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The ASVB was based on the UK Social Value Bank, which was developed three years before us, in 2014.The policy context that largely drove the development of the UKSVB, namely the Public Services (Social Value)...
Posted 30 Sep 2020
You might be aware that the ASVB is based on a model that was developed by the UK housing sector, the UK Social Value Bank. The tool was developed in response to their Government’s introduction...
Posted 26 Feb 2020
AUSTRALIA’S BLACK SUMMER For many, it’s been an incredibly rough start to the year. First there were fires – we saw 12 million hectares of our country burn, at least 32 lives and 2,700 homes lost...
Posted 17 Feb 2020
Social and affordable housing plays a pivotal role in the lives of the people it provides a home. There are many basic needs and essential elements of wellbeing that are addressed by having a home....
Posted 11 Dec 2019
Giving fever has started early this year at the ASVB, and here’s a Christmas offer you don’t want to miss… For the FIRST TIME EVER we’re giving 20% OFF ALL LICENCES!! That’s right, you’ll receive...
Posted 06 Nov 2019
Governments in Australia are leading a dramatic shift in how they procure goods and services, embedding social procurement into their own supply chain practice and demanding similar of anyone who wants to work with them....
Posted 28 Oct 2019
We have had a great August out meeting face to face with impact measurement practitioners, managers, CEOs and board members across the not-for-profit, social enterprise and housing sectors. We thought it might be good to...
Posted 19 Sep 2019
With the Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB) recently becoming a certified social enterprise, I was keen to attend my first Social Traders Conference in Melbourne. I wanted to gauge the current momentum behind the social...
Posted 18 Sep 2019
Overview of the ASVB Calculation The ASVB Value Calculator calculates the net social benefit of the program using the methodology of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA). This involves an estimation of the costs of the program (provided...
Posted 24 Jul 2019
The Australian Social Value Bank (ASVB) is proud to announce we have recently achieved Social Traders Certification, joining a community of Australian businesses that are driven by a social purpose. Social Traders exists to create...
Posted 26 Jun 2019
