You promised social value. Now let's deliver it.

We take the commitments you already made - apprenticeships, placements, community hours, net zero, local spend- and hand you a plan you can actually run. Built on real Essex relationships and both sides of the procurement table.

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Constantly chasing opportunities. 
Gaps appearing in quarterly reports.
Falling behind schedule.

LSV can help you solve all of these issues

Three moves, in order.

Diagnose
Health Check & Gap Analysis
Design
Strategy & Programme Development
Mobilise
Embeding the Plan

A network built by delivering, not googling.

Every plan comes with the relationships to run it: colleges, providers, schools, charities and community groups, right across Essex.

FE college Colchester
Training provider Chelmsford
Youth charity Basildon
Secondary school Harlow
Community group Tendring
Employers' forum Braintree
FE college Colchester
Training provider Chelmsford
Youth charity Basildon
Secondary school Harlow
Community group Tendring
Employers' forum Braintree

Apprenticeships
Work placements
Community hours
Supply chain
Skills sessions
Mentoring
Apprenticeships
Work placements
Community hours
Supply chain
Skills sessions
Mentoring

Strong partnerships across Essex, earned through delivery and trust.

Procurement

Built on first-hand experience shaping SV outcomes and assessing high-value public procurements at Essex County Council.

A large indoor hall filled with people in formal attire attending a structured careers or networking event. In the foreground, a woman in a bright blue blouse speaks with a group of students in dark suits seated around a table, while many other groups hold similar conversations at red‑chaired tables throughout the room.

Schools and Colleges

Designed and delivered employer-led career programmes that prepared young people for work.

Adult Community Learning (ACL) outreach stand displaying apprenticeship and learning information. Promotional materials are arranged on a table between banners highlighting apprenticeships, skills development, wellbeing, family learning, and employment opportunities.

Apprenticeships & NVQs

Opened routes into work for untapped talent and developing skills from within the business.

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Workshops & Talks

Turned social value from a bid requirement into a business-wide approach embedding social value across teams, operations and culture.

A person stands indoors beside a tall promotional banner for Legacy Youth Zone. The banner shows young people wearing yellow masks on a staircase and includes text about the organisation’s mission. The background wall has green and white sections with signs such as “Fire exit,” “Smile! You’re on camera!” and “The Heart Beat Area.”

Community Impact

Turned business commitments into opportunities for local people and communities

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Wellbeing

Strengthened employee wellbeing while creating positive impact in local communities.

Most consultants know procurement. Others have done delivery. I've worked in all.

The Buyer's side

Evaluated social value proposals across high-value public sector tenders at Essex County Council.

The Supplier's side

Worked across Essex and South London with SMEs, large organisations and public sector partners, helping deliver contracts, strengthen communities and support business growth.

I founded Local Social Value to turn social value commitments into visible results for local people and places. I know where good intentions stall and how to turn them into practical action that communities can see and businesses can deliver.

Let's get the plan! - because activities without a strategy
is effort 
without impact 

Contact us

We'll review your commitments with you. 30 minutes. No slides. No sales pitch.

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