£1.8m of Home Office funding forms a base for tackling serious violence in the Thames Valley

£1.8m of Home Office funding forms a base for tackling serious violence in the Thames Valley

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£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.…
Meet Boxing Clever MK

Meet Boxing Clever MK

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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

Leading the way for regionally connecting social value

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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…