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I’m thrilled to share that the first academic journal publication on the US Social Value Bank is now live! This marks a key step forward in valuing subjective well-being in the U.S., using U.S.-based data and a U.S.-proposed WELLBY—aligned with the latest Green Book Treasury Guidance. 📄 Read it here Open Access! https://lnkd.in/gH-Z_8KT This work would not have been possible without the many of you who offered support through foundational research, methodological guidance, early reviews, and thoughtful feedback. Tim Goodspeed and I have more in the works, but for now, we’re proud to be part of the growing conversation on valuing well-being. In the US, there are a lot of limitations to overcome to measuring and valuing well-being. This is a beginning. But we hope it contributes meaningfully to your work and the broader effort to integrate well-being into decision-making.

📢 News news! MeasureUp publishes its Ideal Value Set (July 2025) It's a transparent, practical list of outcomes and proxy values, grounded in wellbeing and shaped by the sector. 🦈 Over 40 published proxy values with dozens more in development, including values for biodiversity, circular economy, and income inequality 🦈 Aligned with the 10 dimensions of wellbeing 🦈 Informed by input from VCSEs, local authorities, and impact practitioners 🦈 Backed by our two-year roadmap to broaden and deepen the value set The values have been developed with input from VCSEs, local authorities, impact practitioners, and co-founding partners Impact Reporting, PRD and State of Life. The full value set (and the roadmap behind it) is available to view at: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eyrZf4qK Feedback and collaboration are welcomed: hello@measure-up.org 🦈 #SocialValue #ImpactMeasurement #PublicSector #VCSE #Wellbeing #Procurement #MeasureUp

🌞 Missed our Summer Showcase webinar? Catch up on what’s new at MeasureUp, including newly published values, our upcoming API and estimator tools, expanded local needs data, and how organisations like Related Argent who are already using the framework. From wellbeing to workplace tech, from charity shops to carbon emissions — we’re making social value easier to measure, more meaningful and fully open access. ▶️ Watch the recording 📄 Read the recap 💡 Find out how you can get involved #socialvalue #impactmeasurement #wellbeing #MeasureUp 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e6deAQe5 📧 hello@measure-up.org

A quick reminder to join us next week for a summer showcase on what we’ve been up to! Thanks to the 120 lovely lot that have already registered. Link below 👇🏾 https://lnkd.in/e-ctumui

Thank Ann Casson for a fantastic day with Liverpool Cathedral. Catherine Manning, Matt Haworth and Fatma Kübra Höke ran our Top Trumps workshop and introduced social value, the value of religious spaces, and how to make ‘value decisions’ to stakeholders across the religious organisation. Interested in having us do similar for your team? Get in touch! 💙

We’ve been busy here at MeasureUp and would love to update you! On Wednesday 9th July at 12 noon, join us for a live summer showcase walking through everything that’s new at MeasureUp: 🆕 Four new values released – including charity shops, youth mental health, and workplace tech 🌍 Environmental valuation is here – Scope 3 emissions now live, more to come 🔧 Our Ideal Value Set – our effort to bring well-being, procurement priorities, VCSE activity and business action into a single aligned framework 📍 Local Impact – how we’re embedding needs analysis into every value 🔎 A short demo of how to access and use the updated website and new value structure Whether you’re a current user, considering adoption, or just exploring what’s out there – this session is designed to give you clarity, context, and confidence into MeasureUp, #WELLBY, #Wellbeing and #SocialValueDoneRight.   🎟 Sign up for the free webinar: https://lnkd.in/e-ctumui

Our MeasureUp advisory group came together for our first in-person meeting in beautiful Manchester today! Having only launched 8 months ago, MeasureUp was started when some of these same folks who sat around a table and asked, “Why not make a change and why not start now?” The idea of democracising social value and making a more accessible and open wellbeing valuation framework was born. It was exciting to spend the day not just sharing updates on what’s coming soon (spoiler alert: A LOT) but also get members to knowledge share. Our advisory group is completely voluntary so having those travel from so far and donate their time means the world to us. Plus, we do love to have a good laugh 😆 Thank you Ben Carpenter, Nadir Sultan, Will Watt, Nicola Lynch, Paul Vicario, Joe Came, Siân Rebourg (MICRS), Barney Cringle, Rachael Crowe, Charlotte Österman, Catherine Manning Matt Haworth, Fatma Kübra Höke, Nilofer Khalifa, Ed Cox 🤍 Curious how you can support / join the fun? Send us an email at hello@measure-up.org and we’re happy to have a chat!

Are you struggling to understand the nuances of wellbeing, valuation, wellness, WELLBY and how it factors into your social value strategy? Don't forget that we have an excellent, pragmatic and interactive workshop available to help you and your team members get to grips with this! https://lnkd.in/eFQGpuwV Key topics we’ll cover: ✅ What wellbeing really means in social value ✅ Why social and environmental valuation matters ✅ How to evidence impact robustly ✅ Practical steps to start using MeasureUp today 📍 Duration: 2 hours 👥 Capacity: 30 participants max, host manages invitations. 🖥️ Format: Available in-person (venue must allow for five breakout areas) or online. 🎲 Bonus: Includes a MeasureUp Top Trumps card game pack. 💰 Cost: £1,000 for private sector; £600 for anyone in third sector or trade associations (plus VAT and any travel costs).

We've been busy here expanding the environmental values available in MeasureUp, giving our users more comprehensive, government-backed data to support everything from sustainability reports to social value business cases. 🔍 What’s new? In the coming weeks, we'll be publishing more proxy values across: - GHG Emissions (via DESNZ Conversion Factors) - Waste Management (via Carbon WARM) - Habitat Conservation and Pollution Control (via Defra’s ENCA Databook) ✅ Aligned with: - HM Treasury’s Green Book - UK SECR Reporting - The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Our values will now be grouped into four clear categories, making it easier for users to take evidence-based environmental action. Stay tuned and be sure to sign up for our newsletter to hear first about when these new values are released! 📖 Read the update: https://lnkd.in/eyavScdN #Sustainability #SocialValue #EnvironmentalImpact #CarbonAccounting #GHG #MeasureUp #GreenBook #SECR #NaturePositive #ImpactMeasurement

Some interesting research related to wellbeing and children below!