Social Value Consultancy & Support
Consultancy services helping you win tenders, audit, measure and report on your social impact.
Cyd Innovation specialise in creating measurable outcomes that extend beyond financial return. By embedding social impact into every stage of project delivery, we ensure that value is felt where it matters most. We unlock social, economic, and environmental value that makes a real and lasting difference.
Our Social Value Services
Social Value Assessments
Understand what matters most to local people so that projects, services, or funding can deliver real value where it’s needed most.
Tender Support
Embed meaningful Social Value strategy into their bids, turning good intentions into clear, measurable commitments that win contracts and deliver real-world impact.
Social Value Auditing
We help you move beyond vague claims to clear evidence, using trusted Social Value frameworks, impact reporting tools, and Social Return on Investment (SROI) calculations.
Social Value Delivery
Providing the expertise, community partnerships, and hands-on support needed to deliver measurable Social Value that makes a real difference to people and places.
Why Choose Cyd Innovation
Tailored Support Across Project Lifecycles
From bid writing and strategy development to delivery and reporting, Cyd Innovation offers end-to-end consultancy. A flexible approach means we can plug into your project at any stage, ensuring social value is embedded.
Proven Impact Across Sectors
With experience supporting local authorities, housing providers, and developers, Cyd Innovation has a track record of delivering real-world impact. Our work spans volunteering programmes, green job creation, and community wellbeing initiatives.
Expertise in Turning Policy into Practice
Our expertise helps our clients to not only comply with social value requirements, but identify the most useful frameworks for them (e.g., using the social value model, TOMs, theories of change, impact pathways, etc.), and equips them with the tools and resources to deliver industry leading social value delivery, measurement and reporting.
Take The FREE Social Value Maturity Test
Find Out How Your Social Value Ranks
Assess how well your organization integrates social value principles into its practices to understand your current approach. Find out how to improve certain areas, and track progress with Cyd Innovation.
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- Social Value initiative scoring index
What To Expect…
Unlock Your Social Value Potential
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Why Social Value Initiatives Should Matter To You
Legal Requirements To Embed Social Value
If you’re delivering housing projects, retrofit work or managing public assets, Social Value isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a requirement.
In England, the new Procurement Act 2023 further strengthens these obligations, aligning them with principles outlined in the National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS). This reflects a growing demand for transparent, values-led commissioning.
Public sector organisations (like councils and social landlords) now have a duty to consider Social Value Management in everything they buy or build. This means it’s no longer enough to deliver a project on time and on budget. It must also deliver on impact.
Key Considerations For Organisations:
When contracts are awarded for housing upgrades, energy efficiency works, or new developments, buyers must consider:
What difference will this project make for local people?
Will it create jobs or apprenticeships?
Will it support local businesses?
Will it reduce carbon emissions or protect the environment?
Will it improve health, wellbeing, or skills in the community?
