The Cloud Crew
The Cloud Crew (thecloudcrew.io) is a social value-led employability initiative designed to create meaningful routes into digital careers for individuals who face barriers to employment.
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The Cloud Crew (thecloudcrew.io) is a social value-led employability initiative designed to create meaningful routes into digital careers for individuals who face barriers to employment.
About The Cloud Crew.
Through structured work experience placements, employer engagement, mentoring, and exposure to real-world technology projects, The Cloud Crew enables participants to gain practical workplace experience while building confidence, professional networks, and the skills required to secure sustainable employment. The community is particularly focused on supporting priority groups including long-term unemployed individuals, NEETs (young people not in education, employment or training), care leavers, people with disabilities, career returners, and residents from disadvantaged or underrepresented communities.
Aligned to the Social Value Model and local authority procurement priorities, The Cloud Crew directly contributes towards employability, skills development, and reducing inequalities. By providing access to meaningful work experience and industry connections, participants gain valuable insight into career pathways within the technology sector while employers help address the digital skills gap and support inclusive economic growth. The programme delivers measurable outcomes including increased confidence and successful transitions into employment.
For organisations bidding through Major Account Contracts (MACs), Crown Commercial Service frameworks, and local authority contracts, The Cloud Crew supports key social value commitments around creating employment opportunities, supporting those furthest from the labour market, and promoting social mobility. Activities can be mapped against TOMs, local authority social value frameworks, and specific evaluation criteria relating to skills, employment, and community wealth building. The initiative provides quantifiable evidence of social impact, enabling organisations to demonstrate delivery against contractual social value targets while creating lasting benefits for individuals and communities.
Ultimately, The Cloud Crew is more than a work experience programme. It is a UK-wide initiative that connects local talent with industry opportunities, supports those most in need of employment support, and delivers lasting social value through improved employability, economic inclusion, and long-term career progression within the digital sector.
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.