"Cunard are a construction company that puts local communities at the heart of our activity and supports them by developing the built environment and adding Social Value for the economies local to them. We have taken advantage of a host of services offered by LAUREL Regen that have assisted us in a variety of ways, from helping us to bid, apply and secure new opportunities, to the planning, delivery, measurement, evaluation and reporting upon the Social Value that we create through our work"

 "I would recommend LAUREL Regen as the go to service in this area and Dave McGuinness is without question one of the best in this field " 

LAUREL Regen Ltd have worked with Wirral Development Trust to assist in identifying Social Value activity within the Trusts activities namely the Job Club, Welfare Benefits Advice, Health & Wellbeing and Volunteering projects which have the aims of “more jobs and better health” being achieved for the local residents and community, these and associated activities required a full Social Value evaluation.

" The production of the robust social value report will enable the trust to show the value of the work we do. This process has also allowed us to identify gaps in recording and reporting and will allow the Trust to develop a better model of social value reporting. The work has been invaluable to Wirral Development Trust and we would recommend to any organisation"

"We have worked with LAUREL Regen to help us learn more about Social Value, drawing upon their expertise to train Ashton Pioneer Homes (APH) colleagues in Social Value methods and techniques, developing a bespoke APH SV toolkit which enables us to capture, monitor, measure and report upon our Social, Economic, Environmental Impact & Community benefit"

" We fully endorse  the work done by LAUREL Regen Ltd on behalf of Ashton Pioneer Homes and would recommend their services to other organisations who are looking at improving their Social Value practices"

"LAUREL Regen has helped to embed Social Value methodology within our business activities, procurement frameworks, community regeneration programmes and supply chain processes, the improvements being responsible for demonstrating the creation of over £80m of additional community impact value benefits for our members, this includes Jobs for 5000+ individuals, 1000+ apprenticeships, 1000s of Training spaces along with evaluating impact against a variety of funded community projects"

"Powys County Council engaged with LAUREL Regen to assist in demonstrating the Social Impact that was achieved through our Hoarding Intervention & National Energy Action (NEA) Energy Efficiency Projects, it was calculated that both projects (Part Funded by Fusion21) created a Social Return on Investment(SROI) of £7.99 against every £1 invested which was an excellent result for those involved "

 " These projects have been invaluable in helping tenants and residents have a better quality of life and has had a positive impact on their safety and wellbeing. “

"LAUREL Regen has been instrumental in helping us to monitor and evaluate the impact of our "Go! Social Projects" on the local Toryglen community,  The Blether Cafe, Exercise Group, Toryglen Tiger and Toryglen Tiddler projects aims are to help our residents by reducing social isolation and improving the communities health and wellbeing"

 " It is great to see the impact of our activities for the residents down on paper, demonstrating the impact has given us a clearer picture of what benefits our residents most"

 " We have benefitted from the knowledge and experience of LAUREL Regen in the Social Value field to identify and measure impact within some of our key business activities including CITB Health and Safety Training, MHFA Mental Health Courses and MOJ Reducing Reoffending programme delivery, the demonstration of Social Value Impact & Social Return on Investment for our clients and funders has enabled us to secure commissions and be in a stronger position when bidding for new opportunities were commissioners request Social Value"

"As a provider of social housing its important to us and the communities we work in that we get the most impact for the money we spend. We commissioned LAUREL Regen to carry out a detailed assessment of one of the community groups that we fund, to provide assurance that we were getting value for money. LAUREL Regen‘s work with the community group helped demonstrate that for every pound we invest in the group’s activities our residents gained even greater benefits. Their detailed audit identified what the community group did well, but also gave some excellent support and guidance on where they could improve and bring even greater benefits for the community."

"LAUREL Regen have been a great help for our team by assisting in evaluating social value generated within CIF projects across the Northwest, highlighting both growth for businesses and impact benefits for the communities we undertake developments and activities within, this retrospective Social Impact analysis has given us a valuable insight into the Impact we achieved, helping us to establish and build upon our unique approach to Social Value"

BARA Management ethos is "Building Foundations, For Greater Heights " we aim to do this by delivering bespoke training and developing opportunities through Construction and Engineering practices"

"I was introduced to Dave (LAUREL Regen Ltd) to see if they could help our business as we looked to set up in the Liverpool area, I have found the knowledge and support given through mentoring meetings, chats, calls and discussions, we have also benefitted from the links to other support available locally, This has been invaluable to myself as I look to develop and create new business offers for the benefit of local communities "

“Thrive Careers Hub is a coffee shop where support workers and the young people they care for can meet, build relationships and access job search support"

"We have taken advantage of LAUREL Regen consultancy services and expertise to help us establish processes, measure and report on our Social Impact, they have also been instrumental in securing funding which will go towards Thrive becoming sustainable and make a real impact on the lives of individuals who access our service for years to come"

“During a recent visit to our New Park House development, LAUREL Regen consultants gave an overview of the specific Social Value activities linked to our renovation project along with the benefits and impacts that could be achieved through the activities we are delivering, this session has given a better understanding of the importance of delivering Social Value plus methods of how it can be captured and demonstrated”

"Crawford House Community Partnership are a Local Charity who aim to improve lives for communities within the Toxteth area of Liverpool"

" LAUREL Regen Ltd have helped us through some of the most difficult challenges our Charity faced in recent times, I would like to thank them as they have been a key contributor in assisting us to recover and increase our income which has improved as we recorded one of the highest grant income to date last year, we hope that the new services we now are able to offer will go towards Crawford House Community Partnership in becoming more sustainable and benefit future generations"