delivering social value jan agger director of social strategy
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Procurement Services
Training & Employment Services
Consultancy Services
Delivering Social ValueJan 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
communities through our approach to public procurement, training and employment
Outcomes
No reliance on public fundingSelf-sustaining business modelGrown from 7 to over 100 different clientsDeveloped “Intelligent Procurement” model
Intelligent Procurement
Procurement Services
Training & Employment Services
Generating Savings through Collaborative Procurement
Developing Skills and Employment
Opportunities with Communities
CORE AIM
Generating social value
through procurement
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
In Summary
Our values
We value:-Our Member & Clients: Delivering efficiency whilst improving communities & livesOur Business: Driving innovation, integrity, professionalism & social value Our People: Empowering them to achieveOur Partners: Succeeding together
Our behavioursOur People are:-• Positive, flexible, professional and approachable• Fair, transparent, open and honest• Ambitious, creative, innovative and focused• Loyal, reliable, respectful and committed
Values & Behaviours
Model benefits
.......... a model that works
• 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
Fusion21 Training & Employment Clauses…
• 1% Levy paid by Contractors / Suppliers
• Part of contractual obligations for contractors
• 1.5 jobs per £1m contract awarded
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
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)
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
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