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SUMMARY:Webinar -  Sustainable Procurement and Government Buying Standards: What's Changed and What It Means for Your Organisation
DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Procurement and Government Buying Standards: What’s Changed and What It Means for Your Organisation\n\nA one-hour working session for public sector procurement\, social value and sustainability leads from both public and private sectors. \n  \nwhatimpact and Ikonic Technology are hosting a focused\, content-led session covering resent developments that are reshaping how public sector organisations procure\, report\, and evidence value. \n  \nPart 1 — Maximising social value in procurement and grants (whatimpact CEO Tiia Sammallahti\, 10 min) \n  \nThree specific things procurement teams can do differently to get more measurable impact from social value commitments – Based on facilitating VCSE grant programmes and social value in procurement aligned with framework targets across the UK \n  \nPart 2 — Government Buying Standards: case example what’s changing for IT hardware procurement (Ikonic Technology\, 25 min) \n  \nDEFRA is updating the Government Buying Standards across procurement categories including IT hardware\, as part of the Greening Government Commitments and the UK Net Zero Strategy. This section covers: \n  \n\nWhat the updated GBS now requires\, and which organisations are directly mandated to comply — central government departments\, NHS trusts and ICSs\, local authorities\, multi-academy trusts\, and organisations procuring via CCS frameworks\nWhere enforcement is already happening and what non-compliance looks like in practice\nWhat this means for housing associations\, schools and indirectly affected organisations that need to stay competitive and fundable\nHow circular IT hardware procurement maps to Scope 3 emissions reporting and social value commitments\nWhat private sector suppliers need to do now to remain credible in public sector bids and contract delivery\n\nPart 3 — Social value platform landscape: what the UK market actually offers (Tiia Sammallahti\, 15 min) \n  \nAn honest comparison of the categories of social value technology available in the UK — what each type of platform does\, what it doesn’t do\, and how to evaluate which is appropriate for your procurement to scale and evidence requirements. \n  \nQ&A (10 min) \n  \n  \nWhat you’ll leave with \n  \nSpecific\, tested patterns for social value and grant criteria\, evaluation and reporting standards. \n  \nA working understanding of the updated Government Buying Standards and their practical implications for your organisation \n  \nA clearer framework for evaluating social value technology against your actual compliance and evidence requirements \n  \nA copy of the GBS briefing PDF to share with your team \n  \n  \nWho this is for \n  \nProcurement leads\, social value officers\, sustainability and ESG leads\, grant programme managers\, and community investment teams\, primarily from councils\, combined authorities\, NHS trusts\, housing associations and central government departments. Private sector organisations that supply into the public sector and need to understand what the updated standards require of them are equally welcome. \n  \n  \nAbout the partners \n  \nwhatimpact operates the National Social Value Marketplace®\, providing the system of record and governance infrastructure for social value compliance across UK public sector procurement and grant programmes. \n  \nIkonic Technology is a sustainable IT distributor specialising in circular IT procurement — new\, as-new\, refurbished\, end-of-life and difficult-to-source hardware — working with public sector buyers and major resellers on GBS-aligned procurement. \n\nWed\, 20 May 2026 11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+00:00) Dublin\, Edinburgh\, Lisbon\, London\n  \nWe look forward to having you attend the event!
URL:https://whatimpact.com/event/webinar-sustainable-procurement-and-government-buying-standards-whats-changed-and-what-it-means-for-your-organisation/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Measuring Social Impact
DESCRIPTION:Overview\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to discover how to approach social impact within CSR and ESG strategies and social value within public sector procurement. \n\n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN ONLINE EVENT DELIVERED VIA ZOOM \nAbout the speaker \nwhatimpact is a UK-based social impact and social value platform\, supporting organisations across England and Wales to connect with VCSEs (charities\, community groups and social enterprises). Through the platform\, businesses can contribute through funding\, products\, services and skills\, while capturing structured evidence of outcomes and impact. We work extensively with SMEs and understand the practical realities of delivering impact alongside running a business – as an SME ourselves\, this is at the core of how we support our users. \nAbout the workshop \nWe’re delighted to invite TownSq members\, SMEs\, sole traders and social entrepreneurs to an upcoming webinar hosted in partnership between whatimpact and TownSq. \nThis session will introduce the whatimpact National Social Value Marketplace®. \nDuring the webinar\, we will walk through how organisations can approach both: \n\nSocial impact within CSR and ESG strategies\nSocial value within public sector procurement\n\nAs part of the Social Impact Challenge\, all registered attendees will receive free 2-month to whatimpact’s premium services starting 18th May. This will give you the opportunity to actively engage with thousands of VCSEs already on the platform\, many of whom are seeking support through products\, services and skills-based contributions. \nParticipants will be able to: \n\nMatch directly with VCSEs across England and Wales\nDeliver meaningful contributions aligned to their capacity and expertise\nGenerate unlimited impact reports demonstrating outcomes\, impact and compelling stories with