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ASVB Grants Available Now

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

Resilience & Help Seeking – New Wellbeing Values

*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 INDICATOR ENGINE IS LIVE

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

WELLBEING VALUES UPDATED – 2021

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

NEW RELATIONSHIP VALUES ADDED TO THE ASVB

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

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OECD Better Life Initiative

Information from oecd.org Are our lives getting better? How can policies improve our lives? Are we measuring the right things? The OECD Better Life Initiative and the work programme on Measuring Wellbeing and Progress answer...

Posted 20 Nov 2020

Governments transitioning to Wellbeing Economies

NICOLA STURGEON – WHY GOVERNMENTS SHOULD PRIORITIZE WELLBEING WEAll is the leading global collaboration of organisations, alliances, movements and individuals working together to transform the economic system into one that delivers human and ecological wellbeing....

Posted 11 Nov 2020

Creating Social Value Through Infrastructure

Creating social value is no longer just the work of the community sector. As we attempt to “build back” our economies through infrastructure projects, everyone across the construction sector is being asked to embed social...

Posted 28 Oct 2020

WHERE IS HACT’S SOCIAL VALUE ROADMAP LEADING?

It is important to understand our history in order to glean a sense of our future. ASVB History The ASVB’s history stems from the leadership shown by the UK housing sector, who, as social purpose...

Posted 14 Oct 2020