EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL VALUE

Please consider the below points when submitting your entry.

1. Community Engagement: Demonstrate genuine, sustained engagement with the local community throughout the project's delivery. This will be judged based on the nature, frequency and depth of engagement activities. 

2. Local Impact: Show the tangible, positive impact created for the local community, whether through employment, skills, local spend or wellbeing. This will be judged based on outcomes achieved and evidence of local benefit. 

3. Approach and Strategy: Evidence a clear social value strategy embedded into the project, rather than isolated or one-off activity. This will be judged based on planning, targets set and how social value was integrated into delivery. 

4. Stakeholder Relationships: Highlight how the team built and maintained relationships with local residents, community groups, schools or organisations. This will be judged based on the quality and longevity of those relationships. 

5. Measurement and Reporting: Demonstrate how social value was tracked and reported. This will be judged based on the robustness of measurement methods used. 

6. Legacy: Show what lasting benefit the community will retain once the project is complete. This will be judged based on evidence of sustained or ongoing impact beyond project completion.