Transform your social value delivery with whatimpact
Simplify Matching.
Maximise Impact.
The National Social Value Marketplace revolutionises collaboration between public sector suppliers and VCSEs for the benefit of local communities throughout the United Kingdom.
By partnering with us, Public Sector organisations, Housing Associations, and Procurement Agencies can provide their suppliers with open access to a hyper-local marketplace that connects them with locally relevant VCSEs. whatimpact is also used to allocate local VCSE grants.
The partnership between whatimpact and the public sector partners is a collaborative partnership agreement with no fees.
For enhanced functionality, suppliers can opt for premium features with low-cost monthly or annual subscription catering all types and sizes of organisation.
Benefits for our Public Sector Partners
• Access to a no-fee collaborative partnership agreement with whatimpact.
• Enable suppliers to meet social value objectives by matching with VCSEs that align with your goals.
Supplier Benefits
• Suppliers can access the whatimpact platform’s core features for free.
• For suppliers seeking enhanced functionality, Premium features are available at an affordable monthly or annual subscription, accommodating organisations of all types and sizes.
Why Work with whatimpact?
ALL UK VCSEs IN ONE PLACE
Suppliers get free access to the most comprehensive database of VCSE organisations and projects, with outcomes, and reach, using our interactive matchmaking tools.
Build tangible, locally relevant Social Value Plans
Suppliers are able to create locally relevant, contract specific social value plans that meet tender criteria.
Accessible for all government suppliers
From MSMEs to enterprises, our open access approach and flexible Premium features pricing models ensures equal opportunity for all suppliers to bid and manage social value.
No investment needed for VCSE directories
whatimpact’s nationwide system centralises matchmaking in one platform, at the same time providing hyper-local connectivity at no cost for the Public Sector organisations.
Get social value support, insight, training
In addition to a well-designed marketplace environment, whatimpact offers training, content and customer service for all users.
Join the market place that covers all England, Scotland, and Wales
Create your organisations landing page to promote your social value strategy for your suppliers and VCSEs relevant to your area.
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Social Value Marketplace
whatimpact works with your local CVS and community organisations to engage with VCSEs
Interactive Map & Search clearly identifies locally relevant VCSEs
Partnership social impact reporting validates delivery and outcomes
Our platform promotes money, in-kind and skills donations and volunteering offers in your area
whatimpact has a wide range of VCSE organisations profiles and projects aligned to various social value outcome targets. Suppliers simply share the criteria in partnership offers and receive partnership applications from suitable VCSE partners!
Collaborate with whatimpact to maximise your Social Value
As part of our collaboration partnership, Public Sector organisations, Housing Associations, and Procurement Agencies commit to actively promoting whatimpact.com to their suppliers, grant-makers and local VCSE’s.
By entering our promotional partnership, we work together to create a vibrant, dynamic marketplace that:
- Enhances social value within your procurement and contract processes.
- Delivers measurable benefits to your communities.
- Whilst whatimpact.com is accessible nationwide, our focused efforts in marketing, training, and platform population are dedicated to the public sector bodies and areas agreed in our promotional partnership.
- With expertise in fostering VCSE / company partnerships and managing a thriving marketplace since 2018, whatimpact is uniquely positioned to support your organisation in achieving your social value goals.
Social value professionals have long faced challenges in finding suitable VCSE partners during the bidding process, hindered by limited time, resources, and information.
This makes it difficult to address social value requirements effectively.
By using whatimpact the quality of social value plans simply improves!
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Social Impact Reporting (SIR)
Social Impact Reporting (SIR)
The platform empowers VCSEs to effectively report on the impact of their projects, ensuring transparency and accountability to supporters. These reports serve as proof for procurement reporting and any proxy values applied.
Alignment with international standards
The Social Impact Report aligns with widely recognized social value frameworks such as GOV SVM and TOMS. It also complies with the 8 Principles of Social Value set out by Social Value International.
Public sector access to social value data
The reports provide systematic data collection on inputs, outputs, and outcomes at the local level, along with case studies and testimonials, all bundled in a single, comprehensive package.
Supporter engagement
Each Social Impact Report submitted to supporters results in a £50 grant donation for the reporting VCSE, which can be used to fund future activities or cover operational costs.
whatimpact Product Family
whatimpact offers Public Sector organisations evaluation and impact monitoring dashboards connected to the National Social Value Marketplace through API.
whatimpact | grant
whatimpact’s marketplace simplifies the grant-matching process by connecting companies with relevant opportunities. The integrated dashboard allows grant committees to score applications and assess both qualitative and quantitative impacts, all in one place.
For more on Grant
whatimpact | cockpit
Cockpit is a smart, API-powered dashboard that enables social value managers to track regional and contract-specific performance in real-time. It consolidates KPIs, outcomes, and impacts from multiple contracts and regions into one central view.
For more on CockpitOur research shows that 50% of local VCSEs have no company supporters, but run impactful, locally relevant projects. READ MORE HERE.
They need a platform to present their work and interact with companies in an environment that supports communication, a matching process and empowers them to report and share their impact data.
Public Sector Partnerships
whatimpact’s National Social Value Marketplace enables public sector organisations and their procurement agencies to drive impactful VCSE engagement within specific regions and industry sectors on the whatimpact.com platform.
Our mission is to help suppliers bidding for tenders and managing contracts maximise social value, prioritising efficiency, seamless implementation, and meaningful community engagement at the grassroots level.
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