Public contract social value in Thames Valley is underpinning community-led provisions

Public contract social value in Thames Valley is underpinning community-led provisions

Posted inEast England, East Mids, Hants & IoW, Main News, Northants, S Wales, South East, South West, Surrey, Sussex, Thames Valley, Wales, West MidlandsTags:
"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…
Leading the way for regionally connecting social value

Leading the way for regionally connecting social value

Posted inHants & IoW, South East, Surrey, Sussex, Thames ValleyTags:
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…