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Mitigating the £3.3bn Retail Crime & Safety Risk: How Strategic Social Value is helping Reclaim the High Street
To protect the long-term viability of the high street, we must pivot from containment to structural prevention. The most potent tool for this transition lies within an unexpected quarter: Public Procurement.
Giving Life to Unused Garments – Sustainability in Action at Tailored Image
Tailored Image has engaged with two organisations to address how uniforms are given a purposeful life beyond their initial use. Through its work with a recycling partner in the UK and a charitable organisation in Ireland, the company has demonstrated its utmost commitment to achieving social value and promoting a circular economy.
Gwent charity The Gap-Wales joins the Pluggin Marketplace for social value support within police buying
Social value within Gwent Police buying is bringing refugee communities together by supporting charity The Gap-Wales; a charity dedicated to preventing exploitation and strengthening cohesion.
Gwent charity TOGS now being supported by social value marketplace thanks to Gwent police buying
Pontypool charity TOGS is now being supported by Gwent Police's use of the Pluggin Marketplace to drive supplier contract social value in support of police & crime plan objectives.
Connecting expertise and support into small businesses and charities to build community cyber resilience
To bolster the scale of expertise and resources available to community organisations and SMEs, the Pluggin Marketplace is enabling business cyber security knowledge as social value within supply contracts, in line with Home Office funded support from the National Cyber Resilience Centre Network Group.
Differences between Pluggin Ecosystem and Social Value Portal
New kid on the block Pluggin Ecosystem differs significantly from the more established Social Value Portal, but how?
Support for Community Cyber Resilience
The cyber resilience of social enterprises and SMEs is now being supported through public buying within the Pluggin Marketplace. A mix of National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG) support and the contract social value (equipment and knowledge exchange volunteering) from technology suppliers to the emergency services, councils, NHS and criminal justice…
West Mercia Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner partner with Carbon Neutral Britain
A voluntary initiative, launched by West Mercia Police and designed to support their Supply Chain Code of Conduct and the supplier orientated Social Value Delivery Plan, is helping stakeholders contribute to a more sustainable future for the communities of the West Mercia region.
Neurodiversity support goes live through supplier social value across West Mercia
New supplier social value support for neurodiversity through police procurement, was launched in November 2025 by National Police Autism Association (West Mercia); enabling suppliers to directly contribute to the supply of equipment specially designed for people with neurodiverse needs.