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https://lnkd.in/ebRbWwf5 Well it's half way through 2024, we're steaming ahead and disrupting. Here's an insight into how UK communities and our ecosystem are now supporting public contracting by locking social value from inside each county. #socialvalue #impact #ROI

As we continue to expand our regional collaborations with public procurement to help all suppliers connect their social value into the many localised activities building safer communities, knife crime remains high on everyone's list of fears... A recent survey highlighted by the BBC News found hundreds of teenagers saying loud and clear that they are concerned about knife crime in their everyday lives. In a survey of 2,000 young people aged 13-18, nearly half (46%) said they were worried about knife crime in their local area and 31% in their school. #socialvalue is a contribution to local activities, the more of it we can connect-into our charity and social enterprise members, the more sustainable their impact upon prevention of serious violence. https://lnkd.in/eyXCfpFy

A big ecosystem welcome to another Sport in Communities member; The Albion Foundation. Albion Foundation are one of the club community organisations (CCO) from EFL Trust coming in for ecosystem support through social value; as part of our core impact objective; building healthier, safer and more resilient communities. Our ecosystem is now supporting EFL Trust CCOs and England Boxing Ltd community clubs to sustain their existing impact deep inside communities; collaborating alongside business suppliers to police, councils, fire and criminal justice. #socialvalue

For my contacts who are crime commissioners, chief police and fire officers, executives of NHS or HMPPS. Here's something to consider, built with Crown and Police procurement leaders... https://lnkd.in/edsJzjpd

A warm ecosystem welcome to Elite Comunity Hub in Bolton, joining our as part of our Greater Manchester support for sports-based community impact providers, including Preston North End Community and Education Trust, Round4Round, etc.

I'm now chasing our elected and appointed leaders to strategically Support, Champion & Evaluate. Why? UK charities & social enterprises are needed to prop-up services and provisions, regionally they all need strategic and sustainable funding to build healthier, safer and more resilient communities. Social value is the very real business commitments and ££ re-investment pledges locked within billions of UK public procurement - legally locked-into contracts for goods and services.

We are incredibly grateful to the fantastic team at Amazon Daventry, one of our charity partners, for their continued support of The Lewis Foundation. Since January, they've been volunteering their time to help us assemble gift packs for hospital patients across the Midlands. Wonderful to see them jump into every part of the process. Thank you for dedicating a day of work to support our cause! Beyond volunteering, they've organised several fundraising events, like bingo nights and craft fairs, as part of the Franklins £50 challenge. Recently, they also donated books for our packs for adult cancer patients in hospitals. We can't thank them enough. Their help reminds us that a lot of behind-the-scenes work goes into making our mission a reality, and businesses like Amazon who partner with us play a crucial role. If your business is interested in collaborating with us, please contact us at [email protected]. Together, we can make a real difference! Amazon - Franklins Solicitors LLP Sonia Marshall

Our ecosystem is now providing the #socialvalue growth environment for ex: professional boxer Martin Murray and his community impact programme #ThinkFastAcademy. Already an in-demand solution within Merseyside, now the plan is to roll-out to support many, many more young people. Stay-tuned....

Entering May, and we're gathering a momentum and more backing for the mission of regionally harnessing #socialvalue from across UK public procurement. Communities have the resources, local expertise, passion and commitment to deliver social impact around them - so business social value can easily connect-in regionally and play a better role. Let's not re-invent the wheel, and certainly let's see the regional alignment of procurement to better guide supplier social value into their regional impact objectives. Come and join the movement, learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eA97gpiD Crown Commercial Service BlueLight Commercial UK Home Office

Within our ecosystem, community provision thrives via business social value - especially found within billions of UK public procurement contracting. At the forefront of how we empower communities, our Safer Communities umbrella which regionally connects the many provisions found across counties so that young people have an unbroken support where they live - from school to street, street to home to street, and into school again.. "Music is my life" can be heard often by young people all over the UK - it's a common focus millions of young people share and is central to where ecosystem partner In Music In Media has been pioneering their "musically unorthodox" provision inside communities. Music can be a positive force, when provided evenly and without conditions... #socialvalue #bluelightprocurement https://lnkd.in/dWuhxfqG