Social value
As a housing provider investing in homes across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, we have a significant opportunity to create social value: more jobs, stronger local economies, healthier residents, vibrant communities and support an environmentally sustainable future.
Social value is the value that stakeholders experience through changes in their lives, the benefits to society which are generated from particular activities.
Social value priorities
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES
Action are committed to delivering social value across our services and within the communities where we work. Our social value priorities are:
- Accommodation
Provision of good quality affordable accommodation.
- Support
Supporting our customers across five key outcomes: digital inclusion, financial inclusion, health and wellbeing, addressing offending behaviour and tenancy sustainability.
- Local business and economy
Procuring goods and services locally where possible.
- Community engagement
Carrying out activities that deliver benefits to local communities.
- Environment
Promoting sustainable and ethical procurement. Using resources efficiently to reduce waste and maximise value.


Monitoring
Monitoring our commitments
In order to ensure Action are consistently delivering social value, we will:
- Track the social value commitments made by our contractors to ensure delivery
- Measure how much of a difference we are making to our customers lives
- Actively ask our customers how we are doing against our commitments
- Produce an annual Social Value report to celebrate and share our achievements
Communication
Communicating our value
We will communicate our social value policy to our employees, suppliers, partners, and relevant interested parties and review it on an annual basis.
