Tech For Good Alliance
The Tech for Good Alliance (techforgoodalliance.org.uk) delivers meaningful, end-to-end managed corporate skilled tech volunteering programmes.
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The Tech for Good Alliance (techforgoodalliance.org.uk) delivers meaningful, end-to-end managed corporate skilled tech volunteering programmes.
About the Tech For Good Alliance.
Managed digital impact for the third sector
Created in 2022 by the Scottish Tech Army, the Tech for Good Alliance is a core pillar of the UK’s tech for good ecosystem, delivering meaningful, end-to-end managed corporate skilled tech volunteering programmes. By harnessing the skills, creativity, and talent of the tech sector, the Alliance provides non-profits and charities with essential digital solutions and automations they otherwise couldn't access, freeing them to focus on vital front-line work.
What the Tech for Good Alliance does
It's estimated that millions of employer-supported volunteering hours go unused every year. Scoping, vetting, and managing complex tech projects requires time commercial managers don't have, but the long-term impact of such support for charities can transform their reach and resilience. The Tech for Good Alliance solves this challenge by handling the entire lifecycle of skilled volunteering projects for your organisation.
Instead of ad-hoc unskilled volunteering, the Alliance channels advanced technical, design, and operational skillsets directly into community organisations, delivering structured, turnkey digital interventions.
Why incorporate the Alliance into public sector bids?
Public sector procurement guidelines require suppliers to demonstrate clear, measurable Social Value. Including the Tech for Good Alliance in bid solutions enables suppliers to present robust, credible social interventions:
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Quantifiable impact: Bidders can commit to precise, trackable metrics—including skilled volunteer hours contributed, platform software delivered, operational savings and increased impact generated for charities.
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Targeted digital empowerment: Projects directly tackle the digital skills gap both within the third sector itself and in supporting organisations who have expertise in and engage with those furthest from employment, aligning with central government priorities around digital inclusion, regional resilience, and skills development.
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Low-risk, turnkey execution: Suppliers can offer ambitious Social Value proposals with confidence, knowing the Alliance handles governance, delivery, and impact reporting end-to-end.
The Network.
The transformacy Social Value Network is a growing community of organisations — social enterprises, charities, training providers, community groups and purpose-led businesses — each delivering genuine social value in their field and their region.
Think of it as a trusted pool of partners. When organisations make social value commitments — through a Public Sector tender, a Section 106 agreement, or their own strategy — they need credible partners to help deliver them on the ground. The network exists to connect that need with the organisations best placed to meet it.
Every member is chosen for the quality and authenticity of the social value they create, so the network stays something people can genuinely rely on — a shortcut to trusted, capable partners rather than an open directory. Each member has a profile setting out what they do, who they serve and where they operate, and displays the transformacy Social Value Network member badge as a mark of their place in the community.
Why Join?
Being part of the transformacy Social Value Network means:
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Visibility — a profile within a trusted, curated network seen by organisations actively looking for social value partners.
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Opportunity — the chance to be called upon when our clients and contacts need delivery partners for their social value commitments.
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Recognition — the transformacy Social Value Network member badge to display on your own website, signalling your place in a trusted community.
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Connection — a place within a growing community of like-minded, purpose-led organisations.
Join the Network
Register interest in joining today.
Frequently Asked Questions.
About the network
What is the transformacy Social Value Network?
It's a curated community of trusted organisations — social enterprises, charities, training providers, community groups and purpose-led businesses — that deliver practical social value across the UK. It acts as a trusted pool of partners that organisations can call upon to help fulfil their social value commitments.
Who can join the network?
Any organisation that delivers genuine, measurable social value — whether through employment and skills, community investment, environmental action, or support for local and disadvantaged groups. Members range from small community organisations to established social enterprises and purpose-led businesses.
Is there a cost to join?
No — there's no fee to become a member of the network. We simply ask interested organisations to apply, so we can understand the social value they deliver and keep the network trusted and relevant.
How do organisations join?
Membership is by application through our register-your-interest form. Our team reviews each application to make sure the network remains a genuinely trusted pool of partners.
What is the member badge?
Members can display the transformacy Social Value Network badge on their own website — a simple mark that signals their place in a trusted community of social value organisations.
About social value
What is social value?
Social value is the positive social, economic and environmental impact an organisation creates for the communities it serves, beyond the direct product or service it provides. Examples include creating local jobs, offering skills and training, supporting disadvantaged groups, spending with local suppliers and reducing environmental harm.
Why does social value matter in public sector tenders?
Under UK procurement rules, contracting authorities must consider social value when awarding contracts, applying a minimum weighting — typically 10% — to social value in their evaluation. This means the social value a supplier offers can directly influence whether they win public sector work.
What is the Procurement Act 2023?
The Procurement Act 2023, which came into force in February 2025, reforms how public sector contracts are procured in the UK. It reinforces the role of social value in procurement, making it increasingly important for suppliers to demonstrate and deliver measurable social impact.
What is the National TOMs framework?
TOMs — Themes, Outcomes and Measures — is a widely used framework for measuring and reporting social value in a consistent, comparable way. It helps organisations place a credible value on the social impact they create and evidence it to buyers and commissioners.
How is social value delivered in practice?
Social value commitments are delivered through practical activities such as employing local people, offering apprenticeships and work experience, running community projects, supporting charities and cutting carbon. Many organisations draw on delivery partners with local reach or specialist expertise to help meet these commitments.