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When it comes to measuring social impact, two of the most widely used approaches are Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Social Return on Investment (SROI). While both aim to quantify the value created by social initiatives,...
Posted 08 Apr 2025
INTRODUCING THE ASVB SPORTS WELLBEING VALUES Sport creates significant social, health and wellbeing benefits, but until now many organisations have struggled to consistently measure and communicate that impact beyond participation numbers. In response to this...
Posted 08 May 2026
GIPPSPORT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORT AND YOUTH VALUES IN THE ASVB “We wanted to move beyond participation numbers and truly demonstrate the value of sport in our communities.” Karen Ferguson, Manager Partnerships and Programs,...
Posted 08 May 2026
The Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB) has partnered with Gippsport, with funding from VicHealth, to develop a new suite of Sports Wellbeing Values, now live in the ASVB Value Calculator. Sport plays a vital role...
Posted 25 Mar 2026
What is the ASVB Grant Program? The ASVB offers a grant program for not-for-profits and certified social enterprises, with an annual revenue of less than $1.5M, to access the ASVB for free. These grants are...
Posted 25 May 2022
*Trigger warning – This story contains content about suicide We’re always so excited to announce that we’re adding new values to the ASVB – but these two values seem especially important given everything that is...
Posted 23 May 2022
CSI AMPLIFY SOCIAL IMPACT Online Those of you who have been following the Centre for Social Impact’s (CSI) “Amplify Social Impact” (Amplify) project since it was first announced in 2018, are no doubt very excited...
Posted 04 Apr 2022
SOCIAL & GREEN BENEFITS CALCULATOR The revenue generated from operating social and affordable housing in Australia is insufficient to finance new social and affordable homes. As a consequence, the provision of social and affordable housing...
Posted 15 Mar 2022
THE ORIGINAL ASVB WELLBEING VALUES The Australian Social Value Bank first went live in 2016. Our original set of wellbeing values were based on two data sets: The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia...
Posted 11 Oct 2021
One of our newest subscribers joining the ASVB community is Relationships Australia NSW. The core business of Relationships Australia NSW is about “Reshaping lives, one relationship at a time.” To really understand the social value...
Posted 26 Aug 2021
