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  • Charities can now apply for an award of up to £5,000 from the Matthew Good Foundation as Grants for Good fund increases by 50%
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    Charities can now apply for an award of up to £5,000 from the Matthew Good Foundation as Grants for Good fund increases by 50%

    ByPhilip Webb March 7, 2023

    Hull, UK: The Matthew Good Foundation has increased the amount it will award through its established Grants for Good programme from £10,000 a quarter to £15,000. All shortlisted charities will receive higher amounts, and the award for the winning recipient each quarter will go up from £3,500 to £5000.   The Matthew Good Foundation is…

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  • Social Value and Social Impact: Understanding the Differences
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    Social Value and Social Impact: Understanding the Differences

    ByPhilip Webb February 22, 2023

    Today, there is an increasing focus on the impact that businesses have on society and the environment. This has led to the development of two key concepts: social value and social impact. These two terms are often used interchangeably, but it’s important to understand the differences between them. Social value refers to the positive impact…

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  • There’s no accounting for Social Impact
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    There’s no accounting for Social Impact

    ByPhilip Webb September 20, 2022

    As the world turned its sights on Social Impact, demonstrated by businesses and companies in the last year or two, and the term ESG (Environmental Social Governance) became commonplace, businesses have started to build this into their new plans. Why?  Because Investors and lenders were demanding evidence of activity  Customers and consumers insisted…

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  • Company Events With A Strong Social Impact: Effective Team Building Through Charitable Giving
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    Company Events With A Strong Social Impact: Effective Team Building Through Charitable Giving

    ByPhilip Webb September 5, 2022

    Many companies organise charity events in order to give back to communities. As we’ve previously discussed, these events allow businesses to establish their social values while also boosting the physical and mental health of the volunteers. For that reason, many companies opt to package charity events as team building programmes for their employees. The sense…

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  • Social Impact or Social Unrest?
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    Social Impact or Social Unrest?

    ByPhilip Webb August 31, 2022

    I look around at the myriad of pressures on society this month, ranging from the ever-higher home energy costs, car fuel costs, rising food prices, interest rate increases, and the apparent widening of the divide between those who can afford to live through this period, and those who will need help, and probably need to…

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  • The Social Value Tsunami is on its way, are you ready?
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    The Social Value Tsunami is on its way, are you ready?

    ByPhilip Webb July 22, 2022

    With Social Value now becoming monetised, both in Government, Local Government and now in the business supply chains, what can we learn? The larger Enterprise businesses already report on their Social Value activities, both Environmental and Community focus, and provide written and published statements Like GDPR before it, Social Value will cascade down the supply…

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  • Like a baby, born with no teeth, the attributes of Social Value
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    Like a baby, born with no teeth, the attributes of Social Value

    ByPhilip Webb July 18, 2022

    Social Value was first described as CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and then ESG (Environmental Social Governance) and were a “nice to have” It provided companies with the framework to describe their actions that supported others, driven by good will, philanthropy, and a desire to expand both leader’s egos and marketing footprints Then came the Social…

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  • Peter Schriewersmann works alongside Investors In Community to raise funds for ambulances for Ukraine.
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    Peter Schriewersmann works alongside Investors In Community to raise funds for ambulances for Ukraine.

    ByPhilip Webb April 24, 2022

    Peter Schriewersmann, a partner in Hotel Anfield, launched his project on the Investors In Community platform to raise money for the purchase of a number of ambulances to gift to the Ukraine. The charitable giving platform, IIC, helps firms to find good causes that need help in their local area. As well as measure, record…

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  • ESG Pace Quickens – Can Charities Keep Up?
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    ESG Pace Quickens – Can Charities Keep Up?

    ByPhilip Webb April 4, 2022

    The principles of Environmental, Social, Governance is now becoming embedded within businesses who wish to have a future. Sustainable businesses, from the big corporates to the micro-companies, are now being driven by ESG/ Social Value positions, and the assessment and timeline for compliance is now unforgiving Supply chains are now adopting measures and insisting on…

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  • Is it Levelling up our Economy or our Society?
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    Is it Levelling up our Economy or our Society?

    ByPhilip Webb February 21, 2022

    Political leaders are currently pushing the message of “Levelling Up” our economy. For too long, they say, the divide between the South of England, and the rest of the UK has deteriorated and widened. Quite right too, that the distribution of infrastructure and government spending needs to be allotted fairly across the regions and the population However, I…

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