The Power of Good from Foot Anstey

The Power of Good from Foot Anstey

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  • Ep. 4 The Power of Good: Affordable housing and social value

    The Power of Good, our new podcast series explores social value in its many forms - how it's created, why it's important and the sheer power of giving back to our communities and our planet.

    Hosted by Legal Director, Anna Phillips & Senior Associate, Marina Leigh, this podcast is for anyone who is interested on the impact positive actions can have on the world around us and the people within it. Through discussing pivotal issues and listening to heart-warming stories, our new series will highlight how the power of good should always be valued.

     

    What's in this episode?

    In our fourth episode of the series, our experts discuss how housing associations can add social value, highlighting the work Abri, a large housing provider, are doing to improve lived experiences.

    Anna & Marina are joined by Legal Director, Lara Borrett-Lynch and Ben Earl, Head of Partnerships and Sustainability at Abri Group to answer some key questions including:

    • What projects are Abri involved in?
  • How are Abri putting sustainability first?
  • How do housing associations maintain a sustainability focus while balancing their available resources?
  • What are the benefits of retrofitting projects?
  • How are Abri working to protect biodiversity?
  • 24 min
  • Ep. 3 The Power of Good: The power of measuring social value

    The Power of Good, our new podcast series explores social value in its many forms - how it's created, why it's important and the sheer power of giving back to our communities and our planet.

    Hosted by Legal Director, Anna Phillips & Senior Associate, Marina Leigh, this podcast is for anyone who is interested on the impact positive actions can have on the world around us and the people within it. Through discussing pivotal issues and listening to heart-warming stories, our new series will highlight how the power of good should always be valued.

     

    What's in this episode?

    Anna & Marina are joined by Partner, Patrick Howarth and Matthew McKew, Advocacy Lead for Social Value UK to answer some key questions including:

    • Why social value is important and how added social value makes 'life worthwhile'?
  • How social value is measured?
  • How the quality of social value reports can be assured?
  • Why and how quality measurement of social value helps influence policy and opinion?
  • How this helps improve lives, experiences and makes our businesses and organisations more successful?
  • What free resources are available for local authorities to assist with the use of social value in procurement?
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    26 min
  • Ep. 2 The Power of Good: Social impact at Christmas with The Charity Shop Gift Card

    The Power of Good, our new podcast series explores social value in its many forms - how it's created, why it's important and the sheer power of giving back to our communities and our planet.

    Hosted by Legal Director, Anna Phillips & Senior Associate, Marina Leigh, this podcast is for anyone who is interested on the impact positive actions can have on the world around us and the people within it. Through discussing pivotal issues and listening to heart-warming stories, our new series will highlight how the power of good should always be valued.

     

    What's in this episode?

    In our second episode of the series, our experts discuss how charity gift cards can make an impactful difference to individual's lives and discuss how corporates and individuals can buy a socially and environmentally responsible Christmas gift as well as support the vulnerable at Christmas.

    Anna & Marina are joined by Partner & Head of Employment, Karen Bates and Sarah Cox, Co-Founder of Charity Shop Gift Card to discuss:

    • How and why the co-founders formed Charity Shop Gift Card and how the cards work.
  • Why the gift card is such a great socially responsible gift.
  • How the gift card can make a difference to lived experiences of individuals who find themselves in need.
  • How corporates and individuals can purchase and donate the gift card.
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    25 min
  • Ep. 1 The Power of Good: More than money – the social return on investment of charity shops

    The Power of Good, our new podcast series explores social value in its many forms - how it's created, why it's important and the sheer power of giving back to our communities and our planet.

    Hosted by Legal Director, Anna Phillips & Senior Associate, Marina Leigh, this podcast is for anyone who is interested on the impact positive actions can have on the world around us and the people within it. Through discussing pivotal issues and listening to heart-warming stories, our new series will highlight how the power of good should always be valued.  

     

    What's in this episode?

    In this episode of our new series, our experts explore the recent report published by the Charity Retail Association, The Value of giving back - The Social Return on Investment of Charity Shops, which was launched in the House of Commons in October.

    Legal Director, Anna Phillips and Senior Associate, Marina Leigh are joined by Partner & Head of Retail & Consumer, Nathan Peacey and Robin Osterley, Chief Executive at the Charity Retail Association to discuss the importance of being able to calculate social value.

    Our experts explore how value can be experienced by staff, volunteers, donors and consumers of charity shops, what that value amounted to in the UK in 2022 and how this information can impact charities and society as a whole.

    24 min

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The Power of Good, our new podcast series explores social value in its many forms - how it’s created, why it’s important and the sheer power of giving back to our communities and our planet.…