West Midlands Region

Find out how social value is building community health, safety and resilience across the region.

Region Spotlight

The Football Coach Keeping Kids Out of Gangs and Crime

The realities of life on the street are all too clear, on average 14 knife crimes a day across the West Midlands.

In 2016, Asha Rage set up a football team in Small Heath called Dream Chasers FC, now helping more than 160 youngsters.

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Across the region, large-scale approaches are linking counties to build a healthier, safer and more resilient region.

The PALS Leaders Programme

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Building Cyber Resilience

Police Unit Tour 2026 - West Midlands Chapter

Suppliers to the region's 4 police forces are invited to support the UK tour where police volunteers raise funds for Care of Police Survivors, a U.K charity dedicated to helping the families of police officers who have lost their lives on duty.

See the regional impact updates shared by our business, charity & social enterprise and public procurement members.

Warwickshire Young High Sheriff YHS) Programme

3 June 2026Young High Sheriff Prog

Hosted by the charity Warwickshire Crimebeat, the Young High Sheriff Programme is a unique civic and crime prevention initiative which embeds into secondary schools; designed to give young people a direct voice in community safety and leadership.Launched as a national...

The 2026 Public Procurement Squeeze: Why "Box-Ticking" is Dead and How Local SMEs Are Holding the £7.4bn Answer

20 May 2026Always-On

The landscape of UK public sector procurement has hit a point of no return. As we move through 2026, the traditional playbook used by Tier-1 contractors and public buyers is no longer just outdated—it is a compliance liability...

Pluggin Marketplace Launches National Apprenticeship Levy Hand-off Campaign

18 May 2026Always-On

Having successfully tested the way for the large Tier-1 suppliers to seamlessly offset their unused, expiring Apprenticeship Levy funds directly into grassroots organisations within public contracts, the Pluggin Marketplace is now scaling this radical way for all major suppliers to...