West Midlands Social Value Network
Overview
The West Midlands Social Value Network was founded in November 2016 in order to establish, share and promote the integration of the Public Services (Social Value Act) 2012 into public sector commissioning and procurement within the area.
It is an open network and welcomes any Contracting Authority within the West Midlands region that wishes to network, get involved and share good practice.
The West Midlands Social Value Network aims to bridge the gap between public, private and third sectors recognising that it is only through collaboration and partnership that success will be achieved.
The West Midlands region and its communities are at the centre of everything that we do and participants are encouraged to discuss and share their successes, challenges and failures in order to build our collective knowledge and strengthen the uptake of the Social Value Act across all sectors of society.
The Network is chaired by Lichfield District Council’s Social Value Lead.
Our Mission
Our mission is to support the creation of healthy, thriving and resilient communities by embedding social value into all of our activities. We will do this by sharing our experiences including our successes and failures in an open and collaborative forum.
In delivering our mission we understand that we are all on a journey and that there is no right or wrong, but we are stronger working together than we are in isolation, through sharing best practice and providing peer support.
Membership
Membership is voluntary and open to any contributing local authority or public service delivery agent (fire, police, health, housing association etc.) within the West Midlands; with representation being encouraged from those departments who have direct responsibility for social value. In addition, we will seek to ensure we have sector champions from the third and private sector who are able to input and support the purpose of the group.
We will soon have an application form available via this page. Please keep an eye out, so that you can request to join the West Midlands Social Value Network.