Social Value
We recognise the importance of delivering social value and the significant benefits that this brings to individuals, local communities, and society as a whole. PSR is a place where commercial value and social value go hand in hand, using our strengths to drive innovation, growth, and community support.
We believe a PSR framework that is underpinned by social value not only enriches our clients’ businesses but also our own.
How We Make a Difference
We’ve developed a strategy which outlines our mission and priorities.
Our strategy blends AMS organisational goals with PSR customer priorities, aligning with the themes and policy outcomes set out in the UK Government’s Social Value Model and Procurement Policy Note 06/20 – Taking Account of Social Value. This strategy is designed with society at its heart, focusing on delivering tangible benefits to those who need them most.
And we’re not stopping there.
We will review our strategy annually to ensure it continues to meet society’s evolving needs and we’ll create a roadmap in collaboration with our supply chain partners to ensure our programme grows and adds value year after year.
We will continue to make a positive impact on the world around us.
We strive to deliver a service that embeds, delivers, and demonstrates our commitment to Social Value, achieving tangible and quantifiable value for Crown Commercial Service, our customers, suppliers, AMS employees and our workers.
Anna Crowe, PSR Social Value Lead
AMS Insights: Social Value & Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Check out the recent Social Value/DEIB insights from our AMS and PSR team experts below. You can also subscribe for free on AMS Insights to receive updates on various topics or from selected authors, at a frequency that suits you.
Mission Employable: Episode 3 – Military Spouses
Insights into the Employment Barriers faced by the Armed Forces Community.
Learn moreMission Employable: Episode 2 – Military Children
Insights into the Employment Barriers faced by the Armed Forces Community.
Learn moreReflections from this year’s Social Value Conference 2024
Mission Employable: Episode 1 – Military Veterans
Insights into the Employment Barriers faced by the Armed Forces Community.
Learn moreAMS's Continued Commitment to the Armed Forces
What’s all the fuss about age inclusion
BYP Network - A new partner in our D&I Alliance
Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Accent Bias
Our AMS Diversity & Inclusion Alliance
We have formed a diverse collaboration forum to ensure we’re making positive changes around diversity and inclusion. The alliance brings together diversity partners who are all driving change in their respective fields.
Our goal:
To pave the way for positive change by increasing the diverse representation in our customers’ workforces and opening more doors for underrepresented talent.
The benefits:
Removing barriers to underrepresented talent as well as bringing DEI thought leadership, best practice and market data.
Our Partners
PSR Social Value Strategy Annual Report 2024
At PSR, we publish an annual report to showcase how we create social value for individuals, communities, and society as a whole through this framework. The 2024 report provides a comprehensive overview of the initiatives we have delivered across the 2023 – 2024 fiscal year and the impact they have created. It also outlines our approach to social value and the investments we’ve made to integrate social value throughout our operations and services including the way that we use specialised social value technology, Thrive, to provide a standardised measure of our social value impact.
Read the full report to discover more about our strategy, initiatives, the value we’ve generated, and the impact we’ve made.