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?
Public procurement helped create the UKs first dynamic, public-facing social value marketplace…
The Pluggin Marketplace was built with and for UK public procurement bodies, the UKs first dynamic and public facing social value marketplace supporting how suppliers collaborate within charities for tangible community impact through public contracting.
Social Value Marketplace sees police supplier SYTECH Consultants collaborate in support of safer Thames Valley objectives.
Major police supplier SYTECH has collaborated with Reading Football Club Community Trust inside the DICM Social Value Marketplace, a £5k social value commitment now supports the Trust's Custody Coaches service for under 18 year olds.
Pluggin Ecosystem founder explains why the UK approach to social value had to change
Pluggin Ecosystem founder Jay Baughan talks to ActionCOACH about why the UK approach to business social value needed to change to maximise the full community impact potential.
Public contract social value in Thames Valley is underpinning community-led provisions
"We can't police our way out of this" In 2023, Thames Valley Police's procurement team (led by Richard Fowles) saw real potential in better targeting their supply contracts' social value (a return on goods and services investments) into the community-led activities already making impact by preventing youth crime and violence, but…
Supporting UK Emergency Services & Communities
Supporting local communities by creating jobs and opportunities including employment veterans / emergency service personnel in medical logistics and supply.
£1.8m of Home Office funding forms a base for tackling serious violence in the Thames Valley
£1.8m of Home Office funding goes into local partners as part of the ongoing drive to help tackle serious violence in the Thames Valley.Serious violence and knife enabled crime is falling in the Thames Valley, but further work is taking place through the process of delivering social value within public procurement.…
Milton Keynes Getting Safer Says Police Commissioner
Matthew Barber has marked one year into his second term as Thames Valley’s commissioner. stating: Crime is decreasing in Milton Keynes and surrounding towns and villages, while the number of neighbourhood police officers is on the up
Meet Boxing Clever MK
Boxing Clever MK originally operated as a Community Interest Company (CIC) established by a police officer as an early intervention program to help young people develop social and emotional skills. The program has expanded to include multiple locations and partnerships with schools and in 2024, converted to a Community Interest Organisation…
Leading the way for regionally connecting social value
In the summer of 2023, a police procurement collaboration began with UK social enterprise Pluggin Ecosystem, which led to the Thames Valley being the first region to develop and pilot the Dual Impact Collaboration Model (DICM) as the way to connect the business social value within public contracting, with the region's…