[Webinar Recording] What’s New at MeasureUp ☀️ A Summer Showcase Recap

On 9 July 2025, we gathered our growing community to share what’s been happening at MeasureUp, and what’s next. If you missed the live session, don’t worry. Here’s everything you need to know.

💡 A Quick Refresher: Why MeasureUp Exists

MeasureUp was born from a simple but urgent need: to make social value measurement more transparent, accessible and grounded in what really matters: people’s wellbeing. Our valuation framework resource is designed to help any organisation put people and places at the heart of impact measurement, using clear and free tools.

We kicked off the session with a reminder that “value” is subjective. Whether it’s the worth of a banana or a community programme context matters. And that’s why MeasureUp doesn’t just put numbers first; we put people first.

📊 New Values Published

In the past few months, we’ve added several important values, including:

• Young Person’s Wellbeing Programme (updated to align with recent curriculum changes)
• Service Provision for Mental Health
• Charity Shop Participation (shopping, donating, volunteering)
• Exposure to Workplace Technologies

You’ll also find expanded environmental values aligned with the Green Book, UK SECR, and GHG Protocol, with more on waste, habitat and pollution coming soon.

📍 Local Needs Analysis Just Got Better

All value pages now include Local Needs Data Sources, helping you understand how specific issues play out in your area — whether it’s community cohesion or access to green space.

🔍 What’s Coming Next?

We’re working hard on:

• The Ideal Value Set, co-developed with VCSEs and local government working groups — covering wellbeing, procurement priorities, and harder-to-measure areas like STEM and digital inclusion.
• A Public API for MeasureUp, so you can use our data in your own tools.
• A free Estimator Tool on MeasureUp’s website, making it easy to calculate value based on your activities.
• Deeper Integration with Impact Reporting, so software users can access values directly.
• A September 10th webinar on environmental valuation with Alan Little from State of Life (register here).

📖 Case Studies

Related Argent is one of the first large developers to adopt MeasureUp in their ESG and social impact reporting for their King’s Cross development, showing how the framework works in practice, even at scale.

Read their report here

🙋 How You Can Get Involved

• Sponsor a Value: Got an impactful activity you want to see valued? We’ll do the research and publish it openly.
• Use the Framework: Everything’s live, free and attribution-based. Have a go!

🔁 Missed the webinar?

We’ve recorded the full session — click below to watch, revisit the slides, or share with colleagues.

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Thanks again to everyone who joined and to those of you making social value more visible, meaningful and human.

Please do get in touch if you need anything else or have questions!