evidence – operates as verification for any monetised social value measure\nBuild evidence to support both CSR/ESG reporting and public sector procurement requirements\nReceive practical support in using technology to manage partnerships and track delivery\nStrengthen positioning for government tenders and opportunities within sustainable supply chains with larger enterprises\n\nThis initiative is designed to make social impact delivery accessible\, structured and aligned to real opportunities for SMEs\, helping translate what you already do into measurable and recognised impact. \nWe would be very pleased to have you join us. \nBy registering to this webinar\, you claim the 2-month free access to the platform and support by whatimpact.com: https://whatimpact.com/private-sector/ \nFind whatimpact online \nFollow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/whatimpact/ \nFollow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whatimpact6894/videos \nAbout us \nTownSq Spaces is a certified B Corp with a reputation as a leader in helping entrepreneurs thrive – through a mix of in-person and online activities\, consistently delivering impactful results. \nWe operate a growing network of coworking spaces\, home to over 1\,000 members\, fostering thriving entrepreneurial communities across the UK. Head to TownSq.co.uk to find out more about what we do. \nNeed a hand? \nContact us on workshops@townsq.co.uk
URL:https://whatimpact.com/event/webinar-measuring-social-impact/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Procurex England: Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Our CEO Tiia Sammallahti is joining a panel to talk about something the sector needs to address directly: AI is only as useful as the data behind it. \n  \nThe presentation covers how standardised\, qualitative and quantitative impact data captured through real supplier-VCSE partnerships can be used by AI to understand what is genuinely happening on the ground. \n  \nThe session also addresses how AI and VCSE data can support understanding local need moving beyond deprivation indices that are often years out of date and tell you very little on their own. The connectivity of deprived areas and the structural reasons behind them are important. \n  \nTiia will be joined on the panel by: \nJane Lynch — Director\, Centre of Public Value Procurement\, Cardiff Business School \nDavid Kershaw — Founder & Managing Director\, Posterity Global \nAmardeep Gill — National Head of Public Sector\, Trowers & Hamlins \n  \nFull programme and session details: https://www.procurexengland.co.uk/event-programme/#tech-zone \n  \nIf you’d like to arrange a private meeting with us at the event\, get in touch directly: partnerships@whatimpact.com
URL:https://whatimpact.com/event/procurex-england-liverpool/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Power of Partnerships - When Social Value Moves Beyond the Spreadsheet
DESCRIPTION:https://chcymru.org.uk/events-training/spotlight-sessions/the-power-of-partnerships-when-social-value-moves-beyond-the-spreadsheet \nAs housing associations and their supply chains face increasing expectations to deliver meaningful social value\, partnerships are no longer optional – they are essential. \nThis session explores how to move beyond reporting frameworks and proxy-based measurement towards actively delivering impact through smarter\, more structured collaboration. Drawing on real examples from across Wales\, we will demonstrate how housing providers and contractors can effectively connect with local communities\, VCSEs\, and tenant-led initiatives – while also engaging their own supply chains in delivering social value. \nThe session will also show how organisations can reduce time and cost spent on manual partnership management and fragmented impact reporting\, replacing it with a more efficient\, evidence-based approach. \n  \nTiia Sammallahti\, CEO of whatimpact – National Social Value Marketplace®\, will lead the session.
URL:https://whatimpact.com/event/webinar-the-power-of-partnerships-when-social-value-moves-beyond-the-spreadsheet/
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SUMMARY:Community Housing Cymru Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Senedd Election will set a new horizon for Wales\, and as a sector we will be standing at the threshold of a defining chapter. \nWe have a key part to play in ending the housing crisis\, but we can’t do it alone. Our true strength lies in the power of “we”. \nOur ambition is clear: more homes\, better homes and fairer places. But we know the next four years will demand commitment\, collaboration and resilience as we move from high-level vision to practical action. \nAt this year’s One Big conference\, we will celebrate the powerful partnerships that already exist across the sector and explore the opportunities that radical collaboration and deep-rooted partnerships create to ensure that our shared legacy is a Wales where there are homes for every future. \n\n\nDraft programme\nDAY 1 – Thursday 2 July \n8.45am Registration\, networking and exhibition viewing \n9.40am Introduction to Day One – Chair’s Welcome \n9.50am Keynote | A New Mandate for Wales: The post election landscape \n10.20am Panel: The delivery blueprint \n11am Coffee Break/Exhibition Viewing/Networking \n12pm Workshops \n1) Unlocking the gap \n2) Warm homes\, shared goals \n3) Making health partnerships work \n4) Resident-led asset intelligence \n12.45pm Lunch/Networking/Exhibition Viewing \n13.55pm Keynote | The Great Connector: Housing as the Foundation for a Healthier Wales \n14.35pm Workshops \n1) Tackling barriers to build more homes: where next? \n2) Caredig’s Journey to Embed Kindness \n3) TBC \n4) TBC \n15.20pm Coffee Break/Exhibition Viewing/Networking \n15.50pm Panel | Good homes for all: what will it really take? \n16.20pm Close of Day 1 – Chair’s reflections \n17.00pm Drinks reception \n19.00pm Dinner \n20.30pm Evening entertainment
URL:https://whatimpact.com/event/community-housing-cymru-conference/
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