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Delivering Social Value Jan Agger Director of Social Strategy

Delivering Social Value Jan Agger Director of Social Strategy. We are a social enterprise that promotes public procurement as a means to save money and generate social value. Set up in 2002 by 7 Social Landlords. Fusion21 is social enterprise that improves lives and

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Delivering Social Value Jan Agger Director of Social Strategy

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  1. Delivering Social Value Jan Agger Director of Social Strategy

  2. We are a social enterprise that promotes public procurement as a means to save money and generate social value

  3. Set up in 2002 by 7 Social Landlords Fusion21 is social enterprise that improves lives and communities through our approach to public procurement, training and employment

  4. Outcomes No reliance on public funding Self-sustaining business model Grown from 7 to over 100 different clients Developed “Intelligent Procurement” model

  5. Intelligent Procurement Procurement Services CORE AIM Generating social value through procurement Training & Employment Services Generating Savings through Collaborative Procurement Developing Skills and Employment Opportunities with Communities

  6. In Summary • Our aim is to use our experience and business model to help housing, public and third sector organisations create the conditions where it is easier to:- • Deliver efficiency savings • Control costs • Train people • Create jobs • Generate social value • Develop and share best practice • for the benefit of all stakeholders and • local communities

  7. Values & Behaviours Our values We value:- • Our Member & Clients:Delivering efficiency whilst improving communities & lives • Our Business: Driving innovation, integrity, professionalism & social value • Our People: Empowering them to achieve Our Partners:Succeeding together Our behaviours Our People are:- • Positive, flexible, professional and approachable • Fair, transparent, open and honest • Ambitious, creative, innovative and focused • Loyal, reliable, respectful and committed

  8. Model benefits • Procured over £750m with clients • Generated over £85m cash savings for clients • Created over 1361 jobs for local unemployed • Helped thousands of local people with training • Directly recruited trainees to our own staff • c£236m injected back into the local economies • Multi-award winning business model • National, regional and local coverage .......... a model that works

  9. Fusion21 Training & Employment Clauses… • 1% Levy paid by Contractors / Suppliers • Part of contractual obligations for contractors • 1.5 jobs per £1m contract awarded

  10. Fusion21Skills Programmes..… • Work with member to discuss opportunities and how to involve their communities • Fusion21 deliver the recruitment & selection service for all jobs created • Pre employment Training • Bespoke offer to suit the Member and their communities • Collaboration

  11. Improving Communities..… • Job Clubs • Funded programmes for unemployed • Training Courses for RSL’s & Contractors • Inclusive model of recruitment – Reducing re-offending; Prison skills, OLASS 4, Industries in prison • Partner with local agencies • Employer Pool • DWP Innovation fund – ‘New Horizons’ (NEETs and YO)

  12. Initiatives – what we need to do • Help bring people nearer the labour market • New Horizons – Qualifications leading to paid work • NEET’s, Young Offenders, Care Leavers • C&G Construction, C&G Employability • Jobs • PBR Contract – DWP innovation Fund

  13. Initiatives – what we need to do • Building Skills – Shared Apprenticeship Scheme • Partnership with CITB Construction Skills WHY.............. • Lack of longevity in order books • Difficult to employ within a redundancy culture • Smaller companies don’t always engage • Wealth of experience for the learner • Full support for the learner • Significant savings normally associated with recruitment • Pre employment training

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