The Power of Partnerships - When Social Value Moves Beyond the Spreadsheet

As housing associations and their supply chains face increasing expectations to deliver meaningful social value, partnerships are no longer optional - they are essential.

This session explores how to move beyond reporting frameworks and proxy-based measurement towards actively delivering impact through smarter, more structured collaboration. Drawing on real examples from across Wales, we will demonstrate how housing providers and contractors can effectively connect with local communities, VCSEs, and tenant-led initiatives - while also engaging their own supply chains in delivering social value.

The session will also show how organisations can reduce time and cost spent on manual partnership management and fragmented impact reporting, replacing it with a more efficient, evidence-based approach.

Tiia Sammallahti, CEO of whatimpact - National Social Value Marketplace®, will lead the session.