to all, with 300,000+ VCSEs mapped across the UK.
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Today
Approved government supplier
On G-Cloud 15 and the FAADS DPS (RM6322), and Wales’ national social value marketplace.
We deliver social value.
Our social value work.
Capacity building
We created two capacity-building concepts for VCSEs and schools, the VCSE Summit and the VCSE Value Forum, and run regular webinars.
Thought leadership
We speak at live events and join panels, from procurement exhibitions to roundtables on social value.
Mentoring
A mentoring partner of the Young Professionals in Social Value programme since it began.
Placements and internships
Building a new workforce pipeline of young talent into the social value industry.
Research and education
Guides, white papers and reports on social value and partnerships.
Collaboration
Partnerships with infrastructure and umbrella bodies, social value calculators, deprivation data products and procurement platforms.
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Ready to see it in action?
Public Sector bodies and suppliers can book a demonstration. VCSEs and schools can join free today.