Social value that finds your next hire.
Your staff give an hour, one-to-one, to young people from low-opportunity areas of Bristol and Bath. You get the evidence for your bid and invite the ones who stand out to longer placements.
For tenders from Bristol City Council, WECA, South Gloucestershire, Bath & NE Somerset and central government in Bristol.
| Work experience | Your team, up to an hour a month | |
|---|---|---|
| Young people a year | 1–10in total | up to12per host |
| Who gives time | One supervisor, for days | Anyone, one hour at a time |
| Who finds the young people | You | Us |
Score the points. Keep the promises. Find the hire.
Find the people a job advert never reaches
Work experience reaches a few young people a year. Your whole team hosting up to an hour a month reaches hundreds from low-opportunity areas, across every role you have.
Social value that doesn't land on your desk
We recruit through school and college careers leads, check every postcode, match each young person to a host, set the tasks, send the invites and sort safeguarding.
Promises you can keep for the whole contract
Hours come from your whole team giving one each, from any site. Delivery doesn't stall when one manager is busy or leaves.
The hour your team looks forward to
Hosts rate the experience 4.9 out of 5. Each gets thank you messages from the young people showing the impact they made.
A KPI report you don't have to chase
Every hour records feedback from both sides, impact data and a quote on your impact dashboard, ready for the contract manager.
Hires who already know your team
Offer longer placements, apprenticeships or jobs to young people you've already spent an hour with. Not to an empty CV.
Every hour counts and provides the on-ramp so often missing.
Each young person leaves with feedback and a reference. The ones who fit get offered paid work experience, an apprenticeship or a job.
One-hour microplacements
Task, conversation, feedback both ways. No prep for your hosts.
In-person placement
A morning, afternoon or day at your office for the young people who want more. We set up the invites.
Paid work experience, apprenticeships, hires
We fill them with young people you've already met. You run them.
Proven track record
Young people's figures across a survey of 427 microplacements.
What the people who've done it say.
"I would suggest to anybody involved in social value that you need to have a look at Not Impossible and see how they can help you. It fits in with the goals that we were trying to achieve and everything looked so well run and well handled."
"Not Impossible takes care of scheduling, safeguarding, matching, risk assessments and logistics, making it very easy to host. The structured approach means that connections are meaningful and measured."
Lee HannanHead of Commercial, Local Partnerships"I think all the procedures, protocols etc that Not Impossible put in place are fab! Do it. You get just as much out of it as the young person does."
Emma HiggsSocial Value Coordinator, Bristol City Leap"I found it a wonderful experience for my own personal growth, and I was thrilled to be chosen and involved. So much so, that I have been talking about this initiative with other colleagues and friends in academia. All noting that this is a clever and resourceful method to provide these individuals with valuable insight, especially at a time when they have so many different paths ahead of them."
Steven AndersonSenior Systems Architect, QinetiQ"In under an hour I talked one-to-one with a systems engineer in defence, asked all my questions about clearance, interviews and AI, and got honest, practical advice you won't find online."
"It definitely made me aware that there are lots of avenues into the defence industry as a whole."
"It assuaged my anxiety about thriving in a serious workplace and in my career."
Where we fit with each West of England buyer.
- Social value weighting
- 20% of the overall score as a starting point.
- What they ask for
- "Support local people with opportunities for life-long learning, skills development and experiences of work."
- Social value weighting
- At least 10%, on procurements over £207,720.
- What they ask for
- "Support local young people into or towards work prioritising people with additional needs or from disadvantaged backgrounds."
- Social value weighting
- Set per tender. Half the social value score is your numbers, half is your delivery plan.
- What they ask for
- Measured against the council's own version of the National TOMs, through the Social Value Portal.
- Social value weighting
- Usually 5 to 10%, on works over £500k and services or supplies over £100k.
- What they ask for
- "Providing training opportunities for young people." And: "work experience in a supportive environment is also a key element."
- Social value weighting
- From 1 January 2027, at least 10% on £1m to £5m contracts and at least 20% at £5m and over, with at least one social value KPI.
- What they ask for
- "Good British jobs, skills and opportunities in every postcode."
Commitment for central government
[Supplier] will work with Not Impossible to give [number] young people aged 16 to 25, from low-opportunity areas of Bristol and Bath, a one-hour, one-to-one microplacement with a member of the contract workforce each contract year.
Young people who want to go further will be offered an in-person placement at [site], and those who fit will be offered [number] weeks of work experience. Not Impossible will report delivery to the contract manager every quarter.
Suggested KPIs
- Microplacements delivered to young people from low-opportunity areas. Target: [number] per contract year.
- In-person placements taken up after a microplacement. Target: [number] per contract year.
- Weeks of work experience, apprenticeship starts or hires that follow. Target: [number] per contract year.
Commitment for council tenders
[Supplier] will deliver [number] staff hours of one-to-one microplacements with young people aged 16 to 25 from low-opportunity areas, recruited through local schools and colleges by Not Impossible. Hours with young people who are not in education, employment or training will be reported separately.
Young people who fit will be offered [number] weeks of in-person placement and [number] weeks of paid placement. Not Impossible will provide session records, school and college names and attendance every quarter.
Got a tender with a social value question?
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