Let's Talk Social Value

If you want to know what’s happening in social value and understand what good looks like, Then this podcast is for you. It can be hard to keep up to date with the amount of information; it is also time-consuming to read more and more content. Join Sarah Stone, Founder and Director of Samtaler, a social value agency based in the UK. Sarah is a renowned social value expert and works with complex organisations to deliver social value training and consultancy support. Each month we will bring you a host of experts from the private, public and third sectors, all doing amazing things to create social value. We will hear about their work and explore a range of topics from; public sector procurement and supply chain diversity to impact measurement. So join us and learn what social value is and how to create it.

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Peter Coy - MoD

January 26, 2024 • Samtaler • Season 3 • Episode 1

In this episode, Sarah interviews Peter Coy, Social Value Implementation Lead at the Ministry of Defence.

Tune in to learn about the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) commitment to social value through its dedicated Social Value Centre of Expertise. Uncover the broader scope of social value, spanning areas like social mobility, veteran support, and environmental impact, as the MoD operates beyond a checkbox approach. Understand the MoD’s strategic shift to a value-driven approach to defence procurement, and learn how the MoD engages with suppliers, encouraging them to align with policy outcomes. And gain insight into how social value factors into contract evaluation.

Resource: Doing Business with Defence

We hope you enjoy this episode. If you have a topic you'd like us to discuss or you would like to be considered as a guest please get in touch at hello@samtaler.co.uk.