Social Value
Corporate Social Value programmes and contract (bid) commitments are effective models of business citizenship that put your business assets to work as a force for good. Depending on the nature of your firm, you can set up projects, volunteering and donations for:
Better community health equality, safety and wellbeing
Promotion of local skills and employment
Protecting and improving local environment and spaces
Promoting neighbourhood social innovation
(e.g a new Day Centre, literacy or running club)
Step Up MCR is the North Manchester place-based charity with extensive local stakeholder intelligence to grow neighbourhoods and communities in Ancoats & Beswick and Claytomn & Openshaw; a hotspot for economic investment. Since 2019, we have been supporting residents to get the wheels turning on brilliant ideas, generating a bank of North Manchester community projects to tap into. Take a look at our latest impact report.
We’ll work with your business to secure more Manchester contracts and to shape your company Social Value activities to save you time and deliver cost effective Social Value initiatives that align with GM-wide priorities.
Is this a free service?
No, we’re a small charity and we need to cover our core costs to provide this in-demand service. Rest assured, our social value consultancy support fees are put back into the charity to keep us open for the people of North Manchester. By choosing to work with Step Up MCR you are:
Increasing your local supply chain spend with a VCSE
Connecting and promoting your business to people and communities
Contributing to improving some of Manchester’s most deprived areas.
What happens next?
Get in touch with us at hello@stepupmanchester.com
Tell us what you need, such as support for a planning application or bid stage, or to make a meaningful difference to your Social Value existing plans.
