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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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Let's Talk Social Value

Angela Benson & Sarah Hinchliffe , Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)

May 07, 2025 • Samtaler • Season 4 • Episode 6

In this episode of Let's Talk Social Value, Sarah interviews Angela Benson and Sarah Hinchliffe from the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP). Sarah Hinchliffe, founder and Chair of the APMP UK Social Value Working Group, and Angela Benson, a board member and global head of bid management, share their insights into how bid professionals are shaping the future of social value in procurement.

Listen in to hear their take on what buyers are really looking for, how the public and private sectors are evolving, and why a bolted-on approach to social value just doesn’t cut it anymore. Whether you're writing your first social value response or refining a mature strategy, this episode offers real-world tactics, honest reflections, and plenty of professional wisdom.

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.