This programme will give you a deeper understanding in to the topic of Social Value, to help your business understand the impacts it can have on communities and how it can play a part in helping you to win more work or access public funding.

Social Value gets us to think about how our businesses can support society/communities and how our businesses can impact on current issues in society, to improve the planet for future generations.

This programme will explain how Social Value is becoming an ever-larger part of the evaluation criteria for public sector contracts and how to respond to this. The programme will be delivered over 2 days, covering:

• What is social value?
• Legislation around social value
• Why is it important for your organisation?
• Social Value Strategy & Policy
• Social Value Measurement & Reporting
• Best Practice of Social Value in Greater Manchester
• What is climate change?
• Building a decarbonisation plan
• Q&A

Attendees will gain an understanding of the definitions and legislation around social value and sustainability and why it is important that the idea of social value and sustainability is embedded into an organisation’s strategy. The attendees will also have an understanding of the various ways social value can be measured/reported through the most common frameworks. Attendees will learn how to put together a social value strategy/policy document and best practise case studies.

Attendees will gain an understanding of carbon footprinting and how to develop a carbon reduction plan. They will also receive guidance on how to answer environmental tender sections.

Meet your trainers

Nadir Sultan is a Social Value Specialist from The Business Growth Hub (Growth Company). Prior to his role as a Social Value Specialist, Nadir was working as a Senior Social Value Advisor at The Social Value Portal where he helped to embed the National TOMs framework into local authority procurement across the country. Nadir has vast experience in working with commissioners, procurement teams and businesses to understand, embed and think about social value in their everyday working lives.

Paul Vicario is a Social Value Specialist from the GM Business Growth Hub with 5 years of experience delivering social value support to construction companies. Paul has worked on public sector contracts across the North West and have supported bid writing teams with successful tender submissions.

Katie Pepper is a Carbon Footprint and Sustainability Consultant within the Decarbonisation team at Green Economy. She has experience in ESG strategy, data verification and supply chain management. She is committed to supporting clients in mapping their carbon emissions across their operations and value chain (scopes 1, 2, and 3). She has a passion for driving Net Zero, circularity and behaviour change.