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Bar chart contrasting what businesses offer with what charities need

Reviewed July 2026

What a small charity actually needs from your business (it isn’t a cheque)

Businesses overwhelmingly offer money. Small charities overwhelmingly need something else. That mismatch came up in almost every evidence session I sat through as a Cost of Living Commissioner — and it is an opportunity, not a criticism.

A tender scoring bar with the social value segment highlighted, above a struck-through paragraph

Reviewed July 2026

Social value isn’t a paragraph you write at the end

Social value is typically weighted around 10% of the score in public sector tenders. Most SMEs lose those marks not through lack of community activity, but because nothing was recorded in a form an evaluator can score.

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What a small charity actually needs from your business (it isn’t a cheque)

Social value isn’t a paragraph you write at the end